How low can they go? MAGA television host Megyn Kelly denied yesterday that Jeffrey Epstein was actually a pedophile. People she knows told her that when a man has sexual relations with a 15-year-old, it’s not pedophilia. She seems to agree. After all, she says, a 15-year-old is way different from a 5-year-old.
Here’s the relevant portion of Megyn Kelly’s remarks from the November 12 episode of her show, as reported by multiple outlets:
“I know somebody very, very close to this case who is in a position to know virtually everything. And this person has told me, from the start—years and years ago—that Jeffrey Epstein, in this person’s view, was not a pedophile.
“He was into the barely-legal type. Like, he liked 15-year-old girls. And I realise this is disgusting. I’m definitely not trying to make an excuse for this. I’m just giving you facts, that he wasn’t into, like, 8-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 passer-by.
“And that is what I believed, and that is what I reliably was told for many years. And it wasn’t until we heard from [Attorney General Pam Bondi] that they had tens of thousands of videos of alleged— forgive me, they used to call it ‘kiddie porn,’ now they call it child sexual abuse material — on his computer, that for the first time I thought, ‘Oh no, he was an actual pedophile.’
“Only a pedophile gets off on young-children-abuse videos. … We have yet to see anybody come forward and say, ‘I was under 10, I was under 14 when I first came within his purview.’ You can say that’s a distinction without a difference. I think there is a difference. There’s a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old, you know?”
If I had a 15-year-old daughter, I would not approve of her having sexual relations with anyone, most certainly not a 40-year-old man.

Megyn Kelly has bought into the GOP’s perverted notion of patrimony. It is a view in which subjugated women serve men without question. The value of women in this so-called conservative subculture is defined by their ability to procreate and provide sex. A fifteen year old girl is a child that can be easily manipulated by an exploitative adult regardless of how mature she may seem. If these young Epstein exploited women were mature enough to deal with the consequences of these sexual events, they would not have needed therapy to help heal their fractured psyches, and Virginia Guiffre would not have committed suicide.
We still suffer from a double standard in this country. Unfortunately, we have a problem in this country where women are often blamed and shamed more than men for their missteps, sexual or otherwise. When more that twenty women claimed they were sexually assaulted by DJT, and he still wins the presidency, we have acknowledge that we have a long standing problem.
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Trump has gone to the Supreme Court to seek reversal of the NY judgment that favored E. Jean Carroll. It’s about the money.
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Trump wants to rewrite history. He pardoned all the January 6th goons including The Oath Keepers that attacked The Capitol. He is trying flip the truth on its head.
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A few months ago I saw a comedian who joked that he got into an argument with his girlfriend insisting that Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t technically a pedophile. He explained that Epstein would actually be classified as a hebephile (attracted to ages 11–15) or an ephebophile (16–19).
He ended the bit by saying: “There’s a reason nobody bothers making that distinction. Because the moment you do… everyone thinks you’re the pedophile.”
Too bad Megyn didn’t see the routine.
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I found the video and I was mistaken. The comedian was referring to R. Kelly, not Jeffrey Epstein. Same difference.
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Isn’t this kind of moral relativism off-brand for her? She is nothing if not self-righeous.
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The fact that trump’s approval ratings are above 30% after all that has come to light about this human atrocity is a savage indictment of America.
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Megan Kelly has a 14 year old daughter.
She also believes that 15 is too young for a person to begin to medically transition for gender dysphoria.
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What would Megan say about her 14-year-old daughter having a sexual relationship with a 40-year-old man?
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That she should wait a few months, so long as the 40 year old is GOP.
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Has RFK Jr’s “brain worm” taken up residence in Megan Kelly’s head?
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She’s correct as a technical matter. Epstein appears to be an “ephebophile,” not a “pedophile,” strictly speaking. But as the comedian referenced by someone else in this thread noted, it’s very difficult to point that out without sounding like a pervert.
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You have been MIA for too long, FLERP
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This is no accident. She is in the Trump media orbit and influences a significant female base. I believe her vile statement is purposeful. It is meant to normalize and rationalize what is soon going to become public knowledge about traitor Trump’s deviancy. She might has well have begun her speech with “Many people are saying…”.
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