Megyn Marie Kelly (born November 18, 1970) is an American journalist, political commentator, and former corporate defense attorney. She was a news anchor at Fox News from 2004 to 2017, and a talk show host with NBC News until 2018.\n', '

Kelly announced her departure from Fox News on January 3, 2017, and stated that she would be joining NBC News. She started hosting the third hour of the morning show Today with her program titled Megyn Kelly Today in September 2017. Kelly\'s talk show was cancelled by NBC in October 2018, following poor ratings for her show over the course of a year and controversial comments regarding African Americans just prior to her departure. From October 2013 to January 2017, during her career at Fox News, Kelly hosted The Kelly File. She previously hosted America Live, and prior to that, co-hosted America\'s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer. From 2007 to 2012, the two reporters hosted Fox News Channel\'s New Year\'s Eve specials, "All American New Year". She was included in the 2014 Time list of the 100 most influential people.\n', '

Kelly was born in Champaign, Illinois, to Edward Kelly, who taught at the State University of New York at Albany, and Linda (née DeMaio), a homemaker. She is of Italian and German descent on her mother\'s side and Irish descent on her father\'s. She was raised Roman Catholic. Her father died of a heart attack when she was 15 years old.\n', '

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