Christina Ricci, Melissa Gilbert and more Hollywood stars are speaking out in the wake of Megyn Kelly’s controversial remarks about late convicted pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.
During the November 12 episode of Sirius XM’s The Megyn Kelly Show, the former Fox News personality claimed that Epstein “was into the barely legal type,” seemingly insinuating that he was not, in fact, a pedophile.
“He liked 15-year-old girls. And I realize this is disgusting. I’m definitely not trying to make an excuse for this. I’m just giving you facts, that he wasn’t into, like, 8-year-olds,” she said. “But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby.”
Kelly stated that “there’s a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old.”
The number of children and young women who were sexually abused and sex trafficked by Epstein, who died by suicide while incarcerated in 2019, is currently unknown, though reports estimate the number is more than a thousand. According to one lawsuit filed in the Virgin Islands, some of his victims were as young as 11 years old.
After Kelly’s comments went viral, several stars spoke out against her. Kelly’s comments also sparked the social media trend “#iWasFifteen.” Celebrities like Gilbert and Valerie Bertinelli participated in the trend by sharing photos of themselves at that age and slamming Kelly’s comments.
Keep scrolling to see what stars have said about Kelly’s comments.
Christina Ricci
Christina Ricci slammed Megyn Kelly for her comments defending Jeffrey Epstein in an Instagram Story, according to a screenshot shared by Buzzfeed.
“This woman is a danger to children,” the Wednesday actress wrote on November 15 alongside a post that included Kelly’s remarks.
Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Gilbert joined in on the “#iWasFifteen” trend on November 15.
“So, I debated posting this but, I feel compelled to share,” she wrote via Instagram alongside several photos of her as a child actress. “After seeing many women’s posts with the hashtags #iwasfifteen #imfifteen #iwasachild , I decided to google search myself at that age and see what came up. And this is some of what I found.”
The Little House on the Prairie alum shared several photos of herself from the show alongside her older love interest, played by Dean Butler.
“And now, at this age, at this time, I am actually nauseated,” she continued. “The girl on vacation in Hawaii with her family, is the same girl who was expected to ‘fall in love with’ and kiss a man on film who was several years older than she was . Through the lens of today, this is shocking. I have no words other than to say , ‘I WAS A CHILD.’ ‘I WAS FIFTEEN.’”
Gilbert expressed her gratitude for having her mom and costar Michael Landon by her side to ensure her safety.
“I was the good news. Thank God my mom and Michael and so many others were there to make sure I was safe. Can you imagine if I hadn’t had them all?” she penned. “I am so fortunate (Sort of) . Many other young women aren’t. @megynkelly you need to be careful with your words.”
Valerie Bertinelli
On November 15, Valerie Bertinelli shared a throwback photo of herself for the “#iWasFifteen” trend.
“This picture was taken in 1975. I’m 15. I’m a child. I’m gonna say this a little louder for those in the back row. I’m FIFTEEN. I’M A CHILD,” the One Day at a Time actress wrote via Instagram. “It doesn’t matter that I got a job. It doesn’t matter what I was doing. I was a child. Maybe we should flood the Internet with pictures of all of us at 15?”
John Oliver
The Last Week Tonight with John Oliver host condemned Megyn Kelly’s comments during the November 16 episode of his show.
“Because if I am understanding you there — and I am definitely not — Epstein wasn’t into 8-year-olds. He was just into very young teens who could pass for even younger while also to passers-by still somehow managing to look legal,” the late-night show said. “And you felt this was an important legal distinction to bring up to your ‘Yes, and’-ing friend here.”
Oliver continued, “I am clearly no stranger to sharing upsetting numbers with my audience, but please do kill me if I ever start doing pedophile math.”
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