Megyn Kelly slams Beyoncé for including footage of her in 'Cowboy Carter' tour visuals: 'She could play the victim'

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Megyn Kelly is having a meltdown over her unexpected inclusion in Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour.
The political commentator responded to the Grammy-winning artist splicing footage of one of her on-air interviews into the visuals for the musician's ongoing tour, which blurred Kelly's face and also featured the brief inclusion of other media clips containing commentary about her foray into the country genre.
Though Kelly's face is not explicitly recognizable, the former Fox News host slammed the inclusion on Thursday's episode of her eponymous SiriusXM show.
"It recently came to my attention that Beyoncé', who's on some world tour right now reinventing herself as a country star, is running videotape during the show of yours truly," Kelly began.
The clip in question, Kelly clarified, hailed from her conversation with Sky News Australia last year, in which she mocked the country album and the way it had been marketed as if Beyoncé were "Jesus incarnated" and "here to rescue country music."
"She is considered untouchable," Kelly continued. "You're not allowed to rip on her, by the way. You're not allowed to rip on Michelle Obama, either, but we do. Too bad. The more untouchable you tell me somebody is, the more likely I am to want to hit them.'
She lamented that the music superstar "had to scour the internet to find anybody who offered any criticism of this move [into country] whatsoever," adding, "Here is another one of the most privileged, beloved women in the world, and richest based on her own fortune ... but still has to look for the one sliver where she could play the victim and be aggrieved because big bad Megyn Kelly said something completely milquetoast about her entry into country music.'
Kelly then compared the inclusion to her previous spat with George Clooney, who caused great offense when he questioned her career as a journalist last month. Speaking with fellow Broadway star Patti LuPone, Clooney — currently portraying broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck — said at the time, "I'm not quite sure what she has done to be a journalist.'
"He's George f---ing Clooney. She's Beyoncé, but they can't take the mildest criticism," Kelly griped.
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to Beyoncé's rep for comment.
The Cowboy Carter tour kicked off in Los Angeles on April 28 and is set to conclude in Las Vegas on July 26. The music icon recently won the 2025 Grammy for Best Country Album, becoming the first Black woman to do so. She has spoken candidly about not feeling welcome within the country genre despite her Texan roots.
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