Megyn Kelly celebrated MSNBC’s decision to chop ties with controversial weekend host Tiffany Cross on Friday, referring to the ousted anchor as “probably the most racist person in all of television.”
Kelly addressed Cross’ exit from MSNBC during a discussion together with her guest, conservative radio host Dana Loesch, on Friday’s episode of her SiriusXM podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show” — describing the choice as “excellent news.”
“Tiffany Cross, probably the most racist person in all of television — and specifically on MSNBC — just got fired,” a gleeful Kelly said. “Poor Tiffany.”
As The Post reported, Cross is leaving MSNBC after repeatedly making incendiary on-air remarks despite warnings from network executives. MSNBC opted to not renew Cross’ contract, ending her tenure on the left-leaning network after two years.
Variety, which broke the news of Cross’ departure, quoted sources as saying the anchor’s relationship with MSNBC “was becoming frayed.” Cross’ behavior, which included frequent clashes with personalities at other networks, reportedly “didn’t meet the standards of MSNBC or NBC News.”
After quoting from the Variety report, Kelly mentioned a couple of of what she described as Cross’ “biggest hits” at MSNBC — including one instance last month when she argued that inherent racism among the many NFL’s “white owners” and “white coaches” had led Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to suffer a scary on-field head injury.
Tagovailoa was born in Hawaii and his parents are from the South Pacific island of Samoa, while Mike McDaniel, the Dolphins head coach who faced criticism for allowing the quarterback to play despite a previous head injury, is biracial.
Megyn Kelly discussed MSNBC’s decision on her podcast Friday.YouTube/Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly has been critical of Tiffany Cross prior to now.YouTube/Megyn Kelly
On the time, Kelly slammed Cross as a “dumbass” and first referred to her as “probably the most racist person on television” for her remarks about Tagovailoa.
Kelly also mentioned that Cross had called Republican lawmakers “white supremacists” after a Wisconsin jury acquitted Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, amongst other examples.
Tiffany Cross ruffled network executives together with her on-air remarks.Getty Images for Texas Conferenc
“I could provide you with 10 more which are way worse than any of those, that’s just what we pulled in an easy Google search. So joy, oh, joy, Tiffany Cross is gone,” Kelly said.
“I had to actually think hard and remember who she was,” Loesch said.
“No one knows,” Kelly replied.
Tiffany Cross is exiting MSNBC, where she was a weekend anchor.Getty Images for Concordia Summi
“I tip my hat to MSNBC and NBC for doing the precise thing, because as I said, she was probably the most racist person on television,” Kelly said later within the segment.
The Post has reached out to Cross through her website for comment on Kelly’s remarks.
