Fox News' Megyn Kelly Joins Kelly Ripa on 'Live'

Working on very little sleep, Fox News’ Megyn Kelly joined Kelly Ripa for the first time as guest host on Disney-ABC’sLive with Kelly on Wednesday, the morning after the closely-fought election. 

“How did the polls get it so wrong?” Ripa asked Kelly, who responded, “what they think so far is there really was a hidden Trump vote. The reason they say that happened, when the pollsters called up and asked if you were a likely voter, they didn’t talk to enough of those. Some people also felt stigmatized about voting for Trump and didn’t want to tell the pollsters.” 

“It was a resounding victory, there’s no question about it.”

“I’ve never seen anything like this. I think you’ll never have a result like this where people got it this shockingly wrong.”

While Kelly agreed with Ripa that many people were shocked about the outcome of the election, she had reassuring words for the show’s live audience.

“After all of these elections, half the country is severely disappointed and half the country is elated, and it always ends up being ok. This is the United States of America and it’s the most glorious place to live in the world,” said Kelly. “Love him or hate him, he is the President-Elect of our country. What he needs right now is our prayers.”

Kelly has a book coming out, Settle for More, which is said to detail her sexual harassment by then Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and is currently renegotiating her contract at Fox News where she’s said to be asking for annual salary of more than $20 million.

Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.