Megyn Kelly maintains she was 'fair' with Donald Trump leading up to 'bloodgate'

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Fox News moderator spoke for the first time about the controversy Sunday
'I'm sure he'll get over it and we'll be fine,' she said
Trump was criticized for referring to Kelly's menstrual cycle when he said 'blood was coming out of her wherever'
He claimed she attacked him with her 'off-base' debate questions
Kelly didn't directly address the comments, just the debate

Published: 16:23 EST, 9 August 2015 | Updated: 09:04 EST, 10 August 2015

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She was slammed by Donald Trump with his controversial 'blood' comments during the GOP debate.

But Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly maintains she was not aggressively attacking the presidential hopeful with her questions.

Kelly spoke out for the first time Sunday in an interview with Fox following 'bloodgate' , however did not directly address the comments that started all the controversy.

'I'm sure nerves were high as they were for all of the candidates,' Kelly said Sunday.

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Speaking out: Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly gave an interview with the network Sunday about her questions to Trump during the GOP debate, saying: 'I'm sure he'll get over it and we'll be fine'

Trump claimed that Kelly (both pictured on Thursday) was unfair to him when she pressed him on comments he had previously made about women. She claims she wasn't attacking him

Kelly continued: 'He felt attacked - it wasn't an attack, it was a fair question.

'But I get it. He's in the arena and so am I. Its ok with me that there's some consternation.

'I'm sure he'll get over it and we'll be fine and so will America.'

Kelly, the only female moderator on the panel, also revealed that she told her male colleagues, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace, before the debate not to defend her, should Trump attack.

'I'm a big girl, I can handle it,' she said.

'My job is not to feel passionately about these candidates.

'My job is to go out there and ask probing questions that are hopefully smart and that help the people learn something about this person.

'(Baier and Wallace) are both gentlemen and I didn't want them to in any way feel they needed to somehow come to my rescue.

'I didn't want them to feel if anybody started to attack me that I would be wondering where my compadres are.

'I'm a big girl. I can take it.'

'It wasn't an attack': Megyn Kelly defends grilling Trump

Trump had been criticized for comments made on the same network on Friday, when he slammed Kelly for grilling him on his attitude to women during Thursday's debate of GOP candidates.

He said 'you could see blood was coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her — wherever' during the debate.

After two days of controversy that saw one campaign adviser say he was leaving the scandal-prone Trump's camp, the tycoon said he was referring to the journalist's 'anger' and not referencing menstruation.

He told CNN's Jake Tapper Sunday morning: 'She had great anger when she was questioning me.'

Trump: 'There was blood coming out of her... wherever'

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, speaks to moderators from left foreground, Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena

The Republican front runner tweeted on Saturday that he was referring to Kelly's nose when he talked about blood coming from her 'wherever'

Trump added about his so-called menstruation jibe: 'Only a deviant would say that what I said was what they were referring to. You almost have to be sick to put that together.'

The barrage of morning show appearances comes after Trump said on Saturday that he was referring to blood coming out of Kelly's nose.

Trump also went on CBS's Face The Nation on Sunday - where he criticized fellow GOP candidate Jeb Bush for saying last week he was 'not sure we need a half a billion dollars for women's health issues'.

Trump told CBS: 'I think he's got a huge problem. Look, I am going to be very much up on the whole issue of women's health. I mean, it's very important. To me, it's vital. And when I heard him say that, I thought it was terrible.'

'I CAN GIVE ANYONE A HARD TIME': HOW FIGHTER MEGYN KELLY SAID WON'T GIVE AN EASY RIDE TO ANYBODY IF THEY BEHAVE 'LIKE A STUPID MORON'

Tough interviewer: Kelly in Thursday's debate

Megyn Kelly has made her views crystal-clear on 'moron' candidates who complain about tough questions.

In a recent profile in Variety magazine, the Fox News host, 44, said she isn't a registered Republican and 'can give anyone a hard time'.

Kelly, who says she is an independent, added: 'I’m a Fox News anchor, and I have no horse in the race.'

She also put would-be presidents who complain about rigorous questioning in their place, saying: 'I don’t understand these politicians who want to be president, and complain when they get a tough interview.

'If you behave like a stupid moron, you’re going to get called out by me.'

The profile also recounted the times Kelly has clashed with other GOP darlings over their attitude to women - including Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee.

Fox ignored the 'bloodgate' controversy on Saturday, even as it made national headlines.

Sunday's interview with Kelly was their way of addressing what happened.

According to WTAE, both Kelly and Fox executives are 'disgusted' by what Trump said.

'Kelly does not want to be seen as a victim; rather, she wants to stay above the fray and be seen as an independently minded journalist,' the station reported.

Trump defends 'blood' comment about Megyn Kelly