NBC News Confirms 'Megyn Kelly Today' Is Cancelled | THR News - video Dailymotion

Meanwhile Kelly's lawyer, Hollywood litigator Bryan Freedman, continues to negotiate her exit.

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00:00It's official! NBC News has canceled Megyn Kelly Today following her controversial blackface

00:05comments. NBC News said in a statement on Friday,

00:11Meanwhile, Kelly's attorney, Brian Friedman, stressed in his own statement that negotiations

00:19with NBC News are ongoing. He said,

00:22At issue is the payout of the remainder of her reported $69 million contract. Kelly's side

00:33also is attempting to keep her non-compete clause as short as possible. Six months is standard

00:38in the television news industry, and Kelly did have such a clause in her Fox News exit

00:42agreement that kept her off the air for several months. This all comes after Kelly said this

00:46on her Tuesday show,

00:52The host has since apologized, but the comments had immediate consequences, with cancellations

01:03from multiple guests. But even before all that, Megyn Kelly Today struggled to gain traction.

01:08It averaged about 2.4 million viewers a day, while its direct competitor, ABC's Live with

01:13Kelly and Ryan, leads the time slot with 3 million viewers.

01:16For more on this story, head to THR.com. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:21I'm Tiffany Taylor.