'Don't be fooled. I am huge!': Controversial Fox anchor Megyn Kelly admits she got an ‘ego check’ when nobody on Jeopardy knew who she was

  • Jeopardy host Alex Trebek asked, 'File' this blonde anchor and lawyer under Fox News where she hosts a show weekdays from 9 to 10 p.m'
  • One contestant incorrectly  guessed Nancy Grace and the rest were stumped
  • Megyn Kelly laughed about the situation and said, 'There's always something to keep your ego in check'
  • Megyn Kelly was under fire recently for saying Santa and Jesus were 'just white'

By Alexandra Klausner

PUBLISHED: 21:38 EST, 8 January 2014 | UPDATED: 08:27 EST, 9 January 2014

Jeopardy stumped it's contestants with a question and one controversial news reporter was amused by the little 'ego check.'

Fox News reporter Megyn Kelly played a clip on her show 'The Kelly File' on Monday night revealing the moment she was a jeopardy question and nobody knew who she was.

'File' this blonde anchor and lawyer under Fox News where she hosts a show weekdays from 9 to 10 p.m,' Jeopardy host Alex Trebek asked.

Ego Check: 'Don't be fooled, I'm huge' joked Megyn Kelly on her show on Monday night

Ego Check: 'Don't be fooled, I'm huge' joked Megyn Kelly on her show on Monday night

Stumped: The answer was 'Megyn Kelly' but nobody ever even heard of her

Stumped: The answer was 'Megyn Kelly' but nobody ever even heard of her

Fail: 'Who is Nancy Grace?' guessed this contestant

Fail: 'Who is Nancy Grace?' guessed this contestant

The contestants were dumbfounded when asked the question.

One contestant named Mary guessed, 'Who is Nancy Grace?'

guessed, 'Nancy Grace.' She was wrong.

Megyn Kelly maintained her sense of humor about the situation and joked.'Don't be fooled, I am huge!'

'There's always something to keep your ego in check,' she continued.

Kelly also quipped that she was the $800 question, 'so they knew it was going to be hard,' she said.

One Huffington Post politics reporter Jason Linkins wasn't surprised contestants didn't know who she was and speculated that there is a relationship between not watching cable news and 'succeeding in an intellectual capacity' on a show like Jeopardy.

 

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While the Jeopardy contestants had no idea who Kelly was, some offended Americans have heard of her.

Megyn Kelly made news recently when she said that both Santa Claus and Jesus were ' just white.'

Kelly was responding to an essay in Slate.com by an African American named Aisha Harris who says she felt ashamed as a child because Santa was only depicted as white, reports Variety.

Harris argued that there should be a more universal depiction of the widely loved holiday symbol. Kelly disagreed.

'Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn’t mean it has to change. Jesus was a white man, too. He was a historical figure. That’s a verifiable fact — as is Santa. I just want the kids watching to know that. My point is, how do you just revise it in the middle of the legacy of the story and change Santa from white to black?'said Megyn.

Kelly later addressed her comments and said she was being tounge-in-cheek, but only some people knew who she was anyway.

Who is she: All three Jeopardy contestants were stumped by the $800 question

Who is she: All three Jeopardy contestants were stumped by the $800 question

Megyn Kelly made news recently when she offended peopel by saying the Santa Claus and Jesus were 'just white'

Megyn Kelly made news recently when she offended peopel by saying the Santa Claus and Jesus were 'just white'

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Smart people do not watch Fox News.

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I don't know her, but wouldn't mind getting to know her in the biblical sense.

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Yup, I'd have missed that question too.

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"I'm kind of a big deal around here..."

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I guess if your not a T-bagger or watch FauxNews then nobody knows you . This reminds of when Carl Rove really thought Romney won and clearly outside of this channel they had lost huge.

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Who? Don't watch the talking heads trying to make "news" and instigate "issues" through rumor and innuendo.

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Roger Ailes' girl friend.

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Don't watch Fox News that much anymore. I don't want to drink to much Kool Aid. Get the news off the internet. If it's on the internet it must be true "right?"

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She is on a cable channel not free TV so It is understandable that many would not know her. She is also on a channel that is willing to give both sides to every issue so many here in the states refuse to watch such channels. Many would rather stay in the comfort zone rather than to have reality seep in and make life more complicated.

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Or maybe they're naively thinking that their media source gives both sides to issues, as you are doing. Fox News, seriously, c'mon man quit buying what they're feeding you.

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An example of a lawyer who actually makes most bottom-dweller lawyers attractive.

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