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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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"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: 2

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 | Newsworthy 1

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 | Newsworthy 1

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 3

@#16 ... Megyn Kelly never had any credibility but now she could be considered an accessory. ...

An accessory?

Yeah, that's what I was thinking when I read her comment. ... i.e., not caring about the victims, but trying to reduce the severity level of crimes committed.

[wtf, lightning and thunder just occurred here now. Did I say something wrong?]



#28 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-15 07:38 PM | Reply

#27 Always remember the quintessential conundrum, Dutch46 ...

What is more important: sex or rationalization?

And your immediate response would be, naturally, "Why, sex is most important!"

If that's the case, Dutch46, then ponder this:

If sex is more important than rationalization, then ask yourself ...

Have you ever gone a week without a rationalization?

I am here all week.

Try the veal.

And be sure to tip your waiter ...

#29 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-15 09:11 PM | Reply

Extrapolate...your point eludes me somewhat.

#30 | Posted by dutch46 at 2025-11-16 03:25 PM | Reply

I've always understood a pedophile as one who sexually preys upon pre-pubescent children. Post puberty I've always understood to be statutory rape, at best, if not outright rape. It's all beyond disgusting and come with large crim8nal Pe tap ties if convicted

#31 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-16 09:26 PM | Reply

Penalties

#32 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-16 09:27 PM | Reply

At least Trump didn't rape any five year olds.

~ MAGA filth ~

#33 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-16 09:40 PM | Reply

I've always understood a pedophile as one who sexually preys upon pre-pubescent children. Post puberty I've always understood to be statutory rape, at best, if not outright rape.
#31 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

Luckily for the rest of us, the government has determined what the legal age of consent is, so we don't have to base it on your vague definitions of pre and post puberty.

#34 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-11-16 09:46 PM | Reply

"there's a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old."

Is there?

Which one would you rather a Republican babysit?

#35 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-16 09:49 PM | Reply

And in FL where Epstein was prosecuted and found Guilty, the age of consent is 18.

But hey, Jeffybelle is the Megyn Kelly Trump Mouthpiece of the Retort.

#36 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-16 09:50 PM | Reply

For the record

In the documents released there were credible claims that a French businessman was supplying Epstein with children as young as 8

#37 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-11-16 09:52 PM | Reply

children as young as 8
#37 | Posted by truthhurts

"I coulda been a contender."
--JonBenet Ramsey

#38 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-16 09:55 PM | Reply

" Luckily for the rest of us, the government has determined what the legal age of consent is, so we don't have to base it on your vague definitions of pre and post puberty.

#34 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK AT 2025-11-16 09:46 PM | REPLY"

I wasn't using legal definitions. Well, not exactly. I used both psychological and legal. I agree with what you typed.

#39 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-16 10:02 PM | Reply

" In the documents released there were credible claims that a French businessman was supplying Epstein with children as young as 8
#37 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS AT 2025-11-16 09:52 PM | FLAG: "

I seriously hope that isn't true. This whole thing is horrible enough without that.

#40 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-16 10:03 PM | Reply

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM
BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No. :50 2009 CA 040800XXXXMBAG
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Plaintiff,
SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually, and
BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, individually,
Defendants,
STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED FACTS

Bradley Edwards was an attorney in a civil case against Epstein

Maxwell is not the only important witness to lie to avoid deposition by Edwards. Upon review of the message pads that were taken from Epstein's home in the police trash pulls,
see Exhibit "J" supra, many were from Jean Luc Brunel, a French citizen and one of Epstein's closest pals. He left messages for Epstein.

One dated 4/1/05 said, "He has a teacher for you to teach you how to speak Russian. She is 2x8 years old, not blonde. Lessons are free and you can have your 1st today if you call."

See Messages taken from Jean Luc Brunel are attached hereto as
Exhibit "EE." In light of these circumstances of the case, this message reasonably suggested to Edwards that Brunel might have been procuring two eight-year-old girls for Epstein to sexually
abuse. According to widely circulated press reports reviewed by Edwards, Brunel is in his sixties and has a reputation throughout the world (and especially in the modeling industry) as a
cocaine addict that has for years molested children through modeling agencies while acting as their agent " conduct that has been the subject of critical reports, books, several news articles,
and a 60 Minutes documentary on Brunel's sexual exploitation of underage models. See
bradmillershero.blogspot.com attached hereto as Exhibit
63. Edwards learned that Brunel is also someone that visited Epstein on approximately 67 occasions while Epstein was in jail. See Epstein's jail visitor log attached as
Exhibit "GG."

#41 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-11-16 10:11 PM | Reply

I seriously hope that isn't true.
#40 | Posted by BellRinger

--------.
You'll deny it until it's proven true, and maybe even afterward.

#42 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-16 10:13 PM | Reply

I seriously hope that isn't true. This whole thing is horrible enough without that.

#40 | Posted by BellRinger

It wouldnt be so horrible if you morons hadn't elected one of epsteins party pals to run the world.

#43 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-11-17 12:00 AM | Reply

Jeffy was basically saying what megyn did only last week.

#44 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-11-17 12:15 AM | Reply

I've always understood a pedophile as one who sexually preys upon pre-pubescent children. Post puberty I've always understood to be statutory rape, at best, if not outright rape. It's all beyond disgusting and come with large crim8nal Pe tap ties if convicted

Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-16 09:26 PM | Reply

#45 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-11-17 12:16 AM | Reply

It's about being precise with language, Alexandrite.

#46 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-17 12:37 AM | Reply

It's about being precise with language, Alexandrite.
#46 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

Wow, you're truly revolting.

It's mind blowing witnessing republicans excusing raping children.

Just a year ago Republicans were furious at the thought of transgender women going into locker rooms with cisgender women.

Now they're defining the 50 Shades of pedophilia in order to protect Trump.

#47 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-11-17 12:48 AM | Reply

Nope it's about obfuscation.

It is about confusing the discussion with irrelevant pedantry like arguing over words. I mean he wasn't having sex with infants, so he really wasn't a pedophile, he was more into 'barely legal" you know the sort that you find on pornhub so when you think about it Epstein really wasn't that bad, I mean who among us hasn't lusted after a nubile 15-year-old. I mean look at them they have ----- after all. Moving on to "just asking questions" did Epstein REALLY do what they said he did? Clinton certainly did. But really, what is "rape"? Is statutory rape, really rape? or is it just an arbitrary rule man, and aren't rules made to be broken? Didn't the girls, I mean, women, ------? How could that be rape if the women ------ed? moving onto to outright gaslighting. And there were other women there, like Maxwell, how dangerous could it be for the women, really? And then once the women reached this arbitrary date of "18" well they were free to have sex with whomever they chose, so they chose the middle and old aged friends of Epstein, is THAT a crime? And if THAT wasn't a crime, there really wasn't a pedophilia ring, was there. I mean how could it be a "ring" when there was just one "bad guy" who, really did he do anything "REALLY WRONG"? After all they came to him and they all said Trump was a gentleman, does that sound like a ring?

#48 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-11-17 12:56 AM | Reply

The 50 shades of ignoring Trump raping children:

It's not pedophilia!

It's statutory rape.

It's hebephilia.

It's barely legal.

It's post pubescent.

If there's grass on the field.

#49 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-11-17 12:57 AM | Reply

And then once the women reached this arbitrary date of "18"

They got the boot long before then.

#50 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-11-17 01:03 AM | Reply

**** Hi-Tech DOD Contractor Sought Sex With Pre-Teen Girl ****

The creep has been fired from his own company and was not allowed to post bail.

www.wtae.com

#51 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-17 01:08 AM | Reply

You peole need to brush up on your reading comprehension skills.

#52 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-17 01:34 AM | Reply

#52
LIMP FLAG: MAGAty cluelessness

#53 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-11-17 05:05 AM | Reply

-#53. Yet nobody can actually refute what I said.

#54 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-17 10:38 AM | Reply

Yet nobody can actually refute what I said.

#54 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Everyone is always "refuting " what you said.

After all. You are the most "refuted" poster on the DR. You said so yourself.

#55 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-17 11:00 AM | Reply

It's about being precise with language, Alexandrite.
#46 | Posted by BellRinger

Okay.
What's the precise term for a man who rapes fifteen year old girls?
Thanks in advance.

#56 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-17 11:03 AM | Reply

Kelly has a 14-year-old daughter. I guess it's okay for her to date men as old as her grandpa.

#57 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-11-17 11:04 AM | Reply

You peole need to brush up on your reading comprehension skills.

Self retorting retorts are the best.

#58 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-11-17 11:06 AM | Reply

#49

"here's the thing " and just hear me out for one second. technically speaking, R. Kelly is not a pedophile. just give me one second. I promise this goes well. just hear me out. the term pedophile' refers to people who are attracted to those who are prepubescent. then there's something called a hebephile.' that's people who are attracted to those in the early stages of puberty, like 11, 12, 13, 14. and then there's something called an ephebophile.' that's people attracted to those in the later states of puberty, like 15, 16, 17, 18. but I think the reason we don't make those distinctions is because it's very hard to explain the difference without sounding like a pedophile."

#59 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-11-17 11:08 AM | Reply

I've always understood a pedophile as one who sexually preys upon pre-pubescent children. Post puberty I've always understood to be statutory rape, at best, if not outright rape. It's all beyond disgusting and come with large crim8nal Pe tap ties if convicted

#31 | Posted by BellRinger a

I wasn't using legal definitions. Well, not exactly. I used both psychological and legal. I agree with what you typed.

#39 | Posted by BellRinger a

You're implication is, like Kelly's, that Epstein isn't technically a pedophile

When that obviously is not the point

I refuted that with evidence that Epstein WAS a pedophile in 37 and 41 above

And I explained why, like Kelly, you are doing this.

To obfuscate the horror of what he did to hundreds of children.

In the belief that will help -------

You're lying and a piece of ----

#60 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-11-17 11:18 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll, Alexandrite. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-06 05:42 PM

just a reminder

#61 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-11-17 11:21 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

During the height of the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal, there were some who thought it would be wise to 'explain' that much of the abuse "wasn't technically pedophilia, because many of the victims were teens, blah, blah, blah ..."

That so-called explanation/excuse was sickening then and it's sickening now.

#62 | Posted by anton at 2025-11-17 11:22 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It's about being precise with language, Alexandrite.

#46 | Posted by BellRinger

Only if youre a democrat. If you're maga you can say anything and it's "Oh well you know that's just hyperbole!"

#63 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-11-17 02:11 PM | Reply

"It's about being precise with language"

Explain about the "2,000% reduction" in prescription prices. Especially about the fact he's repeated it a dozen times, and even Karoline Leavitt has repeated it.

Are Trump's advisors too scared to correct him, or are they so stupid they don't know the difference?

If you're precise with language, there aren't too many other options.

#64 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-11-17 02:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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