Explosive Showdown: Megyn Kelly Blasts Sean Hannity for Unwavering Trump Support at Fox News

Megyn Kelly has issued a scathing critique of her former colleague at Fox News, Sean Hannity, accusing him of being overly deferential to Donald Trump. Kelly’s comments come amid her vocal opposition to potential conflict with Iran, a stance she attributes to influential figures like Hannity and Mark Levin pressuring the president.

During her recent program, “Understanding America’s Goals in Iran,” Kelly did not hold back in questioning Hannity’s journalistic integrity. She candidly described him as a “supplicant to Donald Trump,” suggesting that his commentary is consistently aimed at bolstering the former president’s image.

“Hannity is a supplicant to Donald Trump; he would never say anything other than to puff Trump up,” Kelly asserted. Her remarks underline a broader criticism of media figures who, in her view, contribute to the president’s decision-making process through flattery.

“While we may have admiration for Trump, it’s important to acknowledge that he can be easily flattered into believing his ideas are unmatched and that his leadership is indispensable,” Kelly added, emphasizing the need for honest discourse around the complexities of international relations and presidential influence.

‘We all love Trump, but lets be real, he can be flattered into thinking, “Yes, this is your idea and it’s a great one and you’re the leader of the free world and we need you, Mr. President”.’ 

It comes as Trump brushed off criticisms from Kelly and Tucker Carlson this week over his war with Iran, telling The Inner Circle on Monday that Kelly ‘should study her history book a little bit.’ 

Kelly, a fervent Trump supporter, has broken ranks with the president over the war with Iran and said on her show last week she believes the US was dragged into the conflict unnecessarily. 

Kelly questioned whether American soldiers were losing their lives ‘for Iran or Israel’ after six US servicemen were killed in the military strikes on Iran over the weekend. 

Megyn Kelly launched a blistering attack on her former Fox News stablemate Sean Hannity as she continues leading the charge against war with Iran

Kelly branded Hannity a ‘supplicant to Donald Trump’ and said he ‘would never say anything other than to puff Trump up’

Kelly is not alone among conservatives, with Tucker Carlson also emerging as a staunch anti-war figure.

In an interview with ABC’s Jon Karl last week, Carlson branded Trump’s actions in Iran as ‘absolutely disgusting and evil.’ 

Carlson has reportedly visited the White House three times in the last month to lobby Trump against attacking Iran. 

But Trump said in his interview with The Inner Circle this week that the commentator failed to sway him, dismissing him as he said: ‘[Carlson] can say whatever he wants, it has no impact on me.’ 

In Kelly’s latest show, she also warned that Trump risks eroding his support among women if he forges ahead with the conflict. 

Kelly brought up polling that shows while Republicans are largely in support of Trump’s moves in the Middle East, women are far more likely to be against the war. 

‘What you’re seeing now is support falling basically along partisan lines,’ Kelly said. 

‘There’s also an interesting poll showing it’s breaking down more severely along gender lines, where a hefty majority of women are against it and men are split almost 50/50, so that’s that’s all very interesting.’ 

Kelly added: ‘But there is no question that the American people don’t understand why we’re doing it.’

Smoke rises from Israeli bombardment on the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on March 4

Kelly’s comments come as the war between the United States, Israel and Iran entered its fourth day, with strikes intensifying and retaliation spreading across the region. 

On Tuesday, US and Israeli forces sent a barrage of missile and drone fire across Tehran, striking a number of military targets and sending columns of smoke rising over the Iranian capital. 

Among the targets was a building connected to the committee responsible for selecting a new supreme leader after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in earlier attacks. 

Trump, who had been locked in negotiations with the Iranians for weeks before launching strikes on Friday night, has now signaled that he will continue taking a hard line against the Middle East nation. 

Posting to social media on Monday, Trump bragged that Iran’s ‘air defense, air force, navy, and leadership is gone. They want to talk. I said: “Too late!”‘