Megyn Kelly Uses Charlie Kirk to Back Convicted MAGA Rapist

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The MAGA podcaster doubled down on her controversial stance by dragging in the late star.

Megyn Kelly is scrambling to weave a narrative thread through all her MAGA martyrs.

Kelly has centered her podcast rants this week around two people she admires: the convicted rapist Russell Brand, who received a prison sentence of over 10 years on Tuesday, and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, whose death comedian Dave Chappelle joked about this past weekend. Now, Kelly has used a clip of Kirk defending Brand to emphasize her own support for the sexual predator.

“All I can think of as I cover this case is my friend Charlie Kirk, who did interview Russell,” Kelly said on The Megyn Kelly Show. “And, as with virtually everything, Charlie saw the story correctly from the beginning.”

Kelly then played a clip from Kirk’s 2025 interview with Brand, where the conservative activist offered staunch support amid Brand’s mounting allegations. Kirk rooted much of his backing in his and Brand’s shared Christianity.

“The entire government is going after Russell,” Kirk said in front of a live audience. “I hope you guys know that.”

He turned to Brand, saying, “You’re under attack from the U.K. government on, I think, completely fake stuff,” he said. “And you better believe the enemy is not happy that now you’re proclaiming Jesus in front of millions of people. And you know, we as believers believe Satan is real. Satan is active. Satan attacks. Satan targets. Satan is, literally in Hebrew, Satan means ‘the prosecutor, the deceiver.’”

“So all of what you are going through in the United Kingdom is a satanic attack to try to say, ‘Oh, Russell, remember that thing that happened 10 years ago, try to have you feel guilty and ashamed,’” Kirk added.

Kelly believes that Kirk saw the truth of “exactly what was happening to Russell,” she said. She used one MAGA hero’s statements as evidence of another MAGA hero’s innocence.

“There are demons out there, and the entire U.K. wants us to believe that Russell is one of them,” Kelly said, affirming Kirk’s statements from the interview.

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