“They thought they could say anything without consequence,” Megyn Kelly declared. “But words have weight. And finally, someone made them carry it.”
What started with a smug joke on live TV just triggered the biggest media reckoning in years — and the fallout isn’t over yet.
THE STAGE WAS A TALK SHOW — BUT THE FINAL ACT PLAYED OUT IN COURT. For decades, The View reigned supreme — a daytime juggernaut where celebrity guests, political spats, and viral clapbacks ruled the airwaves. But behind the glamour, something dangerous was brewing.
All it took was one segment. One off-script moment that spiraled into an $800 million courtroom bombshell, drawing in legal experts specializing in defamation law, medical malpractice parallels, and birth injury lawsuit strategies.
A segment so reckless, so personal, that it triggered a legal avalanche with ripple effects across the entire talk show industry.
