The movie tracks the fall of former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes (John Lithgow) after Kelly and Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) accuse him of sexual harassment.
In a round table interview, Kelly brought together her fellow former Fox colleagues — Juliet Huddy (former host of Fox’sThe Morning Show with Mike and Juliet), Rudi Bakhtiar (former Fox News reporter) and Julie Zann (former associate producer ofFox News Live) — as well as her husband Douglas Brunt to share their reactions on howBombshellportrayed their real-life experiences with sexual harassment at the network.
PEOPLE is out the film’s studio Lionsgate for comment.
The wide-ranging discussion was to allow the women to tell their own stories in their own words.
Megyn Kelly and Doug Brunt.Megyn Kelly
“The Murdochs and I never spoke prior to my calling Lachlan Murdoch [Fox Network’s CEO],” she added in the round table interview. “Lachlan in my experience was a stand-up guy, and immediately did the right thing when I called him — immediately. And his words to me after I told him what happened to me were, ‘I’m sorry.'”
Juliet Huddy, Rudi Bakhtiar, Julie Zann, Douglas Brunt, Megyn Kelly.Megyn Kelly
“And there certainly were no protests of me at the GOP convention,” Kelly continued. “There were other people protesting. That was all BS.”
Kelly and Huddy also say a scene in which the two meet was fictional.
“Our scene never happened,” Kelly said to Huddy.
“Yeah it never happened,” Huddy agreed. “Although it was lovely. But yeah, it never happened.”
Regarding how the film depicted former Fox News CEO Ailes, Zann said the environment he fostered was “worse than that.” “So that was my immediate take-away,” she shared. So this is it. You really let off Roger easily.”
Megyn Kelly
“I can’t speak to the job Charlize Theron did,” Kelly said. “I’m just too close to it. It’s just too weird to see somebody who looks just like you on the screen, pretending to be you.”
Kelly has previously opened up about her thoughts onBombshellin anInstagram postshe shared last month, featuring a photo of her youngest son Thatcher staring up at a poster of the Golden Globe-nominated film.
“My husband @dougbrunt and I recently took our three kids to see the movie ‘Frozen 2.’ As we walked into the theatre, our 6-year-old stopped at this poster promoting another movie hitting the big screen,” Kelly wrote in the caption. “The ad confused him because it appears to show a picture of me.”
“Sexual harassment is pervasive in this country; it can leave scars that do not heal,” Kelly added. “My heart goes out to those who’ve gone through it, who I hope might find some comfort in this story. As for my thoughts about the film, I’ll have more soon.”
The film also starsMargot Robbieas a fictional Fox News employee and Kate McKinnon as a producer on the show.
Theron received aScreen Actors Guild Award nominationand a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Kelly. Kidman and Robbie also received SAG Awardsfor their performances, with Robbie also nabbing a Golden Globe nomination.
Bombshellis out in theaters now.
source: people.com
