Megyn Kelly reveals that Roger Ailes' WIFE personally asked her to defend the disgraced Fox News CEO as she poses for sexy new photo spread

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Megyn Kelly is revealing more details about Roger Ailes' final weeks at Fox News, including the fact that his own wife, Elizabeth, asked her to defend him against the sexual harassment claims being made by Gretchen Carlson.

The Fox News host reveals this in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, stating that she did not speak with Ailes after the lawsuit, which resulted in her getting a message from his wife Beth.

Kelly was one of the few women who did not defend Ailes, and instead spoke with other women at the company to tell them that she had been sexually harassed by the CEO and was going to go on the record and reveal this during the network's internal investigation. 

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Photo shoot: Megyn Kelly posed for a sexy photo spread (above) in the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter

Opening up: The 45-year-old Fox News host spoke in her interview about the sexual harassment scandal at the network

Reaching out: Kelly revealed that Roger Ailes' wife Elizabeth (above in 2015) asked her to defend the CEO in the wake of Gretchen Carlson's sexual harassment claims

She also reveals that she was joined by another female host as they spoke to other women. 

That anonymous star was also a victim of Ailes', and Kelly describes her as 'a fearless soldier in what would become an underground army of women.'  

Ailes has denied her claims that he ever sexually harassed her, and said in a statement:  'I categorically deny the allegations Megyn Kelly makes about me.'

Kelly's close friend Dana Perino, the former White House Press Secretary and current co-host of Fox News' The Five, also spoke about the harassment scandal at the network, and the role that Kelly played in helping other women. 

Perino said that in July while she was at the Republican National Convention a young woman approached her and was upset about what was happening at the network.

'I had never seen anyone so distressed. The abuse was ongoing. It wasn't something that was 10 years in the past, like Megyn's, it was something that was happening within the last six months,' said Perino.

'I've never been a victim of sexual harassment, and it really opened my eyes to what some women have gone through in the workplace over the years.'

Perino said she immediately put the young woman in touch with Kelly. 

'It took such guts for these women to come forward,' Kelly says. 

Keeping quiet: Kelly also shared that she did not speak to Ailes or Carlson after the lawsuit was filed in July

'Not me. If the company came down on me, fine. I can go get another job. But that wasn't true of a lot of the women who came out. And they were very scared, very scared. 

'And somehow they found the courage to do the right thing at a time when no one thought he was going to get fired.'

Kelly went on to say: 'I never asked to be outed. I never asked to make any of this public. But I think that if this thing stays under the rug without any of the prominent people involved coming out and really telling the story, we do ourselves no good. 

'And I really want corporate America to be put on notice that this is a problem, that this does happen at corporations, even to smart, powerful, confident women.'

Teamwork: Kelly claims that there was also another high-profile female host at the network who was harassed by Ailes. She does not name her

Hitting shelves: Kelly has done an interview with Hollywood Reporter to promote her new memoir, Settle For More

Kelly also took some time to speak about working with Rupert Murdoch.

'He's scaring the s*** out of people,' joked Kelly. 

'He's walking up and down the halls, popping in on people unexpectedly. It's great fun. He has brought a new wave of energy into the building.'

November has already gotten off to a banner start for Kelly, who kicked off the month by learning she had managed to beat all other cable news programs in the key demographic this October.

Among individuals aged 25 to 54, Kelly pulled in an average nightly audience of 641,000 viewers, putting her 20,000 viewers ahead of fellow Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.

And with Kelly lining up a number of high-profile interviews and appearances prior to her book's release, there is also much speculation as to whether or not she will stay at Fox News when her contract is over next July.

Reports claim that Kelly is looking to make $20million a year if she stays at the network. 

 She implied to Hollywood Reporter that negotiations are ongoing: 'I am trying to not confine myself'.

Kelly was also asked who she voted for in the election, but refused to say, stating that she had voted for both Democrats and Republicans in the past.

She then added: 'I've lived in New York state almost my entire life, so my votes never count. Who the hell cares whom I vote for? I make no difference.'

Good friend: Kelly's Fox News' co-worker Dana Perino (above) applauded her co-worker's bravery for speaking out about Roger Ailes' sexual harassment of employees

Kelly did not say much about Trump, though she does write about him throughout her memoir Settle For More.

She said that before one of the Fox News debates she was standing backstage when her daughter Yardley said to her: 'I'm afraid of Donald Trump. He wants to hurt me.'

When Kelly asked why she would say that and told her that it was not true, the young girl replied: 'Well, he wants to hurt you, so he wants to hurt me too.'

In the book, Kelly writes that her troubles with Trump began shortly before that first debate, which she had been selected to moderate by then-Fox news CEO Ailes.

Kelly claims that Trump became angry with her over a segment she ran on her show The Kelly File, and demanded that she personally phone him to address it or else he would not show up for a previously scheduled appearance on the program.

When Kelly did call Trump, she claims he told her: 'I almost unleashed my beautiful Twitter account against you, and I still may.'

Troubles: Kelly also details the problems Trump (above) had with her prior to the first debate in her new book

Reassurance: Megyn Kelly has revealed her five-year-old daughter (center with her brothers) said she was scared of Donald Trump. Kelly never shares pictures of her children's faces online

Kelly also writes about how some people began to perceive Trump around the time of the first debate, stating: 'Folks were starting to worry about Trump - his level of agitation did not match the circumstances.

'Yes, it was his first debate. But this was bizarre behavior, especially for a man who wanted the nuclear codes.'

In the book, Kelly writes that her troubles with Trump began shortly before that first debate, which she had been selected to moderate by then-Fox news CEO Roger Ailes.

Kelly claims that Trump became angry with her over a segment she ran on her show The Kelly File, and demanded that she personally phone him to address it or else he would not show up for a previously scheduled appearance on the program.

When Kelly did call Trump, she claims he told her: 'I almost unleashed my beautiful Twitter account against you, and I still may.' 

He attacked the host on social media and in interviews, saying at one point that Kelly 'had blood coming out of her ears, blood coming out of her wherever.'

Some on his staff also called for a boycott of Kelly's Fox News program.

'Every time he started in, I’d get a call from Roger [Ailes] (who was getting calls from Trump),' writes Kelly.

'Was I being fair to Trump? Was I being too hard on him? He felt the bar for skeptical Trump coverage should be higher.'

Fox News did little to combat Trump's attacks writes Kelly, thought she does note that Ailes would speak to Trump daily 'trying to calm him down.'

Trump has yet to comment on Kelly's book.