America is tired of being lectured by wealthy elites who sip champagne while pretending they understand the struggles of ordinary citizens, and Megyn Kelly didn’t hold back in calling out that hypocrisy on her show. Kelly’s program has built a reputation for skewering the celebrity class and their performative outrage, and in recent episodes she has made it clear she sees figures like Whoopi Goldberg and Glenn Close as emblematic of that problem.
Whoopi Goldberg’s recent public posturing on national television and her commentary about high-profile incidents have once again put her in the crosshairs of critics who say she speaks from a place of celebrity privilege rather than lived experience. Her remarks on The View about federal actions and public protests drew sharp rebukes and renewed the argument that daytime elites are often tone-deaf to the consequences of the narratives they push.
Glenn Close, likewise, used her platform to denounce the current administration in stark terms, calling it a “Trump regime” and condemning federal law enforcement actions in emotionally charged language. Those statements, amplified by her fame and fortune, play into Kelly’s point: when multi-millionaires lecture the country about morality and governance, their commentary carries the heavy smell of hypocrisy to the millions who pay taxes and actually live with the fallout.
Kelly’s critique is not simply personal invective — it is a broader indictment of a cultural class that profits from moral grandstanding while remaining insulated from the consequences of the policies and chaos they so eagerly endorse. Americans are rightly skeptical when actors and talk-show hosts cloak political campaigning in sanctimony, especially when those same figures have never run a payroll, balanced a household budget, or faced the criminal elements their rhetoric sometimes seems to excuse.
Of course, when conservatives like Megyn Kelly point this out, the media predictably howl about tone and say conservatives are attacking “the arts” or “free expression.” Meanwhile, outlets that celebrate celebrity activism rarely subject leftwing stars to the kind of scrutiny Kelly applies to them, proving the double standard she’s calling out. Even Kelly herself has been a lightning rod — criticized harshly by some outlets for other blunt takes — which only underscores that the attack is political as much as it is cultural.
Hardworking Americans deserve spokespeople willing to name the disconnect between preaching and practice. It’s patriotic to demand accountability from every corner of public life — including Hollywood — when those with outsized influence traffic in moral absolutes while enjoying every luxury afforded by a system they so readily condemn. Kelly’s unapologetic stance resonates because it defends the dignity of everyday citizens against a self-important elite that often mistakes money and fame for moral authority.
If the celebrity class wants to weigh in on national debates, fine — bring facts, admit complexity, and stop the sanctimonious posturing. Until then, Megyn Kelly and others who push back are doing a service by reminding the country that patriotism belongs to the people who build and defend this nation, not the preening millionaires who treat politics as another awards-season performance.
