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Scott D. Pierce: The real question is — why did NBC hire Megyn Kelly in the first place? Her blackface comments were no surprise

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Certainly her employers can't claim this caught them off guard. NBC knew what it was getting when it hired Kelly away from Fox News, where Kelly defending the use of blackface for Halloween costumes wouldn't have caused anyone to blink.

Yes, blackface. And, according to multiple reports, two days later Kelly was out at NBC.

In Tuesday's edition of “Megyn Kelly Today,” the host went off on how “political correctness has gone amuck” and the “fashion police are cracking down” on costumes.

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017 file photo, Megyn Kelly poses on the set of her new show, "Megyn Kelly Today" at NBC Studios in New York.