Megyn Kelly Asks ‘Who Cares What Julia Roberts Thinks About Politics’ After Rise Up, Sing Out Concert

The same night the UFC was drawing crowds in Washington D.C., a group of Hollywood A-listers gathered in New York City to sing in honor of the First Amendment — and Megyn Kelly had thoughts.

The journalist and host of The Megyn Kelly Show took aim at several Hollywood heavyweights on her Monday, June 15, episode, reacting to the Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment — a 90-minute activist event held Sunday, June 14, at The Town Hall in New York City.

The concert was hosted by Jane Fonda, 88, and her activist collective, the Committee for the First Amendment. It featured performances and appearances by Bette Midler, Patti Smith, Sasha Allen, Joy Reid and Rufus Wainwright in celebration of free speech.

“We had the UFC event again, much, much better than where we were just a couple short years ago, and yet it had to be counterprogrammed by the lunatic left, led by, of course, who else, Jane Fonda,” Kelly, 55, said, before playing clips from the concert.

But it was Julia Roberts, 58, who received the sharpest critique. Kelly questioned why the actress — who she acknowledged had largely stayed apolitical prior to Kamala Harris‘s presidential campaign — had shifted course.

“She got to her late 50s and she said, ‘Let’s do this thing,'” Kelly said. She also referenced Roberts’ pro-Harris ad, asking, “Remember when she did the ad for Kamala, encouraging Trump voters, female Trump voters, to go into the voting booth and disobey their husbands once they got behind the curtain? That was her big contribution. How’d that work out? This is not going to work out any better.”

Kelly made clear she has nothing against Roberts personally — just her political pivot: “Truly, who cares what Julia Roberts thinks about politics?”

“Now, if Julia Roberts is going to stand up in front of some large group in New York and tell us what it was like to act across from Richard Gere in Pretty Woman, I’m interested,” she added.