The war of words between Ben Shapiro and Megyn Kelly continued on Thursday, with Candace Owens joining the conversation.
Both Shapiro and Kelly have been trading barbs in recent weeks, following Shapiro’s December comments that Kelly was a “coward” for failing to call out comments from Owens for what he labeled as a “logical absurdity.”
At the time of his original comments, Shapiro stated he believed Megyn Kelly was his friend. Kelly has shared similar sentiments in the months that have followed, but has routinely taken shots at The Daily Wire co-founder for calling her out.
The feud reignited on Thursday with Shapiro taking Kelly and Piers Morgan to task for their recent comments and platforming guests he believes are anti-Israel and could be described as Nazis.
He, again, called Megyn Kelly a “coward”, while labeling Piers Morgan a “clickwhore.”
Kelly responded by taking a shot at Shapiro’s physical stature, adding that he is “desperate for me to protect him.”
In response, Ben Shapiro lambasted Megyn Kelly for continuing to stay close with Candace Owens, who has repeatedly suggested that Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk was involved in the assassination of her husband, Charlie Kirk.
“Don’t worry, Megyn. I’d never ask you to protect me. You won’t even protect Charlie Kirk’s widow from the monster accusing her of murdering Charlie,” wrote Shapiro.
Kelly took issue with that sentiment.
“You think protecting Erika means calling out Candace; I think if you don’t wish to call attention to a negative attack, don’t call attention to it,” she said. “Does that work for you Ben? May I have your approval now? No, I don’t think so.”
Kelly added that she has been disappointed with how Shapiro has handled the entire feud.
“You handled your anger toward me in the most despicable way possible,” she began. “Did you call me? Text me? Raise it with me privately after all we had been (through) together over the years? No, you attacked me on stage at the Turning Point event without so much as a heads-up. (Because) you were too chicken (expletive) to say it to my face.
“I texted you afterward and you never responded. You didn’t have the balls to have a face-to-face talk or even a text or call about it,” she continued. “You are the coward, Ben. And your moral preening, priggish lectures, and holier-than-thou judgments are the reason you are losing fans and, more than that, friends, at a record rate.”
That is when Candace Owens inserted herself into the conversation. She took issue with Shapiro’s attempts to paint Megyn Kelly and herself as the bad people in the situation. Owens argued that Shapiro’s exhibited “behavior of a maggot rotting on a corpse.”
“It is genuinely one of most despicable things that I have ever seen in politics that Ben Shapiro— WHO CHARLIE KIRK COULD NOT STAND AND WHO CHARLIE KIRK HIMSELF ROUTINELY EXPRESSED WAS A TERRIBLE HUMAN BEING—has so shamelessly tried to reimagine himself as a guardian of Charlie’s legacy,” Owens wrote. “EVERYONE in politics knows Charlie hated Ben. Everyone. Not a single person will dispute this narrative.”
Owens continued by stating that no one believes Shapiro cares about Kirk’s legacy.
“You can’t keep stealing what other people build because your daddy told you that you were special,” she concluded. “No one on either side of the Atlantic is buying that you give a single shit about Charlie’s legacy or family.”
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