Trump reignites his feud with Megyn Kelly at Georgia rally by saying she 'is making a career out of saying she likes me' - nine years after infamous 'blood' debate moment

Donald Trump revived his feud with ex-Fox News host Megyn Kelly during a Georgia rally, claiming she was 'making a career' by 'pretending' to like him.

The Republican frontrunner, 77,  was campaigning in the city of Rome Saturday night when he recalled the first GOP presidential debate in 2015, which Kelly moderated - and opened with her pressing him on his treatment of women.

'Megyn Kelly. May she rest in peace,' Trump said, drawing laughter from the crowd. 'She’s sort of making a career by pretending she likes me.'

The former TV host, 53, left Fox for NBC, only to be fired from the network in 2018 after defending blackface on her morning talk show.

In her latest career move, Kelly has launched a conservative podcast with a focus on condemning 'wokeness.'

Donald Trump recalled Megyn Kelly's question about his treatment of women during a rally in Georgia Saturday night

'She’s sort of making a career by pretending she likes me,' Trump said of the former Fox News host who interviewed him in September 2023

The 77-year-old sat down with Kelly, 53, for an interview after tension between the pair boiled over during the 2015 presidential debate

'They asked me that horrible, horrible question, remember?' Trump continued. 'And I said, "Oh, am I dead?" That’s the first question I ever got.' 

The question referenced Trump's past comments about women.

'You’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals,' Kelly said. 'Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president?'

After the debate, Trump launched a series of verbal attacks against the former TV host, deeming Kelly a 'bimbo' and suggested she 'had blood coming out of her eyes, or blood coming out of her wherever.'

On Saturday night, he segued from the insults into a tangent about how many women support his campaign.

Last summer, Kelly declared the years-long feud 'under the bridge,' even showering Trump with compliments during a Turning Point USA conference in July. 

'There’s just something about him, it’s like an aura that sort of takes over the room,' she said at the time.

'There’s only one person you can look at. He could not have been nicer or more generous and had some interesting thoughts about the debates, whether he’s going to attend.'

The former president agreed to an interview with Kelly last September. During the hour-long sit-down, Kelly praised him for how he answered her question during the debate nearly a decade prior.

Kelly asked candidates questions along with fellow Fox hosts Chris Wallace (left) and Bret Baier (right). Trump also attacked Wallace, but much more mildly than Kelly

Trump (left) launched an astonishing personal attack on Kelly (right) during the 2015 presidential debate

While the former anchorwoman has continued to defend Trump since then, the gesture has gone unreturned, with Trump blasting her at an Iowa rally just days after the interview.

'She became nastier all of a sudden,' Trump said. 'She was pretty nasty, didn’t you think, anyone that watched it.'

During the interview, Kelly came at the septuagenarian over his handling of classified documents after departing the White House.

She recounted how his lawyers had claimed to have turned over all materials requested in the subpoena, only for federal agents to recover others later on.