Camryn Kinsey to return this week on Fox News show she fainted on
After her caught-on-camera fainting spell provided fodder for last week's watercooler conversations, former Trump administration official Camryn Kinsey said she's scheduled to return to 'Fox News @ Night' for a live segment this week.
'It was very scary,' Kinsey, 24, told The Post. 'I honestly felt worse for the audience and the Fox News crew that was helping me than I than I did myself.'
From her home in Los Angeles, where she recently moved with her law school husband, Kinsey said she's been fielding well wishes from all sides of the political spectrum, which has surprised the MAGA loyalist.
4 Camryn Kinsey said 'severe dehydration' contributed to the fainting spell.
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The bipartisan blessings, she said, buoyed her spirits over the 'intimidating' situation.
'You think about it, you're like, 'Do I wanna go back on TV?' But knowing that I have so many people in my corner, who are genuinely concerned for my well-being and want to see me keep going … that's anything that I could ever want.'
Frightening experiences like these prompt one to 'put differences aside just to make sure somebody's OK, and I'm truly grateful for that,' said Kinsey, who served as the external relations director inside the Presidential Personnel Office during President Donald Trump's first term,
Kinsey, a lifelong athlete who was a college cheerleader, said she'd never fainted before, and explained it was likely due to 'severe dehydration. I did feel it coming on.'
4 Both sides of the aisles have been reaching out with well wishes, she said.
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When she passed out, Kinsey fell sideways, straight onto the Fox News studio floor.
'I'm grateful my shoulder actually broke the fall, so there's no concussion or bruising,' Kinsey said. 'It was hard to hear my family so concerned, and I can only imagine what that looks like in real time — for my family and my friends and everyone watching.
'It was very shocking, but on the flip side of it I'm very blessed that the Lord was watching over me and I have such an incredible support system,' Kinsey said.
4 She took to Instagram to apologize for the on-air fainting spell.
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4 Kinsey said she's just glad she didn't get hurt falling to the floor.
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Kinsey has come to the defense of the show's host, Jonathan Hunt, who was criticized for trying to continue with the live show with her unconscious.
'Jonathan and I spoke afterwards,' she explained. 'He was nothing but kind and gracious to me. I understand in a live TV environment, things move fast. No one is really ever quite sure of what's happening in real time, but I want to make it clear I hold no hard feelings whatsoever.
'In the end, we're all just human. Things happen and I'm just grateful to be OK.'
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