Megyn Kelly Fumes Over Charlie Kirk Not Being Named Time's Person of the Year: 'A Thumb in the Eye' (The Wrap)

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By Jacob Bryant

Megyn Kelly can’t believe Charlie Kirk was not named Time magazine’s Person of the Year.

On Thursday’s episode of “The Megyn Kelly Show,” the host fumed over the fact that the 2025 Person of the Year was not even a single person at all – but rather the architects of AI. She railed against the decision not to posthumously award Kirk with the distinction following his assassination in September.

“It’s f–king AI. It’s AI architects,” Kelly said. “It’s not Charlie Kirk, which is so obvious – it’s as obvious as the nose on your face. And don’t tell me, detractors, ‘Oh, he was too controversial.’ That’s not it. They’ve gone for extremely controversial people and villains in the past. It’s always and often come down to people like Vladimir Putin, the Ayatollah. We’ve had very controversial people make it or almost make it. And not only did Charlie not get chosen, he wasn’t even one of the honorable mentions. Yeah, Putin won it in 2007.”

She added: “This is a thumb in the eye, and it’s genuinely wrong. Like, AI architects are not the most influential people of the year. To ignore what happened with Charlie Kirk in September and the worldwide revival of faith that followed his assassination is to ignore reality based on your own politics.”

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Reminds me of a Beatles song. "Cry, baby, cry. Make your mother sigh. She's old enough to know better."

[JBTaurus83]

1. No one gives a shit

About Charlie Kirk. They tried to make him into a martyr, and everyone has already moved on.

[Dulcinea]

15. This.

A good portion of this nation neither knew nor cared who Charlie Kirk was before he was shot. Right-wing podcasters are a dime a dozen. That said, we never hear about the person accused of the crime. No one cares about him either.

[J_William_Ryan]

2. Kirk

can be named fascist of the year.

[ZDU]

3. If it's not been said...

Fuck Megyn Kelly

[Dave Bowman]

6. It's not being said often enough.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. I never even heard of him until maybe a year ago.

[mwmisses4289]

5. Revival of faith? What the hell is she blathering on about?

[Dave Bowman]

7. Who?

[C_U_L8R]

8. Says a person with a plank in her own eye

[Bluetus]

9. Nobody thinks Jeff Tiedrich should be person of the year

Both are/were just professional trolls. The only real difference is that one of them got murdered. But that just makes Kirk a dead troll, nothing more.

If we are going to make people Person of the Year, based on being killed while doing their job, there are a lot of Police, fire fighters, EMTs, ER personnel, soldiers and political office holders I'd nominate before a professional troll.

[Sneederbunk]

10. Just have TSF say that Kirk is Person of the Year.

[valleyrogue]

11. Most of the world has forgotten about him despite the best attempts by his professional widow, Erika,

to try to keep the grift going. Other than getting murdered, what did Charlie Kirk do that is worthy of a "Person of the Year" honor?

[CozyMystery]

12. I never heard of Charlie Kirk until he was murdered.

Murdered....not assassinated, IMO. He's just an ordinary person who traveled to college campuses to make lots of money for himself and lie to the students, again IMO.

I think it's odd that there was "a worldwide revival of faith" after he was murdered. Kinda sounds like prayers were answered, but that's only my old creaky mind thinking scurrilous thoughts.

[erpowers]

13. This Is Stupid

Megyn Kelly is an idiot. Her comments were stupid

Clearly, Charlie Kirk is not the person of the year. The criteria for being the person of the year is, the person or thing that had the largest impact on the world. What impact did Charlie Kirk have on the world? His impact was not greater than the people pushing AI.

[Paladin]

14. "...controversial people and villains in the past."

Even a dim bulb like Megyn Kelly can't avoid the truth when it comes to a specimen like Charlie Kirk.