"T'Oprah' Dokoupil, that's what I call him, because he's crying and constantly trying to therapize us through the news, Kelly said, remarking that the show under him was failing. Rolling back a clip of Dokoupil after his interview with President Donald Trump, insisting, as he has done repeatedly, that his team trust the audience to decide what to agree with, Kelly leaned in again."
"Oh my god, the patronization, she said. He's giving Stuart Smalley vibes, the host mocked, referencing comedian Al Franken's self-help SNL character. We're good enough, we're smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like us.' I cannot get over how he continues to patronize the audience. Get up and down on the news and stop trying to handhold your audience like they're a bunch of babies who need you to stroke them through every update, she added."
"I figured it out. Bari is an out lesbian, and she's in a marriage to another woman, and they have kids, and so on. 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 said. She added: No, no, no! We want someone with balls, with a spine, someone who will protect us. Somebody who like when the burglar comes, we'll be the first out the door."
Conservative pundit Megyn Kelly sharply criticized CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil, nicknaming him 'T'Oprah' and accusing him of crying and therapizing viewers on air. Kelly replayed a clip and called his demeanor patronizing, comparing him to Stuart Smalley and urging him to stop handholding the audience. Kelly blamed network editor-in-chief Bari Weiss for choosing Dokoupil, framing the selection as influenced by Weiss's lesbian identity and a preference for a softer male host. Kelly demanded a bolder anchor 'with balls' and a 'spine' who will protect viewers and implied the program's early ratings faltered.
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