WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump said Monday he never intended to say anything inappropriate about Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly and said the uproar over his criticism is “all fueled by the press.”
“This wasn’t meant to be much of an insult,” the billionaire real estate executive and Republican presidential candidate said in a telephone interview with NBC’s “Today” show. In his remarks, Trump again tried to clarify what he had said about Kelly, one of the moderators of last week’s presidential debate.
During the debate, Kelly asked the Republican candidate about negative statements he’s made in the past about women. Trump was angered by the line of questioning and later told CNN that Kelly had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever.”
Trump said in the Monday interview that he didn’t get to complete his description about how he thought Kelly was being so angry toward him. But he did say, “She asked me a question that was nasty and I gave her a pretty tough answer.”
Addressing comments he made last Friday in an interview on CNN, Trump said, “I said she was so angry that blood was coming out of her eyes. I said blood was coming out of her …. and I didn’t even finish it.”