Charlize Theron is no stranger to bold opinions, but her latest revelation has Megyn Kelly clutching her pearls.
While promoting The Old Guard 2, the Oscar-winning actress stopped by Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, where she opened up about a recent one-night stand — and let’s just say she didn’t hold back.
“I did just recently f*ck a 26-year-old, and it was really amazing… I’ve never done that. And I was like, ‘Oh, this is great.’ Women should be the ones that are like, ‘F*ck you, I’m going to have an orgasm,’” Theron told Cooper.
On Thursday’s episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, the conservative commentator took serious issue with Theron’s candidness, calling the actress “vulgar” and “off-putting” for airing her sex life so publicly.
“She decided to go on a podcast tour, for some reason, sat down with Call Her Daddy, the sex podcaster who interviewed Kamala Harris, all about how much they love abortions,” Kelly said.
“And this is Charlize Theron trying to sound like [a] super cool girl, and I’m gonna let you decide for yourself whether that’s what she accomplished,” she added, according to the New York Post.
But Kelly didn’t stop there. She went on to blast the Mad Max: Fury Road star for what she deemed an embarrassing attempt to seem younger than her 49 years.
“She’s 49 years old. She’s trying to sound like she’s 26 years old, and it’s inappropriate. It feels weird. She’s one of our biggest stars, that’s true. Act like it… Have some class,” she said.
Kelly then speculated on Theron’s sexuality, going so far as to suggest she’s exaggerating her interest in men.
“I kind of call bullsh-t because I believe that Charlize Theron probably prefers women. That’s my belief. Okay, I’m entitled to my opinion, and there’s no reason to get into the details as to why I believe it, but I believe it,” she said.
“And I don’t think that she’s telling the truth about the 26-year-old.”
Theron has previously addressed rumors about her sexuality. Back in 2017 on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, she was asked if she’d ever “dipped in the lady pond.”
“When I was young, yes,” she responded. “I mean, it’s just so not a big deal. I’m so old school — I really like dudes.”
While she’s explored her identity in the past, Theron has made it clear she identifies as heterosexual and has publicly supported bisexual visibility.
Still, Kelly wasn’t done. She also took issue with Theron’s language during the podcast.
“I love a good F-bomb… But every sentence? An F-bomb? ‘F in this, F in that, F in God,’ what is that? This is like an affectation where she’s trying to act like, again, young, cool girl, ‘I get it, and I don’t need a man,’” Kelly said.
And speaking of men, Kelly found Theron’s comments about single motherhood equally “off-putting.”
“She’s got two children. They don’t need a father? She’s super proud of the fact that there’s no father in the picture? Great. Good for you,” Kelly said. “It’s a very strange thing to see one of our best-known actresses sit down like that, with the crossed legs, with this sex podcaster, talking about their orgasms and who they f’ed. It’s just really off-putting.”
The heated remarks come on the heels of another headline-grabbing moment for Theron — this time about the wedding of the year.
While hosting the fifth annual Block Party for the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, she poked fun at not being invited to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s ultra-luxe Venice wedding, where celebs like Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, and Sydney Sweeney were among the glittering guest list.
“I think we might be the only people who did not get an invite to the Bezos wedding,” Theron joked, according to The Blast.
“But that’s okay because they suck and we’re cool.”
