Amid swirling rumors that her mega-popular podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show” was being acquired, Megyn Kelly took to her show to set the record straight.
And let listeners knows she’s not going anywhere.
Yesterday, Kelly said the rumors about the show going through an acquisition was “misleading BS” after Fox Corp announced it had purchased Red Seat Ventures, a digital media company.
In a post on Monday on X, the host of “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast reacted to a Wrap headline that read:
“Fox Acquires Red Seat Ventures, Home to Megyn Kelly and Other Fox News Alumni.”
“Look at this misleading BS,” Kelly said.
“No one has acquired my show’s ‘home.’ The 3d party firm that sells my ADS has been acquired. That’s all. The @MegynKellyShow is NOT controlled or owned by anyone other than ME.”
In a second post, Kelly hit back again at a Reuters headline that read:
“Fox Corp acquires Red Seat Ventures to tap podcast market.”
Look at this misleading BS. No one has acquired my show’s “home.” The 3d party firm that sells my ADS has been acquired. Thats all. The @MegynKellyShow is NOT controlled or owned by anyone other than ME. https://t.co/fPmVVCl3Is
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) February 10, 2025
“NO, it doesn’t. We are 100% INDEPENDENT. Fox bought the co that sells our ads, period,” the podcast host wrote.
She also included a quote in her post from the article that claimed the “deal brings [Bill] O’Reilly, [Megyn] Kelly and [Tucker] Carlson back in the Murdoch fold, though Red Seat Ventures will operate independently within Fox’s Tubi Media Group…”
CEO of Red Seat Ventures, Chris Balfe, told The Wrap that by teaming up with Fox, “we will be able to build upon that investment and expand the services we provide to our creators, while continuing to maintain the independence and integrity of their brands, which is truly the best case scenario.”
Red Seat Ventures will operate under Fox’s Tubi Media group, with Tubi CEO Paul Cheesbrough, becoming the company’s chairman.
Cheesbrough said that he sees “tremendous opportunities” for the company to jump into other genres beyond its strength in right-leaning political shows, including sports and entertainment, the outlet noted.
“The creator economy is one of the fastest growing media categories worldwide by measure of reach and influence, and consumers are increasingly looking to get their information, insights and entertainment directly from the voices and brands they trust across these platforms,” Cheesbrough added.
Despite the shakeup, Kelly’s show isn’t going anywhere.
In 2020, Kelly launched the creation of her own production company, “Devil May Care Media,” and her first show aired on September 28, 2020 — after she’d spent more than a decade at Fox News as a host of her own show and a year at NBC as a morning show host.
A year later, she announced “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast was moving to SiriusXM.
The host recently celebrated that the show had aired its 1,000th episode.
“Thanks to all of you, we made it here … Thanks to all of you, my team, and our audience for making this happen … When we launched this podcast, we were in New York, and we were in the kids’ playroom, in a little corner with literally a desk Abby got off of either Wayfair or from IKEA,” Kelly said.
“It was like $100. I think she assembled it … There were four of us … and we hoped it would work out. But who knew?”
Kelly’s podcast is by far one of the most popular streaming shows.
On Apple Podcasts and Spotify, her show is often in the top 20 podcasts in the United States
And nn SiriusXM, it’s one of the most listened to podcasts.