Janice Dean is speaking out, and she’s not holding back. The former Fox News meteorologist, who has lived with multiple sclerosis for 23 years, called Megyn Kelly a“mean girl”on X after Kelly mocked Christina Applegate’s MS disclosure on her SiriusXM show, reportedly calling it a“cottage industry.”
Dean told Page Six she’s“sick”of Kelly using her platform to put people down, especially women, and said hearing Applegate cry about being misdiagnosed while Kelly used that against her is“disgusting.”Kelly hasn’t responded to the backlash, but former Fox News colleague Eric Bolling defended her and called Dean’s post“disgraceful,”prompting Dean to push back and suggest Kelly’s isolation is behind her behavior.
The whole thing raises a bigger question about where media personalities draw the line when it comes to other people’s health struggles, and the MS community is paying attention. What do you think: is calling out a colleague fair game, or should this whole thing have stayed offline?
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