Megyn Kelly is still struggling on morning TV. Because NBC is run by idiots, I guess no one thought “hey, I wonder if Megyn is going to come across as cold, unlikeable and minimally talented on morning television” before they offered her a huge contract. So, we’re stuck with Megyn until NBC shuffles her off somewhere else, which will probably be a while. For now, they’re trying to encourage her to find her range as an interviewer… a range which is severely limited, let’s say. They didn’t even trust her to do an interview with Corey Feldman alone. They had to bring in Matt Lauer:

This interview was widely criticized because Lauer and Kelly came across as A) victim-blaming, and B) like the onus was on Feldman to name names years after the fact, when it’s clear that he’s still very afraid of backlash. As for Megyn… well, even Lauer won’t defend her:

Et tu, Matt? While Megyn Kelly’s had a rocky start to her hour of “Today,” co-star Matt Lauer doesn’t seem to be defending her. When an industry insider remarked to Lauer last week that celebrities are being advised to avoid Kelly’s “Megyn Kelly Today” — amid ratings struggles and awkward snafus with famous guests — a Page Six spy overheard Lauer reply that he “gets it,” adding, “It’s a big problem for them,” meaning Kelly’s show. Insiders were stunned that the veteran “Today” host didn’t try to defend his new colleague.

We’re told publicists have been steering their clients to other shows, partly because of Kelly’s ailing ratings and partly because of the dust-ups with Jane Fonda and Debra Messing. In September — just two days into her run as host of the 9 a.m. hour of “Today” — Kelly upset Fonda by bringing up the actress’ plastic surgery past.

Another reason that Hollywood flacks are booking clients elsewhere is that Kelly is struggling to hang on to viewers. As Page Six recently reported, her numbers are nearly at an all-time low for the famed NBC morning show and she continues to drag down “Kathie Lee & Hoda.”

“This week was the lowest Kathie and Hoda have rated since 2010,” said a source. “It keeps getting worse. Megyn is killing them. It is a real problem and no one wants to book Megyn’s show,” the insider said. Another source added, “They can keep telling you about all the lunches they’re taking her to, but it’s not helping the ratings.”

But a rep for “Today” downplayed any drama, telling us: “Sounds like a few troublemakers are trying to stir up drama where there just isn’t any. Everyone’s doing just fine at the ‘Today’ show.”

[From Page Six]

Some might question the glee I feel about Megyn Kelly’s downfall, and whether we should support her just because she’s a woman in a man’s world or whatever. While I think Matt Lauer is a douchebag (for real), I chuckled at the idea of Lauer shrugging his shoulders and #NotMyProblem-ing the Megyn situation. Like, Megyn Kelly is the worst. Don’t support her just because she’s a woman. Terrible women don’t deserve to be supported when they’re terrible.

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