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Megyn Kelly has been eviscerated for suggesting Jeffrey Epstein was not an "actual pedophile" because he preyed on "barely legal" 15-year-olds, not elementary-aged kids.

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In the wake of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein where Trump was a regular topic, Megyn Kelly is trying to downplay Epstein's sex crimes by arguing that "there's a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old."

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-- Media Matters for America (@mmfa.bsky.social) Nov 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM

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"She continued, "This is this person's view, who was there for a lot of this, but that he was into the barely legal type. Like, he liked 15-year-old girls. I'm just giving you facts that he wasn't into, like, eight-year-olds. But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby."

The age of consent in Florida, where many of Epstein's victims say they were raped, is 18."

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"Activist Shannon Watts said of Kelly's remarks, "Megyn Kelly trying to convince her listeners that sex trafficking girls is less offensive if they've gone through puberty."

She added in a second post, "Kelly is using her platform and power to portray Epstein and Trump as horny men, as opposed to sexual predators or pedophiles."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-14 06:49 PM | Reply

Exactly!!!
~Convicted child sex trafficker Jizzlame

#2 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-11-14 07:04 PM | Reply

Nobody knows the definition of words anymore.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-14 07:15 PM | Reply

Time for our Republican Congress to change the legal age of consent to 13 in order to protect Trump.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-11-14 07:19 PM | Reply

"What do you think about Megyn Kelly claims about Epstein?

Rev Ed Trevors"

www.youtube.com

skip the part you already know to about 4 mins in; a discussion of how downplaying this is the job of the Megyn Kellys of the world.

And @ 9 min a great example of this happening before.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-14 07:33 PM | Reply


Nobody knows the definition of words anymore.

#3 | POSTED BY LEGALLYYOURDEAD

Well first you must know the english language, which clearly Corky, Clownhack, horsegrinder,

Certainly not when you have an axe to grind.

Technically in the most Snoofiest of ways, Megan Kelly was referring to ephebophilia, or a sexual interest in older adolescents, range between 15 - 19, who are in late stages of puberty or post-puberty and appear physically mature.

FFS its your ------- language, learn it.

#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-11-14 08:32 PM | Reply

Come on, cultists! There's got to be more of you who will neutralize child sex abuse, yes? YES?!

#7 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-11-14 08:33 PM | Reply

#6

---- off Jeff, nobody was talking about to you

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-14 09:13 PM | Reply

#6

Doesn't know Engrish well enough to recognize partisan downplaying of abhorrent behavior when he sees it.

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-14 09:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I think that's "downpraying".

#10 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-11-14 09:38 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

ROR!

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-14 09:47 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Well first you must know the english language, which clearly Corky, Clownhack, horsegrinder,
#6 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

In Engrish, this is called a fragmented sentence.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-11-15 12:28 AM | Reply

Technically in the most Snoofiest of ways, Megan Kelly was referring to ephebophilia, or a sexual interest in older adolescents, range between 15 - 19, who are in late stages of puberty or post-puberty and appear physically mature.

Except at least one of Epstein's victims was 14 years old, which renders you and your incredibly stupid pedantic post meaningless.

#13 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-11-15 01:37 AM | Reply

Megan Kelly was referring to ephebophilia, or a sexual interest in older adolescents, range between 15

Lies.

Megyn Kelly said 15 year old girls were barely legal.

Barely legal is the term used 18 year olds in porn.

15 year olds are still children.

Also, Megyn Kelly never once used the word ephebophilia.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-11-15 02:35 AM | Reply

Pedo-enabler extraordinaire Bill Donohue comes to Megyn Kelly's defense.

www.catholicleague.org

#15 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-15 10:49 AM | Reply

Megyn Kelly never had any credibility but now she could be considered an accessory. To the rape of an underage girl. A decent network would fire her immediately but, I know, we're talking about Fox News. Rupert Murdoch belongs in prison for the rest of his miserable life. What a disgrace he is !

#16 | Posted by danni at 2025-11-15 10:50 AM | Reply

Should we be surprised about Bill Donohue's idiotic defense of Megyn Kelly who should have her head shaved? rarehistoricalphotos.com

FYI: religionnews.com

#17 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-15 11:10 AM | Reply

FFS its your ------- language, learn it.

#6 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

It's not "our language". We did not invent it.

It evolved over centuries from the dialects of Germanic tribes"the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes"who settled in Britain in the 5th century AD. Their languages, known collectively as Old English, form the foundation of modern English.

But I bet we can get it renamed from English to Americish if you like.

#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-15 11:22 AM | Reply

"Eviscerated"?

Did Ms. Kelly have any guts to begin with?

#19 | Posted by Zed at 2025-11-15 11:38 AM | Reply

Fifteen, eighteen, whatever.
If there's grass in the infield, play ball.
--Republicans

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-15 01:11 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

When I was in the Peace Corps in South America I attended many weddings where the bride was 15 or 16 and the groom was between the ages of 18 and 23. It was a cultural norm throughout the countryside. And no, I do not think of those grooms as pedophiles.

#21 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-11-15 03:12 PM | Reply

Megyn Kelly has a point. Sexual consent laws have been all over the board throughout time and place.

In 1880, American ages of consent were set at 10 or 12 in most states, with the exception of Delaware where it was 7.

Today, 23 US states or territories set the "restricted" age of sexual consent at 15 or lower. (In 3 of those jurisdictions, the younger age is 14 and in 10, it's 13.) But the age difference between younger & older partner is very restricted. And the unrestricted age of consent is primarily between 16 & 18.

See; en.wikipedia.org

I hope what Ms Kelly intended to assert is that violating age of consent law isn't necessarily pedophilia. If that was her intent, she's not defending sexual predators.

But Epstein and Maxwell were predators bengaging in trafficking vulnerable young women and exploiting their vulnerability. And consent is generally not being a virtual indentured servant for someone's escort-for-hire business. At a minimum, consent means freely able to say no, without restrictions. Ideally, it implies mutual agreement without duress and under appropriate mental conditions.

#22 | Posted by Augustine at 2025-11-15 03:50 PM | Reply

The age of consent in FL where much of this occurred is 18.

Megan Kelly is mouthpiece for this admin and is downplaying the acts committed in any way she can.

#23 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-15 03:56 PM | Reply

"And no, I do not think of those grooms as pedophiles."

Would you think of them differently if they went on get three divorces, and settle 25 sexual misconduct lawsuits out of court?

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-15 04:02 PM | Reply

You can actually be a sexual predator of adult women too.

It's not any more "okay" just because she's over 18.

#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-15 04:07 PM | Reply

If what Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and their clients were doing was OK, none of the girls would have committed suicide, gone to the police, or later filed lawsuits against these predators.

The King of England took the extraordinary step of stripping away all of the royal titles and privileges from his own brother. The last time something like that happened may have been under the "BILL OF PAINS AND PENALTIES AGAINST HER MAJESTY" in 1820.

#26 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-15 04:15 PM | Reply

There's something vaguely insidious about the way Ms. Kelly likes to lamprey herself onto stories where there's ample opportunity to glean click$ by always proffering a contrary position, no matter how preposterous. Media creatures should be belled like cats.

#27 | Posted by dutch46 at 2025-11-15 04:55 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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