A self-proclaimed “conservative dad”'s pin-up calendar featuring scantily clad beauties has outraged some on the right, but Megyn Kelly doesn't think it's a big deal. .
Kelly, a former Fox News prime-time personality who currently hosts the SiriusXM podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show,” said on Wednesday's episode that “conservatives can be cocky too!” declared.
The controversy first came to light when Seth Weathers, who first made headlines after promoting his “100% Wake Free” Ultra Light beer as a Dylan Mulvaney-endorsed alternative to Bud Light, claimed that “Conservative Dad's America” It broke out after they started selling “Real Women''.
The $25 calendar, which features swimmer Riley Gaines on the cover, is billed as “featuring America's most beautiful conservative women.”
Gaines has been a vocal advocate for a ban on biological males transitioning into women's sports.
Other prominent right-wing women featured on the calendar include radio host and former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch. Josie Grabach, Internet personality and podcaster known as the “Red-Headed Libertarian.” and influencer Sara Gonzalez.
“Honestly, it doesn't bother me that people are doing this,” Kelly said on Wednesday's show, adding: “I think it's great.”
Kelly praised Gaines in a bikini, calling her “gorgeous” and said the criticism reminded her of similar backlash she received when she posed for a provocative photo shoot with GQ magazine.
“Even though I was very pregnant at the time, I was still proud that I was able to narrow myself down to one of these numbers,” Kelly said in an interview published in the November 2010 issue of GQ. He talked about the racy photo session.
“But I also got a lot of backlash for that,” Kelly said. “And it was all from conservatives, like, 'That was a mistake.' That's not something conservatives stand for.”
Kelly deplored the criticism, saying, “Why do conservatives have to be stuffy and likeable instead of sexy?”
Some conservatives online expressed displeasure with the calendar. One commenter wrote of X, “Everyone involved in this marketing disaster should be given a Bud Light immediately.”
Bud Light's sales plummeted after conservatives boycotted the brand over its partnership with Mulvaney, a transgender social media influencer with millions of followers.
Conservative podcaster and author Allie Beth Stuckey slammed the calendar as “soft porn” that was “marketed to married (or unmarried) men.”
“Call me arrogant, call me a puritan, call me jealous of women's beauty, whatever makes you feel good,” Stuckey wrote in X.
The Post reached out to Weathers, Gaines, Roesch, Grabach and Gonzalez for comment.
