Report: Megyn Kelly Won't Sign NBC NDA

Megyn Kelly

Megyn Kelly and her legal team don't want a non-disclosure agreement to be part of her exit from NBC News, according to a friend familiar with the on-going negations.

“Megyn won’t sign an NDA if NBC News keeps spreading lies about her,” the friend of Kelly told Fox News.

The source declined to elaborate and Kelly’s legal team did not respond to a request for comment. NBC News did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

It’s unclear what “lies” were being referred to, but Kelly is no stranger to negative information being leaked to the press from within NBC’s headquarters.

Last month, The Daily Beast published a report that detailed NBC News Chairman Andy Lack’s history of using nondisclosure and separation agreements to his advantage. The Daily Beast report also noted Lack’s perceived frustration with Kelly for her constant coverage of the #MeToo movement – which has plagued NBC News.

NBC News canceled “Megyn Kelly Today” last week after the show’s namesake made comments about whether or not “blackface” is racist. Many industry insiders feel Lack is using the “blackface” comments to terminate Kelly, who wore out her welcome at the Peacock Network with disappointing ratings and her emphasis on combatting sexual misconduct during her troubled morning show.

NBC News has long been under fire for mishandling sexual misconduct-related scandals and just last week admitted to sitting on information that would have cast serious doubt on wild claims about now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Meanwhile, Forty-five percent of those surveyed in a poll released Tuesday believe NBC's response in the wake of Megyn Kelly's blackface remarks was "too harsh."

According to The Hill, the poll comes four days after NBC officially announced it was cancelling "Megyn Kelly Today" following comments the host made around dressing up in blackface for Halloween.

The host said it was "OK" when she was growing up to wear blackface "as long as you dressed up as a character." She later apologized, but the network still decided to cancel her show.

The survey, conducted by the Morning Consult and the Hollywood Reporter, found that just 26 percent felt the decision by NBC brass was appropriate.