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Megyn Kelly Slams Blake Lively's Time100 Gala Honor as 'Ridiculous Joke'

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April 25, 2025

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Megyn Kelly Slams Blake Lively's Time100 Gala Honor as 'Ridiculous Joke'

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Actress’ Time100 Honor Is A ‘Ridiculous Joke’
… Megyn Kelly Slams

Published April 25, 2025 5:45 AM PDT

Blake Lively‘s TIME100 honor is a “ridiculous joke” to Megyn Kelly … who minced no words while slamming the actress’ inclusion on TIME magazine’s “Most Influential People” of the year list.

Megyn gave a scathing review of Blake being honored as a “Titan” while on the red carpet at the TIME100 gala Thursday night … telling the Daily Mail she “shouldn’t be” at the event at all and “has no influence over anything.”

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Commenting on her fiery legal battle against her “It Ends With Us” costar Justin Baldoni, the media personality added … “I think she launched a fake MeToo allegation and she’s lived to regret doing it, because virtually every allegation she has made has fallen apart.”

MK even criticized TIME for inviting Blake to the red carpet, calling it “very wrong.”

Taking another shot, she also said she’s hoping to get a selfie with the “Gossip Girl” alum as well as Meghan Markle because they both “provided [her] with so many hours of content” for “The Megyn Kelly Show.”

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Blake was announced as a TIME “Titan” earlier this month along with recognizable names such as Serena Williams, ‘SNL’ creator Lorne Michaels, and Simone Biles.

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She was praised as a “philanthropist and a student of our country’s most intractable problems” with her 2019 NAACP Legal Defense Fund contribution cited as a supporting factor.

Blake likely had Megyn rolling her eyes last night during a speech she made at the New York City event, in which she seemingly alluded to her highly publicized drama with Justin.

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During her speech, she called the “Titan” honor “surreal and deeply significant” during a time “where the most valuable currency seems to be anger, it feels like an act of defiance to commune and celebrate all the good that is alive in the world.”

She also noted her life has been most influenced by her mother, Willie Elaine McAlpin, who she said was a “survivor of the worst crime someone can commit against a woman.”

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She proudly explained her mom — who also accompanied her to the gala — refused to shut down “in fear and unfair shame” … which is the only reason she’s alive today.

As we all know, Blake got her flowers from the magazine as she’s embroiled in a nasty legal battle with Justin, who she sued in December for sexual harassment, retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and more.

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He filed a lawsuit against her, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and her publicist Leslie Sloane in return for allegedly hijacking his film and creating a smear campaign against him. He also asked for a whopping $400 million in damages.

The intense legal drama didn’t rain on Blake’s parade … she walked the red carpet for the TIME100 gala Thursday night alongside Ryan and her mom, smiling for all in a red off-the-shoulder gown.

No update on if the selfie Megyn wanted came into fruition. Stay tuned …

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‘Wait Wait’ for February 28. 2026: Live in Bloomington with Lilly King!

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March 1, 2026

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‘Wait Wait’ for February 28. 2026: Live in Bloomington with Lilly King!

An underwater view shows US’ Lilly King competing in a heat of the women’s 200m breaststroke swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 31, 2024. (Photo by François-Xavier MARIT / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images)

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This week’s show was recorded in Bloomington, Indiana with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Lilly King and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, and Faith Salie. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

Who’s Bill This Time

State of the Union is Hot; The Tribal Council Convenes Again; A Glow Up In the Doll Aisle

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The Toot Tracker

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists tell three stories about a travel hack in the news, only one of which is true.

Not My Job: Olympic Swimmer Lilly King answers our questions about Lil’ Kings

Olympic Swimmer Lilly King plays our game called, “Lilly King meet these Lil’ Kings” Three questions about short kings.

Panel Questions

Cleaning Out The Cabinet; Bedtime Stacking

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Getting Cozy With Cross Country Skiing; Pickleball’s New Competition; Bees Get Freaky

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All the news we couldn’t fit anywhere else

Predictions

Our panelists predict, after American Girls, what’ll be the next toy to get an update.

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Zendaya and Tom Holland Are Married, Her Longtime Stylist Claims

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March 1, 2026

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Zendaya and Tom Holland Are Married, Her Longtime Stylist Claims

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Zendaya and Tom’s Wedding Already Happened …
Y’all Missed It!!!

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March 1, 2026
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Zendaya and Tom Holland are married … so claims her longtime stylist, Law Roach.

Here’s the deal … the celebrity stylist — who started styling Zendaya way back in 2011 — spoke to Access Hollywood on the Actors Awards red carpet where he sang out “The wedding has already happened, you missed it.”

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The AH reporter asks in shock if that’s true … and, Law responds by saying it’s “very true” before walking off.

This isn’t the first time Tom and Zendaya’s relationship status has made headlines on a red carpet … remember at the Golden Globes in 2025, Zendaya had a ring on that finger — and, the next day, we found out the two were engaged.

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Zendaya and Tom met on the set of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” in 2016, started dating a couple years later and went public with their relationship in 2021.

We’ve reached out to Tom and Zendaya’s teams … so far, no word back.

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Bet on Anything, Everywhere, All at Once : Up First from NPR

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March 1, 2026

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Bet on Anything, Everywhere, All at Once : Up First from NPR

Online prediction market platforms allow people to place bets on wide-ranging subjects such as sports, finance, politics and currents events.

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The rise of prediction markets means you can now bet on just about anything, right from your phone. Apps like Kalshi and Polymarket have grown exponentially in President Trump’s second term, as his administration has rolled back regulations designed to keep the industry in check. Billions of dollars have flooded in, and users are placing bets on everything from whether it will rain in Seattle today to whether the US will take over control of Greenland. Who’s winning big on these apps? And who is losing? NPR correspondent Bobby Allyn joins The Sunday Story to explain how these markets came to be and where they are going.

This episode was produced by Andrew Mambo. It was edited by Liana Simstrom and Brett Neely. Fact-checking by Barclay Walsh and Susie Cummings. It was engineered by Robert Rodriguez.

We’d love to hear from you. Send us an email at TheSundayStory@npr.org.

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