Megyn Kelly out at ‘Today,’ will still collect $69 million

By Katelyn Caralle

Published October 25, 2018 4:28pm ET

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Megyn Kelly out at ‘Today,’ will still collect $69 million — Megyn Kelly poses on a set at NBC Studios in New York. | (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

“Today” show host Megyn Kelly is out at NBC, according to two people familiar with internal negotiations.

Talk of her exiting the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show began earlier this week after she made controversial comments suggesting wearing blackface in a Halloween costume was not controversial. Kelly apologized for her comments and did not appear in the third hour of “Today” on Thursday.

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