Are These Halloween Costumes Too Controversial To Wear? | Megyn Kelly TODAY 

I came straight to the comments

cant help but think they wanted to get rid of her for other reasons than this

"I'm a little fired up" I can not say how ironic that statement is.

“apparently been some rule” when talking about a native american costume.... there is a whole background behind why natives wear what they wear..

I have a suggestion...when discussing racial matters...try to have a diverse panel...just a suggestion...

I’m so glad such a diverse panel of people are discussing what is considered racist and offensive!!!!

Could those two women sitting behind MK be just a little more over the top pulling their shocked faces, and "whatttt???" faces.

I think Melissa Rivers was more offensive than Megyn Kelly. Just me??

This rant coming from the woman who had a huge issue with black Santa. Such hypocrisy!

you find me offensive? i find you offensive for finding me offensive

there's a difference between wearing a costume that portrays a character and wearing a costume that portrays a stereotype about a group of people.

I dressed up as Jesus to school and got sent home by 2nd period

As a Black man, I was not upset about this at all. Megan spoke the truth, where was the racists comment, seriously. Total BS. They were looking for a reason to fire her.

I never watch these shows. Had to review what the issue was. I watched 3 times. I am still waiting. She should not have apologized.

I'm watching this for the first time. I must say I'm shocked -- by how inoffensive that was.

The ladies in the back. So distracting 😅

Every day people are dying of starvation and violence around the world but yet this is the NEWS!

We need to separate "offensive" actions from "racist" actions. Actions can be offensive to some people and inoffensive to others. Their offensiveness is completely up to the interpretation of others. What offends one person may not offend another. Racism is different. Instead of being up to the interpretation of others, racist actions are purely about the intentions of the person making those actions. Racism is defined as a belief in the inferiority of a race, or a hatred or prejudice towards a race. A racist action is an action that originates with this racial bias. It's not up to how others perceive an action, but rather what motivated those actions. Taking the example of blackface given in this video, it's perfectly possible to use blackface for either racist or non-racist reasons. If the wearer intends to insult black people, then it's racist. If the wearer simply intends to emulate a role model she looks up to, then it's not racist. Whether this is offensive is a completely different question, and it will vary from one witness to the next. In the end, it's wise to consider how our actions will be perceived by others so that we don't offend people unnecessarily. But when we are offended, we should also try to weigh the intentions of the person who has offended us. Often we'll discover that the intentions were not bad, and this can serve to lessen our feeling of offense. The world is a better place when we try to understand each other.

I love how the panel sat there and didn't challenge Megan on anything.

She was fired FOR THIS? Give me a breakkkkkkkkkkk. Wrongful dismissal. It was a conversation about HALLOWEEN. I am a person of color and I still cannot find her insulting comment. I hope she sues.

Racism is horrible, and I'm not a fan of Megyn Kelly, but all she said is that dressing as a character in blackface used to be okay. She didn't say it was acceptalbe now. What's the big deal about what she said? If THAT offends you, that's a concern. The U.S. has become way too politically correct.

It was all about The Anne Frank and Nazi costumes. They just wanted to use black face as an excuse.

I cannot believe they fired Megyn Kelly for this, after she apologized.

I finally watched, and this was it?! It wasn't as bad as the network made it out to be. Clearly they have been wanting to fire her, and took this, as a way out.

i can't wear a mustache or sombrero even though i'm mexican :c i'm sad now

I cannot comment on this video because I might offend someone.

I just think this whole "Halloween" stuff is just absurd... Anyone else think the same?

Why did Whoppi Goldberg adamantly defend Ted Danson in 1993 after he not only wore black face but repeatedly used the “N” word? Granted they were lovers at that time but still.......that made it OK?

4:04 for the comment. You’re welcome.

yes, let's ask a bunch of white people what is or isn't offensive

This whole segment was just a mess😂

THIS is what people threw a fit over? My generation is so sensitive.

How tf are you gonna defend an Anne Frank costume?

Blackface isnt ok because its dressing up as a caricature of a black person, it's stereotyping. Dressing up as an actual famous or infamous person is NOT blackface. ALTHOUGH, Robert Downey Jr. was in Blackface in Tropic Thunder and it was hilarious.

5:50 “we’re in trouble here” “we’re already in the deep end just follow me” 😂😂 The other White people was tryna save her like Megyn u trippin 😯

Okay, so you'll ax Megyn Kelly for her remarks about blackface, but you'll keep the video up on RU-vid. Really?

She was fired for this? Give me a break.

This? This is what the uproar is about? When I heard about this I thought whoa, she must have said something horrible. I kept waiting for it. Now, I don't watch these types of shows and I don't care about them. But it's a talk show where, God forbid, people have an exchange of opinions.

Melissa’s late mom would say anything and get away with it as humour!

I’m not a right winger, and I get where she is coming from. Good for her

You can dress and look like Diana Ross with no need to paint your face black.

There all so dry like who watches this 💀

So NBC, when are you going to fire Jimmy Fallon and Loren Michaels and cancel SNL for actually wearing Black face and writing it in to the show. Wheres Al Rokers emotional rebuke of Jimmy Fallon?.... NBC owes Kelly a apology.

That Michael joke was not even funny he had a skin condition

Our nation will always remain hateful and divided. Far too many people are constantly looking for something to be offended about. The people judging others have NEVER made a mistake. Apologies don’t count to them either. Next will be breathing that offends people. Do you then stop breathing? No! I say breathe louder! Start living. Start forgiving. If you keep looking for the things that offend you, you’re going to miss the things that were there to make you smile.

what is wrong with making yourself look like someone else, thought that was the point of costumes

I needed to look this up because there was outrage. What did she say that was wrong? Wtf is wrong with this world

Dude ... no black person in the audience got up and walked away... I was not offended either.. people need to chill tf out... 😒

_“If she really wanted to look like Diana Ross, she should of dressed as Michael Jackson”_ and the crowd erupts. *Someone PLEASE explain the joke* wtf @5:42

So that was it, huh? That was the nail in the coffin? Seems like they (whoever's in charge) were looking for a reason to get rid of Megyn Kelly. I thought Melissa Rivers was more offensive!

My dog got super offended when I dressed up as a puppy, till this day he still lives with my mom. I was only six. Smh.

She was fired for that ?? that’s insane

My TV went out the door eight years ago, I'm still not having second thoughts.

I’m going to talk about dressing up in black face with an all white panel... you clearly didn’t want to hear what a more diverse crowd had to say.

Ahh, the video that ended Megyn Kelly’s career

Megan the only offensive comment you made to these Morons of NBC is being was speaking With articulation, smarts and being poise , beautiful and professional.

Black face is the limit. There’s history to it

How can you even have this discussion with no diversity at all on the panel.

NBC: Sad it is over . This is when your show was just starting to get good.

This is a prime example of why diversity is so important. These people are so far removed from people of color and different cultures they have no clue. And no one said a word.

This is crazy the ladies on The Talk are more offensive

I see nothing wrong with her comments?! And I don't understand why she took the bait and apologized? She was admitting guilt when all she was really doing was expressing "opinion" more Snowflake's melt and cry foul! Such BS!

Joy Behar dresses in blackface and doesn't get fired. Kelly talks about it, and she gets fired. What a strange world that we live in.

😡🤬😤🤯ALL of them should have been fired 🧐be because not one of them even cringed or seemed even a tad bit uncomfortable🤨 when Megyn’s ignorant self said what she said!! 🤬🤯😤

Lame discussion.

There was no offence here and NBC should be banned to set an ironic precedence.

I’ve never seen a black person wear white face ... but carry on ma’am lol I don’t think it called for her losing her job but it was an ignorant comment . And the Michael Jackson joke made no sense lol

This is the first time I ever saw this, and man, talk about a nothingburger.

I think some people over reacting to the comments and making it more than it really is about Halloween costumes.

Looks like you don’t have to wake up early anymore Megyn

“But they do look like that” lmao byee

fired over this? there must be more to it

Truly, they needed a person of color on this panel. Like...don't talk about how "ridiculous" or "sensitive" the other side is being without having representation from the other side. This was a totally biased panel. I'm not saying that anyone said anything overtly offensive, but I am saying that this conversation would have been more enriched and had more journalistic integrity if a different perspective had been offered.

Personally, I will probably not watch Today anymore. I liked the Megyn Kelly's hour and looked forward to it every day. I think they were just waiting for an excuse to get rid of her. I can't imagine losing my job over that.

I have no idea what was so offensive about this episode. The discussion was about Halloween costumes, and how some people are trying to "police" what you can wear and what you cannot wear. I think NBC must have been looking for an excuse to fire her due to "other reasons".

OMG I thought Melissa Rivers was Judge Jeannine Pirro before she was introduced! And that woman to the right of the host in the back with the bun is in the audience in almost every Wendy Williams episode. So much craziness already and I'm not even past the 30 second mark. lol

For the past couple of months Megyn Kelly has been returning to her laughable Fox News roots.

Megyn Kelly’s personality is stale. She is the worst host. The network wasted its money hiring her.

5:19 so that’s what all the fuss was all about? She never said, “I think bl*ckface is ok” she just said “What’s wrong with wanting to dress up as Diana Ross?” They twisted her words around, like usual.

Well in retrospect she did give a fair warning about being fired up.

She got fired for that? Really im a black guy come on

They literally ignored the actual reasoning for these diffrences with a non diverse cast

It’s not illegal to be offensive, it’s inconsiderate, but not illegal.

At first I thought what she said was NOT reason to get fired but listening to it again I changed my mind. Everything she said before that statement was leading up to discuss the blackface and that was what she was most concern about discussing. Blackface is and has always been an insult to the Black community and she knows that.

I’m Mexican and I’m not offended by the Mexican costume 🤷🏻‍♀️

Umm I am still waiting for the racist remark that got her fired!

a masterclass on how to get fired in 11 min

I wonder if she still waking up early 🤔

People are really sensitive these days...

So stupid that she lost her job over this

You can feel the negative energy slowly erupting.

So I heard about the blacklash before I had actually seen what happened. And now watching it, after hearing of her outsting; I'm a little shocked. As a black man, and a black man who was recently attacked by a white person having called me the n-word; I'm a little confused, and saddened that this is what we as a society tend to go after and fight. There are bigger more pressing issues facing our race that we can fight about, then the fact that some tv host discussed blackface. Unless I missed it, I didn't see her praising or saying that it was okay to wear blackface. It was a conversation piece, where I believe she was just asking or saying it's halloween. Althought we all know that halloween or not, blackface is not okay. I still just can't believe or see why it was such a big deal that she lost her job. There had to have been more to the story and that the network already wanted her gone, and just used this situation as the excuse to fire her.

Megyn Kelly costumes are considered OFFENSIVE this year!

Coming from the same woman who had a problem with non whites dressing as Jesus and Santa because according to her they're white, even though Jesus was a middle Eastern Jew who was brown and Santa was of Turkish origin

All she said is... "What is racist? Like when a white person puts on black face for Halloween or when a black person puts on white face for Halloween? When I was a kid , that was OK as long as we dressing up as a character". I don't see anything wrong with what she said? She used the example both ways, not just talking about a white person dressing up as a black person but as a black person dressing up as a white person. I AM NOT OFFENDED AND NEITHER SHOULD ANYONE ELSE BE!!! I can't believe she lost her job over this?!?! I see others are commenting about how their should have been a black person on the panel to help offer a different view in this topic, I understand that but even if there would have been one black person or even two , they wouldn't speak for the entire race of African Americans! Like I said she used that term both ways, and I as a white person am NOT offended! But I don't speak for my entire race either!

"Back when I was a kid, that was OK..." 4:12 🤭

The lady in the white shirt behind Megyn was cracking me up with all her crazy reactions

Waking up early makes sense, but Im just not a morning person 😭

Can you dress as Lenin, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Min? Can you dress as Hitler? Ok, but Goebbels then?

I can’t believe NBC would be so crazy that they would fire someone over a “in the conversation “ of appropriate costumes. Come on people, most of us grew up the same way as Megan and there was nothing in that conversation that was offensive. If there were people offended,she apologized and that was all that was necessary. If you are that thin skinned in this world where any politician can say what ever they want about an opponent and get by with it you better crawl into a hole and hide. This whole world has gone crazy.