Reports are circulating that Megyn Kelly’s troubled time at NBC is coming to an end following her controversial comments earlier about blackface costumes that all but reeked of racism. Despite this, it’s also seeming quite possible that if Kelly is truly out at the network, she will also collect the rest of her $69 million three-year contract as she exits.
The news of Kelly's rather extraordinary payday, for what can charitably be deemed a subpar performance, comes the same week the New York Times discovered that Andy Rubin, a high-level executive at Google and the creator of the Android operating system, received a staggering $90 million exit package when he was shown the door in 2014 following credible allegations of sexual misconduct.