NBC’S Megyn Kelly Today was like a morning-show Bride of Frankenstein

The Washington Post

“The debut was like watching a network try to assemble its own Bride of Frankenstein,” says Hank Stuever, “using parts of Ellen DeGeneres, Kelly Ripa and whatever else it can find. The resultant lovely creature, dressed in a mauve, pussy-bow blouse and skintight pants, moved stiffly and waved her arms around in broad gestures in a bizarre attempt to generate excitement from an audience that was already standing and cheering as duly instructed. She interviewed people nervously and so awkwardly that they were cowed into giving monosyllabic answers. She also never missed an opportunity to talk about herself.”

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• It was performatively wacky, stridently emotional, fun, awkward, informative, and weird
• Kelly’s Will & Grace interview was particularly cringeworthy