Megyn Kelly rips Drew Barrymore's cringeworthy interview with Kamala Harris and jokes that Secret Service should have intervened when she got alarmingly close to the VP

Megyn Kelly has blasted Drew Barrymore's bizarre interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, calling the cringeworthy segment 'demeaning' and that the Secret Service should have intervened.

The vice president joined Barrymore for an episode of her daytime talk show, which aired on Monday. Over the course of the interview, the two discussed many topics, including Harris's polarizing laugh.

During a cringeworthy moment, Barrymore slid uncomfortably close to Harris on the couch, and pleaded with the vice president to become a 'mother' to the whole US: 'But in our country, we need you to be Momala of the country.'

Kelly ripped the uncomfortable interaction on 'The Megyn Kelly Show' Monday, commenting on how inappropriate she felt it was for someone to get that close to the second in command.

'I feel like Secret Service is probably like "a little farther away, madam." And the, "Ah!" When [Harris] is like, she's got her mother's laugh,' Kelly said.

During a cringeworthy moment, Barrymore slid uncomfortably close to Harris on the couch, and pleaded with the vice president to become a 'mother' to the whole US

Megyn Kelly blasted the bizarre interview by calling the cringeworthy segment 'demeaning' and said that the Secret Service should have intervened

'Oh my god, it's so demeaning. Can you imagine someone speaking to Donald Trump that way? It's just demeaning. It demeans both the anchor and the guest. Drew Barrymore is not very good at this.'  

During the interview, Barrymore leaned forward and held Harris's hands while the audience applauded. The actress stared into the vice president's eyes with a soulful look, while Harris appeared to grow slightly uncomfortable.

At another point in the interview, Harris defended her laugh, and she implied that those who make fun of it are exhibiting a form of sexism.

'You were asking me earlier about what it means to be like, the first woman [vice president],' Harris told Barrymore.

'And you know, it's funny because people still gotta get used to this, right?'

Harris then claimed that an example of lingering misogyny with the public adjusting to having a woman vice president is when people bring increased attention to her laugh or mannerisms.

'I mean, my staff for example, sometimes they'll show me little things that just amuse me. Like, apparently some people love to talk about the way I laugh,' Harris said.

Barrymore, crowding the vice president on the couch, said enthusiastically: 'Oh, yes. OK. I love your laugh.'

Kelly criticized that the interview offered nothing of substance to viewers.

'It's classic Kamala Harris trying to offer fake profundities with her fake affect when she's saying nothing,' Kelly said.

'She delivers her normal air sandwich and even worse is Drew Barrymore leaning in, she must be three inches away from Kamala Harris.' 

Harris detailed to Barrymore that she got her laugh from her mother and addressed the criticism she has received of it.

'I have my mother's laugh, and I grew up around a bunch of women, in particular, who laughed from the belly,' Harris said. They laughed, they would sit around the kitchen and drinking their coffee, telling big stories with big laughs.'

'You know, I'm never gonna be like,' Harris said before faking a dainty chuckle into her hand.

The Democrat continued her story: 'It's just I'm not that person. And I think it's really important for us to remind each other and our younger ones: don't be confined to other people's perception about what this looks like, and who you should – how you should act in order to be right.'

'It's really important. It's, it's important,' she concluded.

Harris detailed to Barrymore that she got her laugh from her mother and addressed the criticism she has received of it

Kelly criticized the interview offered nothing of substance to viewers and said Harris' laugh and timing is part of the vice president's persona

Barrymore, who is known for her empathetic interview style, replied with: 'I love your laugh, and I love that message.'

Kelly acknowledged the judgement that the vice president's laugh is odd, but said Harris' laugh and timing is part of the vice president's persona.

'The mocking of Kamala Harris' laugh — it is a little odd, yes. But it's because it is deployed at very odd times. She uses it… maybe as a deflection or a protective mechanism. She laughs at the wrong times,' Kelly said. 

'It's like, we love the show Modern Family, and they have Clair Dunphy, the lead actress, always laugh when someone tells her there's been a death in the family. She can't stop herself from smiling, kind of giggling at it — that's Kamala Harris. She's inappropriate with the laugh.'

'No one gives a s**t that she got the laugh from the mother. What you're seeing up there is entirely performative by both women,' Kelly said.