US journalist Megyn Kelly has defended JD Vance, the Republican nominee for Vice President, and slammed actor Jennifer Aniston after she criticised his feedback on childless ladies.
The controversy stems from a 2021 Fox Information interview during which Vance acknowledged that “childless cat women,” together with politicians like Kamala Harris, the Democrat operating for the White Home, haven’t any “direct stake” within the nation.
The remark not too long ago resurfaced, drawing a pointy rebuke from Aniston.
Aniston, who has been vocal about her struggles with infertility, responded to Vance’s remarks by sharing a screenshot of the interview on Instagram. In her submit, she talked about Vance’s 2-year-old daughter, saying she hopes the kid will be capable to have youngsters of her personal in the future and will not have to depend on IVF, a service Vance has opposed in laws. “I hope she won’t want to show to IVF as a second possibility as a result of you are attempting to take that away from her, too,” the Mates star wrote.
Megyn Kelly, a former Fox Information host, has now slammed the actress for her response.
“Nicely, now, all this s*** has run, has rained down on him like he hates ladies and he hates individuals who haven’t any youngsters, and that is not true,” Kelly stated.
Nevertheless, Vance’s file suggests in any other case. In June, he voted in opposition to the Proper to IVF Act, which might have protected the accessibility and affordability of IVF providers throughout the US.
Kelly additionally accused the actress of being hypocritical for not talking out in opposition to gender ideology and transgender points.
She requested the place Aniston was when it got here to standing up for little women who had been “getting their breasts chopped off” for political functions by individuals who had been “shoving this gender ideology down their throats with out determining that they could simply be briefly depressed” or being pressured to compete in opposition to boys in highschool sports activities, which left them “partially paralysed and everlasting nerve harm.”
Kelly additional criticised Aniston for her selective activism, saying she was blissful to see Aniston on board with ladies’s rights however did not see her actively engaged on these particular points earlier than.
JD Vance additionally responded to Aniston’s criticism, calling her feedback “disgusting”. He identified his daughter was solely two years previous, and if she had been to face fertility points sooner or later, he “would strive every little thing I might to attempt to assist her as a result of I consider households and infants are an excellent factor.”
Vance additionally clarified his earlier “childless cat women” comment, explaining it was meant to be sarcastic and never taken actually. He stated individuals had been specializing in the tone somewhat than the substance of his argument and reiterated that his criticism was aimed on the Democratic Social gathering for turning into anti-family and anti-child, not “about criticising individuals who, for varied causes, haven’t got youngsters.”