On January 6, 2026, during an episode of The Megyn Kelly Show on, former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly commented on her old network’s reporting of the recent U.S. military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The operation, conducted on January 3, 2026, involved U.S. forces carrying out strikes in Caracas and extracting Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who were then transported to New York to face drug-trafficking and related charges. President Donald Trump described the action as a success and stated that the U.S. would temporarily oversee Venezuela’s affairs.
Kelly, who spent 14 years at Fox News before departing in 2017, reflected on how she would have handled similar coverage during her time there.
“When I was at Fox News—which was a long time, 14 years—I would’ve known exactly what to do in the wake of Trump’s attack in Venezuela, his retrieval, shall we say (to put it in mild terms), of Nicolás Maduro,” she said. “I would’ve known that I was supposed to cheerlead.”
After watching Fox News the previous day, Kelly described its coverage as lacking skepticism: “I’m sorry—but it was like watching Russian propaganda. There was nothing skeptical. It was all rah-rah cheerleading. ‘Yes, let’s go!’”
She emphasized her support for the military and President Trump but urged caution: “And that is fine. I love our military as much as anyone, and I believe in President Trump. But there are serious reasons to just exercise a note of caution before we get on the rah-rah train, alright?”
Drawing from her past experience, Kelly added, “I’ve done that enough times in my career as a Fox News anchor to have been embarrassed. I’m not in the green-light territory, and I am staying in yellow-light for now.”
