Honestly, “ with CBS News’ new and controversial editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, who handpicked Dokoupil for the prestigious role.
So, of course, the claws came out for Weiss as well.
“I’ve figured it out. Bari is an out lesbian, and she’s in a marriage to another woman, and they have kids, and so on,” Kelly said. “This is a lesbian’s idea of what women want. Like, ‘He’s sweet, he’s soft, this is what… this is going to sell.’”
Kelly then doubled down on her dislike for anyone who doesn’t strictly adhere to traditional gender norms.
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“No, no, no! We want someone with balls, with a spine, someone who will protect us,” Kelly said. “Somebody who, like, when the burglar comes, will be the first out the door — they won’t be hiding behind us. Like, as we call it in my family, first defender.”
Kelly continued: “Whenever [my husband] Doug and I go on the road, whether it’s like a hotel or like a rental, he knows he has to be first defender and he’s perfectly fine in that role. Like, Tony ‘T’Oprah’ Dokoupil is not first defender.”
Although there are plenty of reasons to be wary of Dokoupil and Weiss being the faces of a legacy newsroom, Kelly’s reasoning based “on vibes” appears as flimsy as her ability to conjure nicknames.
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