In the Fox Broadcast special “Megyn Kelly Presents,” set to air tonight, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks about his nearly eight-month-long, back-and-forth dispute with the Fox News anchor.
In a clip that aired last week before the full interview, Trump told Kelly: “I have great respect for you, that you were able to call me and say, ‘Let’s get together and let’s talk.’ To me, I would not have done that.”
Here’s a look back at what Kelly once described as the “bizarre” relationship between the two, from the beginning:
First Republican Presidential Debate
In a question directed at Trump, Kelly listed derogatory remarks she said the GOP hopeful had made about women, from “fat pigs” to “dogs, slobs and disgusting animals.”
Trump fired back on Twitter after the debate.
“Blood Coming Out of Her Wherever”
Trump continued to criticize the Fox News host the day after the debate, telling CNN “There was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever."
“I just don't respect her as a journalist,” Trump told CNN. “I have no respect for her. I don't think she's very good. I think she's highly overrated.”
In an Aug. 9 interview on ABC News’ "This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” Trump stressed that he meant Kelly's nose when he said "wherever,” but he did not apologize for the comments.
While Kelly insisted she wouldn’t engage in a feud with Trump, she was quick to respond on social media after a series of attacks from the Republican front-runner.
Trump Skips Fox News Debate
Trump skipped a Fox News-hosted debate before the Iowa caucuses, instead holding an event to benefit veterans’ groups, after a back-and-forth battle of statements and attacks with Kelly.
Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Trump’s decision had “nothing” to do with Kelly.
Shortly after, Trump took to Twitter to call Kelly a “lightweight reporter.”
Trump argued he wouldn't be treated fairly at the debate.
Kelly Addresses Tiff With Trump
Kelly called the spat she and her network had with Donald Trump “bizarre,” though adding that she also hoped he would be at the next debate.
"It was bizarre because I became the story. He was so very focused on me that I became the story and, you know, you never want to be the story when you're a news person,” Kelly told ABC News.
She added: "I stand by every question I asked him and he was not the only one who had tough questions. He was the only one, however, who complained.”
GOP Debate in Detroit
Republican presidential candidates went head-to-head in a debate hosted by Fox News in Detroit.
As the hopefuls offered their final pitches to the people of Michigan before the state’s primary, they welcomed Trump back to the stage, as well as Kelly as a moderator.
It was the first words the two had exchanged in person since the first Republican debate.
“Mr. Trump, Hi. How are you doing?" Kelly asked him.
“Hello. Nice to be with you, Megyn,” Trump replied. “You’re looking well, you’re looking well.”
Brokered Peace
Trump and Kelly “cleared the air” during an hour-long meeting in Trump’s office in Trump Tower, thus putting an end to the tension between the two.
That meeting evidently paved the way for the interview airing tonight.
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