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# Megyn Kelly's Memoir Chronicles Her Feud With Donald Trump

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## Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly


Updated: Dec 15, 2023 12:59 AM UTCPublished: Nov 11, 2016 9:26 AM UTC

![In this May 5, 2016 photo, Megyn Kelly poses for a portrait in New York. Donald Trump is a guest on Kelly’s first Fox network special, which airs May 17. \(Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07eac5d218ddbbeb/6988ae3c8e06014f534683d3/megyn-kelly1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

Megyn Kelly poses for a portrait in New York on May 5, 2016.

Megyn Kelly poses for a portrait in New York on May 5, 2016. Victoria Will—Invision/AP

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[Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/)


## Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly


Updated: Dec 15, 2023 12:59 AM UTCPublished: Nov 11, 2016 9:26 AM UTC

**UPDATE**: Megyn Kelly says her new book does not suggest Donald Trump received debate questions in advance, and discounted speculation that she was poisoned before the first Republican primary debate last year.

On Twitter, Kelly wrote, “For the record, my book _Settle for More_ does not suggest Trump had any debate Qs in advance, nor do I believe that he did.” She added, “Also for the record, I believe the reason I got sick the day of the first debate was I contracted a stomach virus, just as Rand Paul did.”

In the _New York Times_ review of Kelly’s new book, critic [Jennifer Senior](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/books/review-megyn-kelly-tells-tales-out-of-fox-news-in-her-memoir-settle-for-more.html) wrote that Trump may have gotten a heads up on a debate question during the Republican primary. The review also brings up speculation as to whether someone tried to “poison” Kelly before the first debate.

> [](https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/796939729493168128)

> [](https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/796940621160349696)

**EARLIER**: Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly publicly clashed with Donald Trump throughout his presidential campaign, and soon she’ll be taking readers behind the scenes of their quarreling — from her perspective, at least.


According to a [_New York Times_ review](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/books/review-megyn-kelly-tells-tales-out-of-fox-news-in-her-memoir-settle-for-more.html), Kelly’s new memoir, _Settle for More_ (out Nov. 15), recounts many unsettling interactions with the president-elect.

In the lead-up to her co-moderating the first Republican presidential primary debate last year, for example, Kelly says Trump took issue with a segment of her show _The Kelly File_ and threatened her on a phone call: “I almost unleashed my beautiful Twitter account against you,” he allegedly said, “and I still may.”

According to the _Times_ review, Trump may have also gotten a heads up on her first question, which focused on his treatment of women.

“Then, the day before the first presidential debate, Mr. Trump was in a lather again, Ms. Kelly writes,” critic Jennifer Senior notes in her review. “He called Fox executives, saying he’d heard that her first question ‘was a very pointed question directed at him.’ This disconcerted her, because it was true: It was about his history of using disparaging language about women.”


In the book, Kelly writes, “Folks were starting to worry about Trump — his level of agitation did not match the circumstances. Yes, it was his first debate. But this was bizarre behavior, especially for a man who wanted the nuclear codes.”

Per the _Times_ review, Kelly also writes about becoming violently, suspiciously ill on the day of the debate; about being harassed by Trump supporters on social media; and about Trump’s previous attempts to curry favor with her.

“This is actually one of the untold stories of the 2016 campaign,” Kelly writes. “I was not the only journalist to whom Trump offered gifts clearly meant to shape coverage. Many reporters have told me that Trump worked hard to offer them something fabulous — from hotel rooms to rides on his 757.”

Read Jennifer Senior’s [full review](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/books/review-megyn-kelly-tells-tales-out-of-fox-news-in-her-memoir-settle-for-more.html) of _Settle for More_ at the _New York Times_.

_This_ [_article_ ](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/10/megyn-kelly-memoir-donald-trump-feud)_originally appeared on_ [_Ew.com._](http://www.ew.com/)

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