--- description: Fox News chairman Roger Ailes slammed Donald Trump's "unprovoked attack" on Megyn Kelly as "disturbing" and "unacceptable." title: Fox News Chief Calls Donald Trump's 'Attack' on Megyn Kelly 'Unacceptable' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Fox News Chief Calls Donald Trump's 'Attack' on Megyn Kelly 'Unacceptable' ## Video: Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump [Watch (HLS stream): Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7MzTpVq2.m3u8) (1:21)  _Published 2015-07-23. Donald Trump's Most Ridiculous Quotes_  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:38 PM CUTPublished: Aug 25, 2015 5:57 PM CUT  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:38 PM CUTPublished: Aug 25, 2015 5:57 PM CUT Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes [slammed](http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/08/roger-ailes-donald-trump-should-apologize-to-megyn-212934.html?hp=l2%5F4 "undefined") [Donald Trump’s “unprovoked attack” on Megyn Kelly](http://time.com/4009518/donald-trump-megyn-kelly/ "undefined") as “disturbing” and “unacceptable” on Tuesday, demanding the Republican presidential candidate apologize for comments about the popular TV host he has been criticizing ever since the first GOP debate this month. “I could not be more proud of Megyn for her professionalism and class in the face of all of Mr. Trump’s verbal assaults,” Ailes said in a statement. “Her questioning of Mr. Trump at the debate was tough but fair, and I fully support her as she continues to ask the probing and challenging questions that all presidential candidates may find difficult to answer.” Trump sparred with Kelly after her tough questioning during the Aug. 6 debate. That led to days of attacks from Trump, taunts he continued when she returned to her primetime show _The Kelly File_ after a vacation this week. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/635992616748904448) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/635995703182016513) In a statement responding to Ailes, Trump said he “totally” disagrees. “I do not think Megyn Kelly is a quality journalist,” he said in the statement reported by _Politico_.”I think her questioning of me, despite all of the polls saying I won the debate, was very unfair.” See Ailes’ full statement below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4010093/donald-trump-fox-news-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4010093/donald-trump-fox-news-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes/"},"headline":"Fox News Chief Calls Donald Trump's 'Attack' on Megyn Kelly 'Unacceptable'","datePublished":"2015-08-25T17:57:35.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T13:38:15.000Z","description":"A simmering war between the presidential candidate and the cable network escalates","url":"https://time.com/4010093/donald-trump-fox-news-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","GOP","Donald Trump","fox news","Megyn Kelly","presidential campaign","roger ailes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4010093/donald-trump-fox-news-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes/","name":"Fox News Chief Calls Donald Trump's 'Attack' on Megyn Kelly 'Unacceptable'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump","description":"Donald Trump's Most Ridiculous Quotes","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7MzTpVq2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-23T21:38:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7MzTpVq2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4010093/donald-trump-fox-news-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes/","duration":"PT1M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4010093/donald-trump-fox-news-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```