Megyn Kelly Says ‘Some Women Want to Be Fat-Shamed’ Because ‘It Works!’

Kelly backpedaled on her comments the following day, saying “I said something yesterday on the show that clearly struck a nerve” and that “We were discussing body shaming others, something I absolutely do not support. In fact, quite the opposite.”

The pressure to be skinny “is ubiquitous in America, and those who are not can face heartbreaking cruelty. I do not endorse this reality,” she said, “The truth is, I loathe it.”

She recounted how she was bullied for her weight in middle school, and how this caused her to develop an eating disorder. “I was chubby, by any standard,” she said, adding that she was the subject of “humiliating pranks.” This caused her to cut her food intake to 500 calories a day— an approach she has since overhauled.

“Please know, I would never encourage that toward any person,” she said. “I’ve been thinking a lot about why I once encouraged it toward myself.”