Megyn Kelly ripped Bari Weiss and CBS News in an expletive-laden tirade for allegedly editing a 60 Minutes interview with Pete Hegseth.
The Megyn Kelly Show host - who has expressed skepticism about the war in Iran - was reacting to the Pentagon chief's appearance and suggested it had been cut down to suit Weiss' 'pro-Israel' bias.
Kelly noted that in the wake of Donald Trump's successful lawsuit against CBS for deceptive editing of an interview with Kamala Harris, the network now posts interviews in their entirety online.
Her team compared a question asked of Hegseth regarding the notion that America's reasons for going to war.
In the television version of the interview, a voiceover said: 'Some normally enthusiastic supporters of the president have criticized him, suggesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled the US into a war that, to their minds, did not put American interests first.'
Hegseth replied: 'All I know is I'm in the room every day and I see how President Trump operates and what he's putting first and it's America, Americans, and American interests.'
However, Kelly then played the real question CBS' Major Garrett asked Hegseth that didn't play on air.
'You mentioned America First, some who identify with that movement -- Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene -- have said from their perspective this isn't an America First campaign. Do you want to address that criticism?'
Megyn Kelly ripped Bari Weiss and CBS News in an expletive-laden tirade for allegedly editing 60 Minutes' feature interview with Pete Hegseth
The Megyn Kelly Show host - who has expressed skepticism about the war in Iran - was reacting to the Pentagon chief's interview and suggested it had been cut down to suit Weiss' 'pro-Israel' bias
Kelly fumed about the difference to the version played on television.
'There was nothing, nothing about Netanyahu and nothing about Israel in the Q or the A. Only CBS decided to style it in that fashion,' she said.
She added at one point: 'What kind of fing bulls is this? Honestly!'
Kelly then teed off on Weiss, who has largely seen criticism from the left for her hostile takeover of CBS News.
'Here's the thing, they do not give a s* about misleading you over at CBS -- the old CBS or the new CBS, which has a brand new agenda,' Kelly said.
'Watch two minutes of the evening news or the morning news, it is not pro-MAGA at all. But it is Pro-Israel. Bari Weiss has finally achieved her dream of running a news network that will be entirely pro-Israel.'
Hegseth himself encouraged MAGA supporters to watch the interview on Sunday night.
'Watch the entire @60Minutes interview. You'll understand what POTUS is doing for our country -- and why. And how we are learning from -- and avoiding -- the mistakes of previous administrations.'
Kelly clarified that she is still a supporter of President Trump 'entirely,' but she remains uneasy about the war.
Kelly teed off on Weiss, who has largely seen criticism from the left for her hostile takeover of CBS News
'We support our troops and we support success in this mission now that it has been started, but we have a lot of questions about this war.'
The Daily Mail has reached out to CBS News for comment.
Hegseth vowed that Iran will have no choice but to surrender as the joint US-Israeli operation in the country stretched into a second week.
The secretary made the assertion when he was asked what President Donald Trump meant when he said the US is demanding 'unconditional surrender' from Iran.
'It means we're fighting to win. It means we set the terms. We'll know when they're not capable of fighting. There'll be a point where they'll have no choice but to do that. Whether they know it or not, they will be combat-ineffective. They will surrender,' he replied.
The Defense Secretary then went on to say that Trump will ultimately set the terms of Iran's defeat.
'Whether they want to admit it or not, whether their pride lets them say it out loud or not -- it's President Trump who will set the terms of that,' Hegseth said.
Trump told the Times of Israel on Sunday that the decision to ultimately end the war will be made 'mutually' between him and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Hegseth said President Donald Trump will ultimately set the terms of Iran's defeat
'I think it's mutual... a little bit. We've been talking,' the president said. 'I'll make a decision at the right time but everything's going to be taken into account.'
Still, Hegseth vowed in the '60 Minutes' interview that the US military is 'willing to go as far as we need to be successful' in the operation to eliminate Iran's nuclear capabilities.
When he was then asked about the option of sending boots on the ground, Hegseth said: 'We reserve the right - we would be completely unwise if we did not reserve the right to take any particular option, whether it included boots on the ground or no boots on the ground.'
Either way, Hegseth said: 'The president's been right to say there will be casualties.'
'Things like this don't happen without casualties,' he asserted. 'There will be more casualties... especially our generation knows what it's like to see Americans come home in caskets.
'But that doesn't weaken us one bit. It stiffens our spine and our resolve to say this is a fight we will finish.'
Hegseth gave the interview on Friday, just one day before he and Trump attended the first dignified transfer ceremony for those killed in the Iran war.