India, April 25 -- Megyn Kelly isn't holding back after George Clooney appeared to take a swipe at her journalistic credentials during a conversation with Broadway legend Patti LuPone for Variety's Actors on Actors.

On the latest episode of The Megyn Kelly Show podcast, the former Fox News and NBC anchor responded to Clooney's comments. "He's starring in a play about Edward R. Murrow because Clooney fancies himself a journalist, you see, and has lots of thoughts on how journalists need to do journalism," Kelly said.

Clooney's much-discussed New York Times op-ed in which he called for President Joe Biden to step down from the 2024 race, alluding that Kelly argued, "He does it mainly by stumbling upon the biggest story of the decade, that...