Megyn Kelly was not impressed with country music star Zach Bryan after he apologized and deactivated his social media account in response to backlash for saying he liked Kanye “Ye” West more than Taylor Swift.
“Oh my God, I’m sorry, Zach Bryan, where are your balls? People would like to know,” the journalist who hosts the SiriusXM podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show” said during her Thursday broadcast.
Bryan, the country singer-songwriter known for hits like “Heading South” and “Condemned,” provoked Swift’s fans after posting an article on X revealing that he preferred the rapper known as Ye over their iconic pop star.
“Eagles > Chiefs, Kanye > Taylor,” Bryan wrote on his X account on Sept. 17, adding, “Who’s with me.”
The Eagles was a reference to the Philadelphia football team, while the Chiefs are their rivals from Kansas City. Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, plays for the Chiefs.
Earlier this week, Bryan, 28, backtracked, issuing a lengthy apology on Instagram in which he claimed he was drunk when he posted the article on X that enraged Swifties.
“That was so stupid, Zach,” Kelly said on her show Thursday.
Kelly then took issue with the reaction, saying: “Nerve. That sexist pig…”
“Zach, the internet is not with you because apparently you’re not allowed to make negative comments about Taylor Swift,” she said, adding: “Well, guess what, the internet? We do it here all the time!”
Kelly said Bryan’s move to deactivate his social media in response to the backlash showed a lack of courage.
“Oh my God, I miss real men. I’m sorry, Zach, but I miss real men,” Kelly said.
The presenter said she was “second-hand embarrassed” for Bryan after he “issued a profuse apology on his Instagram page”.
“Bryan poured his heart out, apparently hoping to stop Swift’s mob from their horrific attacks …,” Kelly said.
She added: “Bring our men!”
In his apology, Bryan sought to clarify that his admiration for Ye was artistic and that he disagreed with anti-Semitic statements made by the rapper in recent years.
“For the record guys, I wasn’t coming for Taylor the other night,” he wrote.
“I was comparing two records drunk and it turned out wrong. I know there’s a lot of buzz around Ye and I was just talking musically.”
Bryan added that he “loves[s] Taylor’s music and pray[s] You guys know I’m human and I post stupid things on Twitter often.”
“I hope one day I can explain this to him,” the country music star wrote on Instagram.
“Twitter gets me into a lot of trouble and I’d say it’s best to stay away from it. I’m sorry to all the Taylor fans I’ve pissed off or disappointed.”
Ye and Swift have been considered rivals since the former interrupted her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
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