MEGYN KELLY CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF TAYLOR SWIFT AFTER SINGERâS ATTENDANCE AT GAZA CHARITY EVENT
Megyn Kelly wants fans to âboycottâ Taylor Swift after the singer attended a Gaza fundraising event
with her close pal Selena Gomez amid the IsraelâHamas war.
The political commentator bashed Swift for going to comedian Ramy Youssefâs show in Brooklyn on Dec. 8 â
which donated all proceeds to American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera) â on her eponymous SiriusXM show Tuesday.
Kelly, 53, noted that Jerusalem-based organization NGO Monitor describes Anera as ââhighly political,â presenting a âhighly biased viewâ of the IsraelâPalestine war, âignoring any Palestinian responsibility for hardship and contributing to the demonization of Israel.â
âThat is the group Taylor Swift thought it might be fun to help raise money for, attend the fundraiser for,â the journalist continued, âand she owes Israelis and Jewish Americans an apology.â
Kelly even went so far as to share her hope that Swifties will âboycottâ the âCruel Summerâ singerâs events âuntil she issuesâ a mea culpa.
8Megyn Kelly slammed Taylor Swift for attending a Gaza fundraiser.
8Kelly said the charity event raised money for an organization that allegedly ignores âany Palestinian responsibility for hardship and contributing to the demonization of Israel.âSiriusxm
âAttending this thing was wrong. It was wrong. Do some Googling. See what they do in Gaza to gays. See about womenâs rights in Gaza, Taylor,â she said.
âOtherwise, do this when it comes to talking about those issues again,â the former Fox News host concluded while motioning her hand to tell Swift to keep her mouth shut. âYou clearly know nothing.â
Page Six has reached out to Swiftâs rep for comment.
Aneraâs website insists the nonprofit âdoes not work or even coordinate withâ Hamas, which the US Department of State designates as a âterrorist group.â
8Kelly believes Swift âowes Israelis and Jewish Americans an apology.â
Other celebrities seen at the event included Cara Delevingne, Anya Taylor-Joy and Zoë Kravitz.
Swift â who has 278 million Instagram followers and was just named Timeâs Person of the Year â has been criticized for staying silent after Hamasâ Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israeli citizens that left more than 1,200 dead, 240 kidnapped and many đ eđ„ually brutalized.
The Grammy winnerâs bodyguard even reportedly returned to Israel to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces amid the conflict.
8Swift and Selena Gomez attended a comedy show benefiting Anera.TheImageDirect.com
Many fans flocked to social media to react to Swiftâs attendance at the charity event.
âSince October 7th, Taylor Swift has made ZERO mentions of the massacre that occurred in Israel at the hands of Hamas terrorists,â the StopAntisemitism organization tweeted Monday. âHer own bodyguard, who is charged with protecting her life, went to Israel to serve in the IDF. Swift did, however, make the time to attend a Gaza fundraiser Friday evening with Selena Gomez. When will you attend a fundraiser for Israel @taylorswift13?â
âI canât believe her I was a full time swiftie, and now itâs gone. All my respect. So sad she has lost me as a fan,â a Twitter user responded.
8Kelly also said that fans should âboycottâ Swift.TheImageDirect.com
âIâm sure Selena Gomezâs fundraising will help,â another user sarcastically wrote over a video of Hamas terrorists stealing a UN aid truck intended for Gaza citizens.
âNot to mention that one of the massacre victims that was considered kidnapped for over a month was a Swiftie, and many fans and even Israelâs account reached out to @taylorswift13 for help and she totally ignored them!!!â a third tweeter noted.
âNot my person of the year!!â another added.
8The fundraiser was a comedy show by Ramy Youssef.Rob Kim
Social media influencer Lindsay Pinchuk also slammed Swiftâs presence at the fundraiser, saying in a viral video on Instagram, âWhen a celebrity this big makes a statement like this, the flames are fanned for more hate and antisemitism for Jewish people.â
Others, however, argued that Swift, 34, was entitled to help Palestinians suffering during the war.
âI always loved her songs. Now Iâm proud to say Iâm a swifty!â one person tweeted.
8The singer has remained silent about Hamasâ war on Israel.TheImageDirect.com
âWhat a sad, pathetic take, Megyn. She attended a comedy show with proceeds going to support HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS in Gaza, where thousands have died and more will. She also donated 1 mil to TN tornado relief efforts today, but youâll never mention that,â a second wrote.
âI think anyone blindly supporting either side owes an apology. Both sides are pretty gross,â another chimed in.
Kelly previously called out Gigi Hadid for spreading misinformation about the Israeli government amid the conflict.
8Swiftâs bodyguard reportedly served in the IFD after the Oct. 7 attack.TheImageDirect.com
âFirst of all, Gigi Hadid is an idiot,â the former NBC News personality told the Daily Mail in November of the Palestinian American model. âShe should concentrate [on] walking down the long runway and trying to look pretty; she does a pretty good job of that.â
Hadid, 28, posted an apology at the time after being criticized for a since-deleted Instagram post accusing Israel of the âabduction, rape, humiliation, torture [and] murderâ of Palestinians for âyears and years and yearsâ before Hamasâ attack.
The âNext in Fashionâ co-host has nearly 79 million Instagram followers, which is more than five times the worldwide Jewish population.