Former CNN host Piers Morgan sat down with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly on Monday night’s The Kelly File to discuss him lobbying Time magazine to name the Ferguson protestors to be their “Person of the Year” for 2014. The interview began with the two jokingly burrying the hatchet regarding their former ratings battle during the 9:00 p.m. timeslot.
Speaking to Kelly, Morgan joked that in 2013 “I tweeted you saying, ‘Bring it, Megyn Kelly’...And the mere fact I’m now a guest on the show indicates that you brought it. So congratulations.” The Fox News host said of Morgan’s failed run at CNN :"Thank you very much for being such a gracious loser. We appreciate it."
The rest of the opening was spent with Kelly lightheartedly poking fun at Morgan who revealed that since leaving CNN he regularly watches his former Fox News competitor:
MORGAN: I’ve actually been watching your show.
KELLY: Have you?
MORGAN: Yeah, because I couldn’t do it before. I was up against you.
KELLY: And so now, we are your selection at 9:00 p.m?
MORGAN: I agree with a lot of what you say, which is a quite disturbing revelation.
KELLY: Perhaps it’s not the brand you expected when you spent too much time at the Huffington Post.
MORGAN: That may be true.
See relevant transcript below.
Fox News’ The Kelly File
December 8, 2014
MEGYN KELLY: Time magazine releasing its top eight finalists for Person of the Year in 2014. So who’s on the list? Piers Morgan. No, but he’s here to talk about it. He’s editor-at-large now at The Daily Mail. Piers, great to see you.
PIERS MORGAN: Well, before we get further, let’s just kill the elephant in the room right away. Okay? So when you started at 9:00 and you were up against me I tweeted you saying, “Bring it, Megyn Kelly.”
KELLY: Yeah, and I was polite enough to ignore that.
MORGAN: And the mere fact I’m now a guest on the show indicates that you brought it. So congratulations.
KELLY: Thank you very much for being such a gracious loser. We appreciate it.
MORGAN: Well, temporary loser.
KELLY: Loser? Whoever said anything about loser?
MORGAN: Don’t mention the L word.
KELLY: Thank you very much.
MORGAN: I’ve actually been watching your show.
KELLY: Have you?
MORGAN: Yeah, because I couldn’t do it before. I was up against you.
KELLY: And so now, we are your selection at 9:00 p.m?
MORGAN: I agree with a lot of what you say, which is a quite disturbing revelation.
KELLY: Perhaps it’s not the brand you expected when you spent too much time at the Huffington Post.
MORGAN: That may be true.
