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Watching Megyn Kelly and Emily Jashinsky crack up over Ellen DeGeneres fumbling through a birthday moment was more than petty TV sniping — it was a welcome reminder that celebrity sanctimony finally has to answer to the court of public opinion. On Kelly’s show the exchange was played for laughs, and rightfully so; Americans are tired of being lectured by people who act one way on camera and another behind the scenes.
Anyone who remembers the infamous Dakota Johnson clip knows why the laughter landed: Ellen tried to play the slighted friend, only to be publicly corrected when Johnson produced receipts that Ellen had, in fact, been invited. That on-air awkwardness isn’t an isolated gaffe — it’s emblematic of a larger pattern where hosts weaponize charm and then get exposed when the cameras aren’t rolling.
That pattern turned into a scandal when former staffers described a toxic workplace behind Ellen’s “be kind” billboard, proving that brand slogans don’t make someone virtuous. Conservatives have long said the left’s moralizing celebrities are two-faced, and the revelations about Ellen’s show gave that argument concrete legs.
Megyn Kelly didn’t stop at the birthday bit; she also pointed out the almost comical sight of Ellen complaining about America while taking up residence overseas. If you want to lecture Americans on politics and protest, maybe don’t do it from a luxury home abroad and then act surprised when people call you out for hypocrisy.
This isn’t about enjoying someone’s misfortune — it’s about holding elites accountable. When media figures package patronizing sermons as moral authority while treating staff and guests like props, they deserve the ridicule they get from people who actually pay taxes, work hard, and raise families without celebrity endorsements.
Hardworking Americans value authenticity and decency, not canned virtue signaling from the Hollywood bubble. If Ellen’s awkward birthday moment and the fallout around her brand finally teach the mainstream media to stop anointing every performative left-wing celebrity as the arbiter of good behavior, that would be a win for common sense and for anyone who has been asked to “be kind” by people who rarely practice it.
