Megyn Kelly sharply criticized former MSNBC host Joy Reid, calling her an “insane lunatic” who is “extremely racist” and predicting that Reid’s new podcast will fail, as reported by The New York Post.

Kelly made the remarks during an interview with New York Post columnist Miranda Devine for the upcoming episode of Pod Force One.

Kelly, who hosts The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM, was asked about Reid’s recent career shift after leaving MSNBC to launch her own independent podcast. “Joy Reid is an insane lunatic who’s truly, honestly, extremely racist,” Kelly said. “She’s never seen a white person who she likes.”

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Kelly went on to say that Reid only associates positively with white people who “openly subjugate themselves to her” and “tell her how smart she is.”

She added, “They tell her they believe her Harvard degree was real and pretend that they’re somehow less-than because she’s the be-all, end-all because that’s what she wants us to believe.”

Reid previously acknowledged in a 2023 essay for MSNBC that she was admitted to Harvard “because of affirmative action.”

Kelly claimed NBC and MSNBC decided to cut ties with Reid because of her controversial reputation and declining performance. “Joy Reid is going to fail in the independent lane because she’s too toxic,” Kelly said.

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“It’s not going to go well … she was super-racist, and NBC had enough of her and said, ‘We cannot be attached to this person any longer.’”

The Post reported that requests for comment from Reid, NBC News, and MSNBC were not immediately returned.

Kelly also argued that liberal media figures have struggled to build audiences outside of traditional television, claiming left-leaning personalities “don’t have to come over here” because “the left controls every single other outlet.”

She contrasted that with conservative media hosts, saying, “There are no sacred cows. I can say how I actually feel about any subject, and I do.”

Reid’s departure from MSNBC came in February as part of a network overhaul led by newly appointed president Rebecca Kutler. The shake-up, which affected several hosts, followed a ratings decline after the 2024 presidential election.

Reid later said her exit was partly due to management frustration over her outspoken social media activity and her coverage of President Trump and the Gaza conflict.

“Anytime I would tweet anything, I would get calls — I would get, ‘Please get off Twitter, we hate it,’” she told podcaster Katie Couric earlier this year.

Reid’s firing drew mixed reactions, with progressive commentators calling it a setback for diversity in cable news. Former President Trump applauded MSNBC’s decision, while former network colleagues including Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann criticized the move.

The controversy unfolded as MSNBC formally separated from NBC News this week, ending nearly three decades of shared editorial operations under Comcast’s reorganization into a new division called Versant. The network is expected to rebrand later this year under the name “MS NOW.”

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