'Don't believe a thing you hear, unless it comes from me': Megyn Kelly responds to reports she is leaving Fox News for CNN by urging fans to ignore rumors - but doesn't rule the move out

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Megyn Kelly has responded to reports she may be leaving Fox News for CNN by telling her two million Twitter followers to ignore the rumors - but didn't completely rule out the blockbuster.

Last week, Drudge Report claimed that CNN President Jeff Zucker was eyeing Kelly to join their primetime line-up when she finishes her contract with their network news rivals in July 2017.

'He is moving the Himalayan mountains to get her, but they are tripped up on money. He simply can't pay her the $20 million a year Fox has on the table,' said the insider.

But Kelly has now poured cold water on the claims stating directly: 'Many reporters are writing articles about me and my future at Fox. Don't believe a thing u hear unless it comes from me, period.' 

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Megyn Kelly (left) has told her fans not to believe stories that CNN is reportedly trying to get her to join CNN when her Fox News contract ends (CNN President Jeff Zucker on right)

Kelly made it clear in a Tweet that her fans and followers shouldn't pay any attention to rumors

Last week's report suggested that Zucker wanted to have Kelly anchor a show in the 8pm or 9pm hour on the network.

The move baffled media insiders as not only would Kelly have had to take a lower salary but CNN continues to lag well behind Fox News in the ratings.

'The anchor is 'despised' by fellow on-air talent. And FOX insiders describe how it's gotten only worse since the release of her book, which is expected to end the holidays under 500,000 total copies sold,' the story read on Drudge. 

'Zucker at CNN would compensate her salary with heavy promotion and synergy across all Time Warner outlets.'

Best of buds: A report last week suggested Kelly would anchor either the 8pm or 9pm hour on weeknights, which is currently a two-hour block of Anderson Cooper's show, seen talking right

In a recent interview with AdWeek Kelly said, 'You know, I'm seriously considering my future and I do feel very grateful that I have a spot at Fox News. 

'I really have respect for the Murdochs. I haven't known them very well but I've come to know them and so far I like everything I've seen. So the thought of working for them is very alluring. 

'But I have to figure this one out and give it all the consideration it deserves because I've got these three little people with me who I really love and want to see as well. This is a big one for me and I don't want to screw it up.'

During the past week, Kelly has been on a book tour to promote her memoir Settle For More, which debuted atop The New York Times Best Sellers List last week in both the hardcover nonfiction and combined print and e-book nonfiction categories.  

Settle for more: Kelly was in Naples, Florida on Thursday afternoon to sign copies of her new memoir (above)

Fox News insiders who spoke with Drudge said that Kelly is 'despised' by the other on-air talent at the network, which if true could mean that going to CNN for less money would not be that big of an issue for Kelly.

She would be getting a 'fresh break' after a tempestuous 18 months where she was attacked by everyone from President-elect Donald Trump to her former boss Roger Ailes said one insider.

What's more, she could finally go head-to-head with Bill O'Reilly, who is referred to as her 'arch-nemesis' in the story. 

A news executive from a rival network told Vanity Fair in August that the bad blood between Kelly and O'Reilly had devolved to the point that one of them will likely leave when their contracts expire.

O'Reilly shot down reports of a feud between himself and Kelly in June however, telling The Hollywood Reporter: 'Oh, that's all fabricated. She's in a totally different part of the building. The last time I saw Megyn Kelly was in Detroit in March [at the Fox News GOP debate].'

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Fox News said at the time: '[Fox News President] Bill Shine and [Executive Vice President, Programming & Development] Suzanne Scott have maintained a close relationship with Bill and Megyn for years and have helped both of them in many instances, all while co-existing under the same roof.'

Magic touch: Kelly's debut book sold roughly 64,000 print copies in its first week, beating out all over nonfiction novels (above on Thursday in Naples)

Hurdle: CNN cannot however match the $20million offer Fox News has already put on the table to get Kelly to resign her contract according to one insider (Kelly and Fox News contributor Dana Perino with CNN host Don Lemon in July)

Co-workers: It is unclear what Kelly (above in 2014 with Bill O'Reilly) would get out of the move to CNN, as the network is offering less money and lags well behind Fox News in the ratings

The uncertain relationship between the pair made headlines however last month after comments O'Reilly made about Kelly during an appearance on CBS This Morning. 

O'Reilly was asked during his appearance on the morning news show if Kelly might appear on his Fox News program to promote her book, to which he replied: 'I don't know. We'll see if she's going to be on the show or not. I want to be that candid. I'm not that interested in this.'

That is when anchor Norah O'Donnell, a longtime friend of O'Reilly's, cut in and asked: 'You're not interested in sexual harassment?'

A clearly annoyed and angry O'Reilly replied by saying: 'I'm not interested in basically litigating something that is finished that makes my network look bad. Okay?

'I'm not interested in making my network look bad at all. That doesn't interest me one bit.'

O'Reilly's seemed to be referencing the chapter in Kelly's book where she details Ailes' sexual harassment of her and her decision to cooperate with the company's investigation into its CEO this past July.

Public admission: Rupert Murdoch (above with sons James and Lachlan in March) has stated that he is eager to keep Kelly on at the network and hopes she will resign her contract

Claim: There have been numerous reports claiming some at Fox News have been angry with Kelly (left) ever since the ousting of Roger Ailes (left)

The preternaturally cool and collected Kelly responded to O'Reilly's comments the very next day, during her own appearance on CBS This Morning.

'Well I will say this, I am very proud of the fact that I discussed this with Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch before I wrote this chapter in my book, and we were all on the same page,' she said.

'And it was an important chapter to include and I am proud of them that they feel as I do, that sunlight is the best disinfectant.'

When she was then asked about O'Reilly's claim that she was making Fox News look bad, Kelly replied: 'I believe that Roger Ailes made the company look bad.' 

It had been said that Kelly is set to be the center of the post-Ailes era Fox News, but Rupert Murdoch himself shot down those claims in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, saying: 'We're not changing direction ... that would be business suicide.'

Murdoch also said that he wants to make sure O'Reilly also resigns with the network when his contract is up. 

O'Reilly and Kelly currently have the top-rated programs on Fox News, which has been the most watched basic-cable network for 20 of the past 21 weeks.