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Megyn Kelly didn’t mince words when she called out Eileen Gu for the athlete’s self-congratulatory, media-friendly narrative — noting that Gu “had this privileged upbringing in San Francisco” and suggesting her turn to compete for China came with a “big fat check.” That pushback resonates because Americans are tired of elites and celebrities being handed adoration while quietly cashing in with regimes that aren’t our friends.
Make no mistake: Eileen Gu is a sensational skier, but her decision to switch from Team USA to represent China in international competition is a political and moral choice, not a neutral brand pivot. She has been widely celebrated as “inspirational” by the legacy press and influencers even as questions linger about loyalties and the optics of American talent trading under our flag for foreign paydays.
Conservative Americans aren’t jealous of success; we respect grit and patriotism. What rankles is the media’s fawning script — lauding Gu’s “multi-hyphenate” glamor while downplaying the reality that she took lucrative deals and global ambassadorships tied directly to the Chinese market. That transactional relationship deserves scrutiny, not applause.
Megyn’s comparison — that Gu’s self-praise reads like a Gayle King-style puff piece — is more than a snarky jab; it’s a rebuke of the media’s habit of turning athletes into sanitized heroes while glossing over inconvenient political and ethical facts. Americans who sacrifice to serve this country shouldn’t have their commitment minimized while someone who cashes in for foreign influence gets a hero’s welcome.
There’s a larger cultural rot here: celebrity virtue-signaling packaged as inspiration while real questions about influence, money, and allegiance are dismissed as “politics.” That’s the kind of selective outrage and selective patriotism the left markets to our kids — celebrate the brand, ignore the actor. Conservatives should call out the double standard without apology.
Hardworking Americans understand complexity: you can admire athletic achievement and still demand accountability. If a star chooses to represent a strategic rival and monetizes that move, the press should ask tough questions instead of producing glossy profiles. Megyn Kelly did exactly that, and the reaction proves why independent voices that sound the alarm still matter.
This isn’t personal animus against Eileen Gu — it’s common-sense defense of national loyalty and media honesty. If the next generation is to learn what true patriotism looks like, we must praise those who love and represent America, hold the rest to account, and refuse to let our cultural institutions sell us watered-down stories in exchange for clicks and celebrity.
