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Jillian Michaels recently joined Megyn Kelly Live on Tour for a conversation about Nick Fuentes, the far-right white nationalist known for promoting white supremacy, misogyny, and antisemitism through his livestream America First. The discussion, uploaded to YouTube on November 27, 2025, focused on why Fuentes was allegedly popular among “disaffected white men.”
Megyn Kelly began by addressing Fuentes’ inflammatory language and public persona. She argued that even though he regularly used explicit racial terms, including “the N-word” and “the most derogatory slurs for people,” his appeal seemed tied to how he presented himself when he was not doing so.
“And because really, what’s most interesting about him is why he’s popular. Like the disaffected young men who are gravitating that way. That’s what’s most interesting,” Megyn Kelly added.
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In response, Michaels argued that the broader public discourse often contributed to the issue. She said that constantly demonizing young men could push them further into extremist spaces, where figures like Nick Fuentes gained influence.
“That’s exactly what I was fighting about on CNN, is that if you continue to demonize these young boys, they are going to lean into that. They are vomiting on your woke ideology, and you are creating an entire generation of racists. You are forcing them into tribalism,” Michaels said.
Jillian Michaels went on to warn that even individuals with more moderate political views felt alarmed by Nick Fuentes’ rhetoric.
She said her concern was that these moderates viewed him as a dangerous reflection of extremist politics rather than mainstream conservatism.
Megyn Kelly agreed, remarking that Nick Fuentes was “not part of the coalition.” Michaels then emphasized that his ideology was not what it meant to “be a conservative,” distancing traditional conservatism from Fuentes’ fringe positions.
Megyn Kelly further reinforced this point by noting that the political landscape had always included “fringy, weird people” who drew attention by saying “really crazy” things. She described Nick Fuentes as “a very fringy person,” emphasizing that his notoriety stemmed not from policy ideas but from inflammatory statements.
“I mean, look, we’ve always had fringy, weird people who are popular because they say really crazy. And in this case, genuinely, and trust me, I do not throw this word around because I’ve been called this word and all the other words, but truly he says very racist stuff…He’s a very fringy person,” she said.
What else did Megyn Kelly say about Nick Fuentes?
During the aforementioned discussion on Megyn Kelly Live on Tour, host Megyn Kelly and Jillian Michaels discussed the rise of Nick Fuentes and why he appeared to resonate with what Kelly described as “disaffected white men.”
Throughout the conversation, Kelly argued that Fuentes’ appeal did not emerge in a vacuum but was shaped by broader cultural and political forces.
Kelly first expressed frustration with how she believed the political left had framed Fuentes’ popularity. She said it was misleading to assume that Fuentes was solely a “right-wing problem” or that conservatives were responsible for cultivating his influence.
“This is what is so galling, so galling, watching the leftists talk about Nick Fuentes like he’s a right-wing problem, like he was created by right-wingers and all of his followers are created by right-wingers,” Kelly said.
Kelly then explained that for more than a decade, young white boys had been portrayed negatively in cultural discussions. She explained that for over “15-plus years,” the left had been “demonizing young boys, in particular white boys”, leading many of these young men to feel alienated or blamed from an early age.
“They get blamed for literally everything. They have to go to school and sit through Black History Month and Women’s History Month and Pride Month, and all the while they are told that they are to blame for everything.”
She then explained that when it was time for these young white boys “to apply for college,” they were told that they were “not getting in,” because they were “white.”
So, in her view, these young White men were implicitly told they had fewer opportunities because they were white. She argued that these messages reinforced the notion that their identity was a barrier rather than an asset.
Kelly then pointed to what she described as mixed messaging surrounding gender expectations.
She said that these same young men were simultaneously chastised for “toxic masculinity,” often by the very women and institutions they were instructed to celebrate. This led to a feeling of dissatisfaction and anger among young White men that Nick Fuentes was “giving a voice to.”
“They get told they're toxically masculine by the same women they had to celebrate for all the months in high school. They get out, and they're disaffected, they're pissed, they're angry, and he's giving a voice to it,” Megyn Kelly said.
So far, Nick Fuentes has not shared any official statement in response to Kelly’s recent remarks.
On the other hand, Megyn Kelly remains busy with The Megyn Kelly Show, available on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcast.
