--- title: Newt Gingrich Lashes Out at Megyn Kelly on 'Anger Issues' description: Gingrich re-upped the conflict with Fox News host Megyn Kelly, tweeting that he doesn't have "anger issues" canonical: https://time.com/4546216/newt-gingrich-lashes-out-at-megyn-kelly-on-anger-issues/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T15:29:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T17:00:21.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Newt Gingrich Lashes Out at Megyn Kelly on 'Anger Issues' og:description: "I don't have anger management issues. 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John Moore—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:00 PM UTCPublished: Oct 26, 2016 3:29 PM UTC [Megyn Kelly and Newt Gingrich](http://motto.time.com/4545684/newt-gingrich-megyn-kelly-donald-trump-sex-allegations/) got into a spat over sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump on Tuesday night, and the debacle ended with Kelly telling Gingrich, “You can take your anger issues and spend sometime working on them, Mr. Speaker.” “And you, too,” he replied. Gingrich re-upped the conflict on Wednesday morning, [tweeting](https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/791291166004224000), “For the record, [@**megynkelly**](https://twitter.com/megynkelly) was wrong, i don’t have anger management issues. I do have media bias issues!” Still, when asked by a pool reporter on Wednesday whether he thought the interview had gotten “a little rough,” Gingrich reportedly said, “That’s just the business.” > [](https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/791291166004224000) Kelly pressed [Gingrich](http://time.com/4438136/newt-gingrich-donald-trump-self-destructive/) on Trump’s polling collapse in the wake of a leaked tape where he made sexually explicit comments about touching women without their consent, and Gingrich said it was unfair that the media had focused so much on the allegations that Trump is a sexual predator. “I’m sick and tired of people like you using language that’s inflammatory that’s not true,” Gingrich said, accusing Kelly of being “fascinated with sex.” “Excuse me, Mr. Speaker, you have no idea whether it’s true or not,” [Kelly](http://motto.time.com/4512953/megyn-kelly-kellyanne-conway-misogyny/) responded. “As a media story, we don’t get to say the 10 women are lying. We have to cover that story, sir.” Trump himself brought up the interview unprompted at a hotel opening on Wednesday, praising Gingrich: > [](https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/791306472412049408) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546216/newt-gingrich-lashes-out-at-megyn-kelly-on-anger-issues/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546216/newt-gingrich-lashes-out-at-megyn-kelly-on-anger-issues/"},"headline":"Newt Gingrich Lashes Out at Megyn Kelly on 'Anger Issues'","datePublished":"2016-10-26T15:29:14.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T17:00:21.000Z","description":"\"I don't have anger management issues. 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