Megyn Kelly took aim at Sunny Hostin during a recent discussion about Hollywood. She focused on Hostin’s comments about her romance novels. Kelly also brought the books into the spotlight in an unexpected way. Her reaction included a very steamy reading.
Megyn Kelly read an intimate passage from Sunny Hostin’s romance novel while mocking her Hollywood “gatekeeping” claim
On The Megyn Kelly Show, Kelly discussed Hostin’s Hollywood comments with After Party host Emily Jashinsky. Hostin recently said Hollywood had blocked her books from becoming movies or television shows. She said she has been working for six years to get her stories on screen. Hostin called the “gatekeeping in Hollywood around Black and Brown creative content” insane.
Kelly then asked Jashinsky to guess why Hostin’s romance novels had not reached Hollywood. “She is convinced that the reason her — trust me — smash-hit romance novels have not been made into movies,” Kelly said. Jashinsky replied, “Oh, I can guess, and I think it has something to do with skin color.” Kelly then turned to Hostin’s third novel, Summer on Highland Beach.
Kelly and Jashinsky read an intimate scene from the book, and the passage became increasingly explicit. Jashinsky eventually said, “I’m so glad that’s over.” Kelly then focused on one line where a character said, “I miss your smile.” “Whose s— action talk is, ‘I miss your smile?’” Kelly asked. Jashinsky also joked about Hostin providing provocative material for liberal viewers.
Hostin’s Summer on Highland Beach is part of her New York Times bestselling Summer Beach series. She has claimed that her collaboration with AI could help transform her novels into movies and TV shows after years of unsuccessful attempts. Kelly’s reading brought the focus to the content of the romance novels themselves. The exchange gave Hostin’s Hollywood comments a very different kind of spotlight.
