Megyn Kelly defends Blackface's Halloween costumes: "What's a racist?"

Megyn Kelly made controversial comments on her show on NBC channel Tuesday, when she asked why Blackface's port for Halloween costumes is considered offensive.

Kelly invited television personalities Jenna Bush Hager, Melissa Rivers and Jacob Soboroff Megyn Kelly today discuss some universities banning certain costumes. Kelly made it clear that she was opposed to banning various costumes that others found offensive, including cowboys, who dressed as a dishonored nabob, Harvey Weinstein, "Mexican nuns", etc.

"I must warn you that I'm a little excited about Halloween costumes this morning," she began. "I mean, really, the politically correct has gone crazy.There are strict rules on what you can wear or not by someone who thinks you are your boss."

"Is not it the purpose of Halloween to dress up and pretend to be someone else than you?" she continued. "… I think it's so absurd Who makes these rules?"

Later, Kelly raised the issue of some using Blackface for their Halloween costumes and getting blamed.

"What is racist?" she asked. "You are in trouble if you are a white man who puts a blackface for Halloween, or a black man who makes one for Halloween." When I was a kid, it was OK as long as you disguised yourself as a character. "

Everyone on the panel did not agree with Kelly. Rivers replied, "If you think it's offensive, that's probably the case, and one of my biggest complaints with today's society is about everything that's happened to the mores and the polite society? … Normal people somehow know where this line is. "

Bush Hager also noted, "I think there are limits to what you want to go in. If you make sure that people do not feel good …"

Later, Kelly, 47, doubled in breeding Real New York Housewives Luann de Lesseps, a member of the team, faced a violent reaction in April when, during the first performance of the Bravo series, she attended a Halloween party disguised as a legendary singer, Diana Ross, and darker skin At the time, De Lesseps told ET that, even though she was using tanning cream and had not intended to use blackface, she understood the criticism and s & rsquo; Apologized.

"There was controversy over The real housewives of New York with Luann, as she dressed in Diana Ross and her skin looked darker than she actually is, "Kelly said Tuesday," People said it was racist! And I do not know, like, I thought, "Who does not like Diana Ross?" She wants to look like Diana Ross for a day. I do not know how it became racist on Halloween. It's not like she was walking around [wearing blackface] in general."

Kelly has received negative feedback on social media for her comments. For example, Patton Oswalt tweeted: "Dear @megynkelly – you and I are about the same age.Neckface was not acceptable when we were kids.Take this from a boy with a big heart who wanted just show his love for Nipsey Russell on the worst Halloween of my life. "

according to The Hollywood journalistKelly later apologized in an internal email on Tuesday, saying she had heard from her colleagues and friends and that her comments were wrong.

This is not the first time that Kelly provokes controversy in his show. In January, she had a quarrel with Jane Fonda, when she applauded Fonda after the actress had pointed out that she was "not such a good interviewer" at the following their delicate exchange last September. Look below: