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Janice Dean criticizes Megyn Kelly over comments about Christina Applegate
Former Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean criticized Megyn Kelly after Kelly mocked Christina Applegate on her SiriusXM show.
Kelly had commented on Applegate’s account of being misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis, or MS. Dean said Kelly’s remarks were heartless and called her a “mean girl” in a post on X. Dean has lived with MS for 23 years and said the disease is widely misunderstood, has no cure and can be deeply draining.
Dean said Applegate’s openness matters because people who speak publicly about illness make themselves vulnerable.
Former Fox News colleague Eric Bolling defended Kelly on X, while Dean challenged his criticism.
Kelly had not responded to Dean or commented on the backlash at the time of the report.
Janice Dean criticized Megyn Kelly for mocking Christina Applegate after Applegate said she had been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Dean, a former Fox News meteorologist who has battled multiple sclerosis for 23 years, called Kelly’s comments heartless and described her as a “mean girl.”
Kelly said Applegate was crying because she no longer got to be the face of the disease and had made a “cottage industry” of discussing her multiple sclerosis.
Dean said the disease is misunderstood, has no cure and took her job away from her.
Former Fox News colleague Eric Bolling criticized Dean’s post and defended Kelly.
- Who
- Former Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean criticized broadcaster Megyn Kelly over her comments about actor Christina Applegate.
- What
- Dean called Kelly’s comments about Applegate’s multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis heartless and described Kelly as a “mean girl.
- When
- Page Six published the story on October 25, 2026. The date of Kelly’s comments is not stated.
- Where
- Kelly made the comments on her SiriusXM show; Dean criticized her in a post on X and in comments to Page Six.
- Why
- Dean said Kelly used Applegate’s vulnerability against her and put women down. Kelly’s comments followed Applegate’s disclosure that she had been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Janice Dean
Megyn Kelly
Comments about Applegate
Janice Dean
Dean called Kelly’s comments disgusting and heartless toward a woman who had been misdiagnosed and did not know where to turn.
Megyn Kelly
Kelly said Applegate was crying because she no longer got to be the face of the disease and had made a “cottage industry” of talking about her multiple sclerosis.
Public response
Janice Dean
Dean said she was sick of Kelly using her platform to put people down and called her a “mean girl.
Megyn Kelly
Kelly’s response to Dean’s criticism is not stated; Page Six reported that Kelly had not responded.
Christina Applegate revealed that she had been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Megyn Kelly mocked Applegate’s comments about her misdiagnosis on her SiriusXM show.
Janice Dean criticized Kelly on X and spoke to Page Six.
Eric Bolling criticized Dean’s post on X and defended Kelly.
- Dean’s illness
- She has battled multiple sclerosis for 23 years.
- Kelly’s outlet
- SiriusXM show.
- Dean’s social media platform
- X.
- Dean’s former employer
- Fox News.
- Bolling’s departure from Fox News
- 2017; he parted ways with the network after a probe into whether he sent inappropriate text messages to colleagues, which he denied.
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What people are saying
I’m sick of her using her platform to put people down… She goes to the lowest denominator and constantly put women down
Her comments about [Applegate] are disgusting
She’s crying now because I guess she no longer gets to be the face of this disease, and as she says, she’s back to ‘square one.’ She’s made like a cottage industry of talking about her MS
Watching you publicly trash her and now slap ‘#meangirl’ on it is f–king disgraceful… You should be ashamed of this