For a brief moment at the start of #MeToo, it looked like Fox host Megyn Kelly was about to see the light. Sadly, it was short-lived. Even though Kelly herself was a victim of sexual harassment by former Fox CEO Roger Ailes, she’s still choosing to see disgraced comic Russell Brand’s court case as a “witch hunt.”
Kelly is far from the only conservative voice supporting Brand, whose history of SA is well known—indeed a matter of extensive legal record. After Brand’s 10-year sentencing this week, all manner of pick-mes, conservatives, TERFS, and unholy combinations of all three started airing their stank opinions about Brand’s innocence.
Naturally, Kelly’s voice was among the loudest.
“He grabbed a boob? He kissed the lady? He… sniffed a lady? … He is going to prison for 10 and a half years for that. This is insane,” Kelly told listeners on this week’s episode of The Megyn Kelly Show. She goes on to talk about the allegations in disrespectful terms. “He had backdoor s*x with a woman who licked his backdoor.”
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As Kelly well knows, none of these things are a problem, granted they’re performed with full, ecstatic consent. But because the right is still licking its wounds after a massive midterm loss, they’re using Brand’s comeuppance as proof that the left has already gone too far… even though Brand’s court case happened in the UK, where they actually take SA charges seriously.
Not only did the Crown bring charges against Prince Andrew following his Epstein files mentions this year, the British government also had the infamous Tate Brothers arrested by special envoy. The only reason the brothers are currently in jail is because of UK case against them.
And that’s not even taking into account the BBC’s triumphant countersuit against a certain lame duck president.
Basically, if you’re serious about seeing justice done, you’d better live in the UK, because until January, this country remains uninterested in holding anyone accountable, especially if they have ties to power. Queer hero Rosie O’Donnell, currently still in her expat era in Ireland, perhaps knows this better than anyone.
After the 2025 inauguration, O’Donnell did what was best for her own mental health, and for the safety of her gender-nonconforming child and left the country, promising only to return when That Man is out of power.
Not only is that day looking closer than ever, O’Donnell continues to use her voice, influence, and power for good from across the pond. Responding to a Threads post detailing Kelly’s defense of Brand, O’Donnell shut it down in one simple phrase: “go f*ck urself Megan.”
If anyone knows how to turn an iconic phrase, it’s Rosie. Her pitch-perfect response calls to mind another queer icon’s similar shutdown of an anti-trans troll. I’m speaking of course of Tinashe’s infamous tweet responding to JK Rowling’s TERF nonsense. “Oh my God, SHUT UP,” Tinashe wrote in 2022, words that live in our hearts to this very day.
As for O’Donnell, she’s been anything but silent about the current administration, and in a post-blue wave moment, she’s about to get even louder. Which is horrible news for Fox News, the network that’s currently hemorrhaging followers. Rosie, meanwhile, managed to pull in record numbers while subbing for Jimmy Kimmel this summer.
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