The storied saga of Donald Trump and Fox News host Megyn Kelly created fireworks during the Republican Party primary and appeared to have cooled in recent months, but that all ended Tuesday night.
This time, though, it wasn't Trump himself who verbally attacked Kelly but one of his best-known surrogates, effectively restarting what many people have seen as more than a year-long feud between the pair.
Here's a look back:
The feud between Trump and Kelly started Aug. 6, 2015, at the first Republican presidential debate when the two had a contentious back-and-forth.
In a question directed at Trump, Kelly listed derogatory remarks she said the GOP hopeful has made about women, from “fat pigs” to “dogs, slobs and disgusting animals.”
Trump fired back on Twitter after the debate.
But it didn’t end there.
Trump continued to criticize the Fox News host in the days after the debate, telling CNN, “There was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever."
In an interview with ABC News’ "This Week" two days later, Trump cited Kelly's nose when he said "wherever."
Kelly said in an interview with Charlie Rose last October that neither she nor Fox News wanted “any sort of war” with Trump.
“He was obviously upset. That's fine; he's running for president, it's not a fun business, there's going to be ups and downs and I know he considered that a down,” Kelly said. “So we just wanted to forge forward and try to put it behind us, not pour any more fuel on that fire."
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 then-GOP frontrunner.
At the beginning of February, Kelly called the feud she and her network have with Donald Trump “bizarre.”
"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, referencing the frayed relationship she had with the New York real estate developer. “You want to be covering the story so it was like an Alice-through-the-looking-glass experience.”
Kelly had a one-on-one interview with Trump that aired in early-May but, before its release, she said it took her some time to find the right time to reach out to him.
“In April there was a lull in the tweet storm, and I seized on the opportunity,” Kelly told ABC News. “I had been looking for months for just the right window to go in there. But every time I thought I was there, he’d start up again, whether it was boycotting the second Fox News debate or calling me crazy and sick after the third debate.”
During the interview, Trump said he thought Kelly's question about his comments about women "was unfair," but appeared to understand her decision to ask it.
"I don’t really blame you because you’re doing your thing. But from my standpoint, I don’t have to like it," he said.
Tensions between Team Trump and Camp Kelly appeared to have cooled in recent months, with no significant flare ups, until Tuesday night.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich unleashed a tirade on the Fox News host during an interview on her show after she mentioned Trump's sexual abuse accusers, with Gingrich’s saying Kelly was "fascinated with sex."
"I mean, do you want to go back through the tapes on your show recently?" Gingrich asked. "You are fascinated with sex and you don't care about public policy."
Kelly questioned whether Trump was a "sexual predator" after mentioning a hot-mic "Access Hollywood" tape from 2005 in which Trump boasted of his ability to grope women without their consent because of his stardom, which Trump has defended as nothing more than “locker-room” banter.
"You cannot defend that statement," Gingrich said of Kelly’s "sexual predator" comment. "I'm sick and tired of people like you using language that's inflammatory that's not true."
Kelly then mentioned Trump's accusers, whose accusations he has vehemently denied, and said "we have to cover that story, sir."
"You know what Mr. Speaker, I'm not fascinated by sex but I am fascinated by the protection of women and understanding what we're getting in the Oval Office," she said.
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