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The time of "Today" by Megyn Kelly has been canceled amid controversial comments from the host on Blackface.
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Megyn Kelly urges the press – and one media in particular – to leave her children alone.

In a pair of tweets on Wednesday, Kelly recounted how the paparazzi had been posted in front of her house, accusing the Daily Mail of crossing a line, photographing her husband inside their home and registering his elderly daughter Yardley. 7 years old, at his school.

"For a week, paparazzi have been hiding in front of my house and my night (sic)," she tweeted. "Finally, today, I took my kids to school. I went out alone first, offered them donuts and begged them to take their picture of me and leave my children alone when they went out. All were nice. Except the Dailymail … "

"The DailyMail released the first photos of my (husband) IN OUR HOUSE and then * photographed * my children, followed us to my daughter's school and secretly filmed my 7-year-old child (his classmates) and posted him " she continued. "IT'S NOT CORRECT."

USA TODAY solicited Daily Mail's comments on Kelly's tweets.

Kelly's tweets are the latest update of a tough week for the NBC channel host, whose show "Megyn Kelly Today" was removed after she apparently had it. defended Blackface's Halloween costumes during his episode of 23 October.

More: Megyn Kelly will not return to NBC's "Today" show after Blackface controversy

The consequences: & # 39; Today & # 39; hui & # 39; passes without Megyn Kelly, while the children of her alma mater say that blackface was never acceptable

On Friday, NBC announced that "Megyn Kelly Today" would not come back and that its 9 o'clock would be hosted by other co-presenters of the "Today" show.

Lawyer Bryan Freedman, who represents Kelly, told The Associated Press Friday afternoon that she remained employed by NBC News and that negotiations on "next steps" were continuing.

NBC and Kelly's lawyer did not immediately return USA TODAY's inquiries.

The controversy erupted after Kelly claimed that the suits of "blackface" and "white face" were "OK when I was a kid if you dressed like a character" at the roundtable. episode of 23 October.

Kelly apologized the next day on the air, claiming that she "has never been a PC-like person," but she learned from the turmoil caused by her statements that he "did not". is not acceptable for (blackface) to be part of any costume, Halloween or other.

A new Hollywood Reporter / Morning Consult poll released Tuesday revealed that nearly half of the 2,201 adults surveyed felt that NBC's decision to cancel "Megyn Kelly Today" was "too harsh".

Survey: NBC's cancellation of "Megyn Kelly Today" is "too harsh" after blackface's comments

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