Right After Meeting With Alex Jones, ‘Repulsed’ Major Sponsor Pulls Ads From Megyn Kelly’s NBC Show
Megyn Kelly has had a rough go in her new gig at NBC.
The former Fox News host came under heavy criticism for her interview with Vladimir Putin. And now, an advertiser has announced it will be pulling its ads from an upcoming show featuring conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Next Sunday, I sit down with conservative radio host @RealAlexJones to discuss controversies and conspiracies #SundayNight June 18 on NBC pic.twitter.com/7bVz6Fobf5
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) June 11, 2017
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has asked that all its ads for local TV and digital programming be removed from Kelly’s show and NBC until after the show airs, the Wall St. Journal reported.
Kristin Lemakau, JP. Morgan’s chief marketing officer, fired off against Kelly for hosting Jones, who is the founder of popular website Infowars and has called the Sandy Hook massacre a “hoax.”
As an advertiser, I’m repulsed that @megynkelly would give a second of airtime to someone who says Sandy Hook and Aurora are hoaxes. Why? https://t.co/luwyCwP7Ti
— Kristin Lemkau (@KLemkau) June 12, 2017
In a preview of the interview that is set to air Sunday night, Jones seemed to soften his position on Sandy Hook, saying he’s played Devil’s advocate and taken both sides to get to the bottom of what actually happened.
When Kelly pressed him for saying parents had faked their children’s death, Jones “dodged” the accusation.
“But they don’t get angry about half-a-million dead Iraqis from the sanctions,” Jones said.
The mother of one of the children tragically killed in the school shooting tweeted a picture of her daughter, asking Kelly if it was “worth it.”
J.P. Morgan may be the first advertiser to pull out from the interview, but Jones himself is trying to do the same.
In a tweet, Jones asked that the interview be pulled, saying he was misrepresented and the interview was selectively edited.
I’m calling for @megynkelly to cancel the airing of our interview for misrepresenting my views on Sandy Hook – https://t.co/TfLEPHEYrd
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) June 12, 2017
Kelly also managed to infuriate conservatives, when she teased the interview with Jones, calling him a “conservative” radio host.
It doesn’t look like Kelly’s new gig will get easier anytime soon.