New York • Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News Channel personality who made a rocky transition to softer morning news at NBC, has been ousted from her “Today” program after her controversial on-air comments about blackface.
'"Megyn Kelly Today' is not returning," NBC News said in a statement Friday. The fourth hour of NBC's venerable "Today" franchise that Kelly's show occupied will be hosted by other co-anchors from the show, the network said.
NBC didn't address the status of Kelly herself, who reports said was negotiating over her multimillion-dollar contract.
The departure came four days after Kelly provoked a firestorm of criticism for asking on air why dressing up in blackface for a Halloween costume is wrong.