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Megyn Kelly leaves NBC with all of her $69 million contract intact
January 11, 2019 at 23:04
Bowing to the terms of the contract, NBC will pay Kelly the remaining sum of money, believed to total about $30 million, two of the sources said.
(CNN) - Two years after she signed with the network amid much fanfare, Megyn Kelly and NBC have officially parted ways.
The split was announced on Friday ending a drawn-out and acrimonious exit that was put in motion in the fall after Kelly defended Halloween costumes that incorporate blackface during a segment on her 9 a.m. talk show."The parties have resolved their differences, and Megyn Kelly is no longer an employee of NBC," the network said Friday night.
Talks about ending "Megyn Kelly Today" started before the blackface remarks, due to underperforming ratings and growing tensions between Kelly and NBC executives. But the Halloween controversy sealed her fate, according to sources familiar with the matter. Her talk show was cancelled within days, and her lawyer began negotiating the terms of her exit.
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