CNN Reporter Rips Megyn Kelly's Salary

Bill Weir and Megyn Kelly

CNN host Bill Weir slammed Megyn Kelly’s salary and hosting ability on Monday, saying "real" journalists took cuts for her "ginormous" salary, after the NBC News morning show star criticized Jane Fonda earlier in the day.

Fox News reports Kelly said on Monday's show  that Fonda "has no business lecturing anyone on what qualifies as offensive." She said Fonda had been invited on her show to "to promote a film about aging" and added that Fonda has discussed her plastic surgeries "pretty much everywhere." She said she had no way of knowing "this subject was suddenly off limits."

Well, it seems that Weir didn’t appreciate Kelly’s explanation.

A decent host might drop by the green room before the show and ask an 80 yr-old the best way to broach a sensitive topic but @MegynTODAY
would rather attack the guest for being offended.

Meanwhile, real journalists are forced to take cuts so NBC can pay her ginormous salary. https://t.co/XtfgKlA53n

— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) January 22, 2018

Insiders consider it a major breach of decorum for one anchor to slam another publicly over their salary, but Weir apparently didn’t mind mocking Kelly’s reported $23 million per year deal – and NBC executives may agree with the CNN host.

A well-placed NBC source tells Fox News that NBC News executives knew in advance that Kelly planned to denounce Fonda but were powerless to stop her.

"The 'Today' staff was appalled at Megyn’s comments about Fonda and want nothing to do with them," an NBC staffer told Fox News.

Furthermore, a source says embattled NBC News president Noah Oppenheim “is hiding” from the controversy over Kelly while in North Korea, where he’s accompanying “Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt.