US host Megyn Kelly accuses Beyonce of wanting to ‘play the victim' on Cowboy Carter tour

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Megyn Kelly doubled down on her criticisms against Beyoncé on The Megyn Kelly Show after learning the Grammy Award-winning singer has been airing footage of her during the Cowboy Carter tour.
Kelly ranted against Beyoncé on the show, calling her 'untouchable' and 'privileged' while accusing her of wanting to 'play the victim' to her audience.
'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 said on the show.
The right-wing pundit explained that the clip showed her criticising Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album, which she said felt like it was being marketed by the singer as 'the second coming' of Jesus.
'Like it's Jesus incarnate, he's back. All hail Queen Bey. She's here to rescue country music,' Kelly complained, adding that country music 'was a perfectly thriving industry long before Beyoncé showed up.'
Kelly aired a video from the concert, which showed a blurred video of Kelly saying Beyoncé 'decided to stick her big toe into the lane' playing on the screens surrounding the stage.
'It appears to be a set up for her doubters, for her haters,' Kelly explained on her show. 'Someone who posted it online referred to me as a white supremacist, I guess because I didn't bow down to Queen Bey as she walked into country music.'
Kelly railed against the singer as journalist Glenn Greenwald listened on. She complained that Beyoncé is widely considered to be immune to criticism, spurring her to want to criticise her even further.
Kelly railed against the singer as journalist Glenn Greenwald listened on. She complained that Beyoncé is widely considered to be immune to criticism, spurring her to want to criticise her even further.
'You're not allowed to rip on her. By the way, you're not allowed to rip on Michelle Obama, either, but we do,' Kelly said. 'Too bad. The more untouchable you tell me somebody is, the more likely I am to want to hit them.'
Kelly continued, 'She had to scour the internet to find anybody who offered any criticism of this move whatsoever. Here is another one of the most privileged, beloved women in the world … and richest based on her own fortune, never mind the man she's married to, 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 milk toast about her entry into country music.'
The Cowboy Carter tour kicked off in Los Angeles April 30, where it debuted with a record-breaking $US55 million in earnings, per Billboard.