Megyn Kelly, a political commentator on the FOX News Channel, inally got her interview with Donald Trump as the pair discussed his comments about women, his polarising messages, and their feud.
Donald Trump doesn’t think his retweet of someone calling Megyn Kelly a “bimbo” was that bad — he says she's probably “been called a lot worse.”
In a much-hyped interview with the Fox News host — after nearly a year of slamming her — Trump acknowledged his attacks on her, but stopped short of apologising.
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During the FOX Broadcasting special Megyn Kelly Presents, Trump told Kelly that he expected she had gotten some pretty nasty tweets from his supporters when the two of them were in the middle of their spat. But he chalked it up to fans just showing their loyalty.
Kelly responded that it wasn't just supporters who Trump retweeted. Over the past nine months the Fox reporter has been attacked repeatedly by Trump himself, as well as his followers via Twitter.
“You would be amazed at the ones I don’t retweet,” Trump said.
“Bimbo?” Kelly asked, referring to tweets that had appeared on Trump's Twitter timeline calling her a bimbo.
“Well that was a retweet, yeah. Did I say that?” Trump asked.
“Many times,” Kelly said.
“Oh, okay excuse me,” Trump said. “Not the most horrible thing … Over your life Megyn, you’ve been called a lot worse. Isn’t that right? Wouldn’t you say?”
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Trump also shared some insight into how his own tweets get produced. During the day he dictates his tweets to staffers — right down to the punctuation — but in the evenings it’s all him.
Despite saying that retweeting gets him into trouble, Trump retweeted his supporters as the interview (which was pre-taped) played.
At the end of the interview, he tweeted a congratulations to Kelly.
Well, that is it. Well done Megyn --- and they all lived happily ever after! Now let us all see how "THE MOVEMENT" does in Oregon tonight!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 18, 2016
Trump also touched on his emotional side after Kelly asked if he had ever been emotionally hurt by someone.
Trump said that his brother’s death was the “hardest thing for me to take, that was very tough.”
But Kelly pressed on and repeated her question.
Trump said that he couldn’t think of anything specifically but he would think about it and get back to her.
“When I’m wounded, I go after people hard and I try to unwound myself,” he said.
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