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MEGYN: [ON TV] Welcome
toThe Kelly File, everyone.

I'm Megyn Kelly.

Breaking tonight, polls are
moving, the race is changing,

and more than a dozen
Republican candidates

are trying
to make themselves heard

with a little more than
one week left

till the debate
that could change everything.

And we're the gateway.

We, the questioners,
are the gateway.

We at Fox and CNN

and everybody else
who gets a chance

to actually moderate

a presidential debate
with these guys.

I mean, these guys,

they deserve to face
tough questioning.

As Chris says, and I agree,

they want
George Washington's job

and they better earn it.

They better show
the American people

they're worthy of it.

A lot of folks assumed

Donald Trump
would flame out by now.

They have been proven wrong.
Now wait.

Here. We gotta get to this

because this is just breaking onThe Daily Beast.

The headline is,

"Ex-wife: Donald Trump made me feel violated during sex.

Ivana Trump once accused

the real-estate tycoon
of quote, 'rape.'"

Somebody who speaks
for Donald Trump

has come out
and denied it as well

and added that legally,
he says,

"you cannot rape your spouse."

Here's the one thing
you probably know about me.

I have a big mouth.

FAYE: [ON PHONE] Roger,
you have Megyn on line one.

[GRUNTS]

Megyn.MEGYN: Morning, Roger.

What'd you do
to piss off Trump?

MEGYN: We did a segment
on recent coverage

of his ex-wife's rape claim.

You're giving that oxygen

before the first
goddamn debate?

Roger, we had a full-screen
of Ivana's recantation.

Which is soft.

ROGER: She accused him
during a divorce.

Well, his lawyer,
Michael Cohen,

claims you can't
rape a spouse.

It pissed me off.

Great. The future of Fox News
is now a goddamn feminist.

No. I'm not a feminist.

I'm a lawyer. We need him.

Clean this up. Now.

MEGYN: Unfortunately,
when it comes to

politicians and the media,

Roger Ailes knows his shit.

Appointed head of
the Fox News channel

by media mogul Rupert Murdoch,

Roger transformed cable news, pushing Fox to the forefront.

Years before,
to get Nixon elected,

he created the modern
town-hall debate.

To get Reagan elected,

he made him address
the elephant in the room.

I will not make age
an issue of this campaign.

I am not going to exploit

my opponent's youth
and inexperience.

[ALL LAUGH]

MEGYN: To get
George H.W. Bush elected,

somebody did
the Willie Horton ads.

Roger denies it was him...
a lot.

I have been astounded
at the number of Americans

who are fine with our country

moving
in a socialist direction.

ROGER: Here we go.

Their views on capitalism are quite alarming.

I'm a...News is like a ship.

You take your hands
off the wheel

and it pulls hard to the left.

Hey, look at this.
James Murdoch.

Tell me those lips
haven't sucked cock.

[ALL LAUGH]

This is what
nepotism gets you.

Roger rules Foxfrom behind these doors,

on the second floor.

When employees say,"the second floor,"

they mean Roger,

or the many VPs
paid to enact his will

without qualms or questions.

Now, I know what some of you
are thinking, and no,

Roger does not tell us
what to say on air.

He doesn't have to.

Love that dress, Megyn.Thank you.

No, really. I love it.

He's not horny.
He's just ambitious.

Roger is always watching.

The Eagles
postponed their appearance

because co-founder,
Glenn Frey,

is too ill to travel.

In a statement,
the band announced...

ROGER: Morons.

MEGYN: The phone in his office connects directly

to the control room...[LINE RINGING]

...which is down
on the first floor.

[PHONE RINGING]

Yes, sir?ROGER: You fucking idiots!

That's not Glenn Frey,
it's Don Henley!

REBEKAH: Dump the B-roll.Dump it, dump it.

REBEKAH: Back to anchor.

That's not Glenn Frey,
that's Don fucking Henley!

Oh, shoot.What the fuck, Kayla?

I'm sorry.
I don't know secular music.

The Eagles?

Only the biggest bandof the '70s.

When my mom was a toddler.

They all look the same.

They're just old.REBEKAH: Oh, my God.

Down in the basement
is the Fox newsroom.

All our shows have crews
who work in these pods.

This is my staff.

Hey, guys.[ALL GREETING]

We're below the city,
so it smells like mold.

But there hasn't been
a rat sighting

in four months.

ALL: Four months.

The anchors and their
key producers have base camps.

Here, on 17 and 18.

Often decorated
with viewer art.

And everyone in this building,

even Roger, answers to eight.

The eighth floor is home

to CEO Rupert Murdoch
and his sons.

This is the power
behind the power.

The actual studios are
scattered around the building.

Most anchor
and show offices are here.

Above are Fox Business, radio,

New York Post
and The Wall Street Journal.

Most of the American
conservative establishment.

In one building.

REPORTER 1:
The stage is finally set

for tonight's Republican
debate in Cleveland.

REPORTER 2:
All the candidates
are looking

for a boost tonight,

but only ten of them
have a chance

to appeal to voters
in prime time.

[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Trump has a real problem
with women. [SIGHS]

I wanna ask about it.

You can back that up?

Yes.

Good morning.

Morning, Chris.

[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[MEGYN CLEARS THROAT]

[DOOR OPENS]LILY: Excuse me.

[ALL MURMURING INDISTINCTLY]

[MEGYN RETCHES, COUGHS]

[MEGYN BREATHING HEAVILY]

Do you think that's it?[RETCHES]

[COUGHING]Sorry.

[TOILET FLUSHING]

It's probably nerves.

No. When I'm nervous,
I hear my heart.

I can't hear it.[EXHALES DEEPLY]

That's your first question?Is this some feminist thing?

BOTH: She's not a feminist.

It goes to his electability.

Did you run it
past Tom Lowell?

We can go after Trump.

GIL: The second floorsaid that?

No.

The eighth. The Murdochs.

Rupert called Roger and said,
about Trump, enough is enough.

Look, all Trump does
is watch Fox.

Roger gave him airfor his crazy theories

and idiot grievances.

Why? 'Cause Roger sharesa lot of them.

Are you sureyou wanna take that on?

Yes.

REPORTER: [ON TV] It's the new look of politics...

Okay, I don't know
if these are strong enough,

but they help me.Uh-huh. Nausea?

Yeah.You go live in five hours.

I'll be fine.Okay.

[RETCHING]Okay.

REPORTER: Donald Trump
feeds his own narrative.

MEGYN: Oh, fuck.
So nauseous.

If you can tryto keep them down.

Yeah.

[SIGHS] Fuck.
Stop making that face, Julia.

I'm not making a face.

MEGYN: [SIGHS] Five hours?

LILY: Yeah.Okay.

Don't worry.We're behind you.

CHRIS: Way behind you.

There's a blanket
on the chair

and, just in case,
a trash can beside it.

HOST: Welcome to the first
Republican primary debate.

Tonight's moderators
will be Bret Baier,

Chris Wallace and Megyn Kelly.

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

Mr. Trump, one of the things
people love about you

is you speak your mind

and you don't use
a politician's filter.

However, that is not
without its downsides.

In particular,
when it comes to women.

You've called women you don't
like, "fat pigs," "dogs,"

"slobs"
and "disgusting animals."

What is she doing?

Your Twitter account... Only Rosie O'Donnell.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING ON TV]Great TV.

She knows what she's doing.

Your Twitter account...

For the record, it was
well beyond Rosie O'Donnell.

TRUMP: Yes, I'm sure it was.

Your Twitter account has
several disparaging comments

about women's looks.

You once told a contestant
onCelebrity Apprentice

it would be a pretty picture
to see her on her knees.

Does that sound to you
like the temperament

of a man we should elect
as President?

And how will you
answer the charge

from Hillary Clinton...She's calling him out.

...who is likely
to be the Democratic nominee,

that you are part of the war
on women?

Call me stupid, but I thought he'd respect the challenge.

Trump is pissed.He was up all night, tweeting.

Crap. Really?

LILY: What was he tweeting?

"Fox viewers give low marks
to bimbo @MegynKelly."

Ugh. I hate that word.

Yeah. It says you're too sexy
to be smart,

but not smart enough
to be sexy.

2:40 a.m. "Wow, @MegynKelly
really bombed tonight.

"People are going wild
on Twitter! Funny to watch."

3:07 a.m. "Dear @Megyn..."Go, Trump. Donald Trump.

MEGYN: Okay.

How many times did he tweet?

Like, 15.

Yeah.[MEGYN SCOFFS]

He's never gonna be President.

Wait. Am I gonna be the story?

BOTH: No.

I'm gonna be the story.BOTH: No.

No. No.

I can't let you go without
talking about Donald Trump.

MEGYN: Gretchen's givingthis two blocks?

It's thatfar down the food chain?

We should get you
a security team.

Think it over.

Trump called me
before the debate.

He said he knew that your
first question was harsh.

How could he know that?No idea.

I sure didn't.

[CHUCKLES]

It was good TV.
Unexpected.
Goddamn tough.

Proud of you, Megyn.

Thanks, Roger.

Heard you were sick.

Yeah.

I think it was my coffee.

Where'd you get it?My driver.

He insistedon some fancy coffee joint.

You know this guy?

No. He's a driver, Roger.

Did you know him?No.

You know
better than that.

MEGYN: Okay, yes,
Roger Ailes is paranoid.

But his parents were nuts.

As he drove off to college,

they filed for divorce,
and didn't tell him.

At Christmas, he came home to find strangers in his house

and all his things,

photos and yearbooks
and trophies thrown out.

I mean, is it any wonder
the man created

a nostalgia machine
for lost America?

This is crazy.

We're sitting here wondering

if a candidate for Presidentpoisoned my coffee.

ROGER: It's only crazy
until it happens.

And it happens.

I hate being the story.

ROGER: I'll call Trump.

You go on vacation.
Stay above it all.

He won't dent your ratings.

Nobody stops watching
because of a conflict.

They stop watching
when there isn't one.

Some viewers will listento him.

Well, some. But as long
as he keeps saying,

"Megyn Kelly is unwatchable,"

that means he's watching it.
They know that.

And they'll watch
what he watches.

You'll be okay.

MEGYN: See you in a week.

MEGYN: Drink up, buddy boy.

[TRUMP SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
ON TV]

Thank you.

Here's to a week
of no kids, but my own.

GIL: Cheers.Cheers.

Okay,
Frank Bruni in The Times.

Boo."The debate was riveting.

"It was admirable.

"It compels me
to write a cluster of words

"I never imagined writing:

"hooray for Fox News."LILY: Wow.

Well, that's gotta
make you happy,

praise all tangled up
in an insult.

It does make me happy, Gil.

TRUMP: And, you know,
you could see there was

blood coming out of her eyes,

blood coming out of her...

wherever.No. Oh, my God.

Did he just accuse me
of anger-menstruating?

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]Yes. Are... Um, yeah.

LILY: Yeah.I'm calling Roger.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]GIL: No. I'll talk to him.

Take your vacation.
I'll handle this.

LILY: Oh, my God.MEGYN: Do you hear the phones?

Doug.

LILY: I have to call you back.

Would you like to
correct yourself

on that other talking point
about men being dominant?

We don't have any time.
I wish we did.

We're running over,
we're running over.

Yeah, well, HR is on the phone 'cause you called me a skirt.

CO-HOST: I gotta read
that manual again.

GRETCHEN:
I'll bring it to your office
right after the show.

GUEST 1: Some guy came up to me and said,

"I saw you onFox & Friendsthis morning.

"Is Gretchen as cute in person
as she is on TV?"

Oh, come on. And what did you answer him?

Beautiful dress.

You look wonderful.
Great color.

In summary,
Gretchen's beautiful.

Beautiful. You look beautiful.

Well, you look fabulous, too.

CO-HOST: 'Cause you gotta wax? Does the waxing hurt?

Uh, he looks at me for that!

CO-HOST: We'll try that.
Women are everywhere.

We're letting 'em play golf
and tennis now.

It's outta control. You know what?

CO-HOST: You know...
[CHUCKLES] She's out.

You read the headlines,
since men are so great.

She needed a shower.[CLICKS TV OFF]

The attitude off-camerawas even worse.

Steve simply started
ignoring me.

What did Mr. Ailes saywhen you complained?

He said, "You act
like it only rains on women.

"Stop getting goddamn offendedby everything.

"You're a man-hater."

And, um, "Learn to get along
with the boys."

Then he took me off the show.

But gave you your own.

Well, in the afternoon
dead zone.

I mean, it was a demotion
and we both knew it.

Even though I did increase
the ratings by 15%.

[SIGHS] He moved me
to second base.

Back in Minnesota,

before I graduated
summa cum laude from Stanford,

before I was crowned
Miss America,

I played second base

in the sixth-grade
softball league.

I hate second base.

Did he ever offer
to reverse that decision

if you made yourself
sexually available?

Not directly.

[CLICKS TONGUE] With Roger,it's always about loyalty.

He says he can fix thingsif you're loyal.

And you can guess the ultimateexpression of loyalty.

We don't guess.

[SIGHS] Oral sex.

Roger likes to joke,

"To get ahead,
you gotta give a little head."

Really.

But Mr. Ailes

never unambiguously
asks for oral sex?

I mean, it was always
just a joke, a put-down.

Like, "You're sexy
but you're too much work."

You're... I mean...

I have a whole list in here

because that's just
how Roger is.

What do you want
out of a lawsuit?

What do I want?I want this behavior to stop.

Someone has to speak up.
Someone has to get mad.

Well, that may not be you.

Your contract
will have a clause

requiring secret,
mandatory arbitration.

You familiarwith Rudi Bakhtiar's case?

GRETCHEN: Yes. Well, you're supposed to be.

My first act as
DC bureau chief...

I want you down here
full-time.

Oh, my God. [LAUGHS]

That's amazing. Yes.

You do know
what this means for you?

RUDI: Shit.
He doesn't think I'm ready.

Brian,
I will not let you down.

I'm gonna bust my ass for you.

Well, Rudi, come on,
that's a given.

RUDI: So, what's the problem?

But, um...

Look, you do get
how I feel about you, right?

RUDI: Oh, fuck.
Fuck, fuck, fuck.

Well, I'm glad
you said that, Brian,

because I really respect
you, too.

No. No. I mean...

How I really feel.

RUDI: Just look confused.

All I want from you, Rudi,

is to see the inside
of your hotel room.

RUDI: God damn it.

That's all it's gonna take.

Don't react.
Make it your fault.

Brian, if I've done anything

to make you think
I feel that way about you,

I apologize.

Friends.

We're friends.

Professionals.

We have
a great professional vibe.

Now sell it.

I just don't do that.

I've never had to do that
for a job.

I know, I know.

You know I'd kill for DC,

but there's no wayI'm showing you my hotel room.

This is gonna
ruin my career.

Well, now I feel
like a creep.

No. [CHUCKLES]No, you're so not.

Fucking creep.

They fired me.

I'm a lousy reporter
apparently. Assholes.

NANCY: She proved
what they wanted her to prove.

No one really wins
by suing Fox News.

NEIL: It's been our experience

that once you go public
in your job,

no one will hire you.

If you're able
to stick it out at Fox,

gather more evidence,

you might be able to sueAiles himself instead of Fox.

And that is why I'm here.

Because Marty Hyman told methat over here in New Jersey,

I can avoid arbitration
by suing Roger personally.

He says that you've managedto change the law,

and that we couldcall other women

and show a pattern.

Will other women come forward?

GRETCHEN: Yes, they will.

You live and work in New York.

Roger has a house
in Bergen County

where he stays
when he can't make it upstate.

[CHUCKLES] You do
your homework, Ms. Carlson.

No fingerprints.

That's how much I practiced
the violin as a child.

If Roger finds out
you came to us,

he won't just fire you.GRETCHEN: Mmm.

He will bang us
with a million-dollar lawsuit.

He will attack you personally.

These men, they care
more about their reputations

than they do money.

Roger won't stop.

Oh, I know. Mmm-hmm.NANCY: You know that.

Colleagues you admire
will say publicly

you're a superior,
ambitious woman

who's suing
because her career stalled.

Let 'em.

NANCY: Okay.

[CHUCKLING] If we work hard,
you might be lucky enough

to watch
the most powerful man in TV

go after you
with everything he's got.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

Thank you.[NANCY CHUCKLES]

I'm telling you,
other women will come forward.

Let's hope.

KAYLA: Frankly,I think you have a gap

in the network, Mr. Shine.

There are millions of youngconservatives in this country.

I mean, you can look at myInstagram account. There are.

They don't have a voiceon our network.

I see myself as an influencerin the Jesus space.

And don't get me wrong,

I've learned a tonfrom Gretchen,

I truly have, of course.

But no judgment here,

my perspective
as an evangelical millennial?

It's just not that helpful
to her.

I mean, to be honest,
Mr. Shine,

she's sort of Establishment.

With a capital E.

That's why I wantedto talk to you in private.

Kayla, before we
move you up,

I want to ask you
something personal.

Mmm.

What do you think
of our slogan,

"Fair and Balanced"?

I'm glad you asked.

Look, our news shows

and our opinion showsare very different.

Our news is impartial,it's top-of-the-line.

Our opinion shows,

Roger gave a voiceto people who didn't have one.

And he balancedthe American conversation.

So, our newspeople are fair.

Our entertainers are a verynecessary form of balance.

Attagirl. Perfect.

GRETCHEN: But today,
we're sticking up for girls

on International Day
of the Girl.

And, for the first time
on cable news, here I am,

[CHUCKLES]
makeup-free for a reason.

Tomorrow I'll be back
in my regular makeup.

And I thank
the other brave women

who came on today's show
sansmakeup.

But let's continue to tell
our girls, "Just be yourself."

Shep.[BELL RINGS]

STAGE MANAGER: And clear.GRETCHEN: Yes.

[APPLAUSE]Great show.

Get me some makeup.[BOTH CHUCKLE]

[SIGHS] I have some bad news.

Kayla is leaving us
for the asshole.

GRETCHEN: O'Reilly?REBEKAH: Mmm-hmm.

It is our
highest-rated program.

And we can't be?

No, I believe
in Real Story,I do.

Did you just see that segment?
Did you see it? Did you see...

We're doing
something unique here.

KAYLA: Mmm-hmm.Together. All of us.

[STAMMERS] Can you just...REBEKAH: Sure.

[WHISPERS] Listen to me.

I can get you
where you wanna be.

I can protect you.

Just don't get ahead
of yourself.

You have a lot to learn.
I can teach you.

I'm not getting aheadof myself, Gretchen.

I'm taking the next step.No. Listen.

I learn by doing.Come on.
Come on, please.

[SIGHS] I'm confused.

You want me to pass ona promotion

so you can help meget the same promotion

on a show with worse ratings?No. I just...

I want a little loyalty.
I need loyalty.

Women, together.

I'm loyal to the network.All right.

It's not us versus them,Gretchen.

ROGER: Miss America.

GRETCHEN: Roger.

Hi, there.

This is a treat.What the fuck are you doing?

A segment on how
we oversexualize women.

[SCOFFS]

I mean, you saidbe more myself, so, ta-da.

ROGER: You know
what makeup does?

Keeps everybody
from seeing you sweat.

Well, it's... Most of
the mean tweets that I receive

are about my appearance,

so it is important
that we fight back

against this kind of bullying.

Bullying isn't meanness.

Bullying ispeople with more power

hitting people with less.

These jackasses
have cellphones.

You have a fucking TV show!

We have to fight
the objectification of women.

Oh, bullshit.

Listen,mouth shut, ears open.

Nobody wants to watcha middle-aged woman

sweat her way
through menopause.

What? [SCOFFS]

[LOUDLY] Not onnational fucking television!

Thank you for the advice.

[GROANS] Objectification.

[SIGHS][DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

GRETCHEN: All right.

Gretchen,
I really appreciate...

GRETCHEN: Shut up.

Good luck.

PLAYER: Drift.

Go, go, go!

Whoo! Good one, honey.

Ooh, ooh, ooh.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

Hey.

It's a zoo here.

The phone's ringingoff the hook.

Anyone care
he called me a bimbo?

Not really.

He tweeted the GQphoto.MEGYN: I saw.

LILY: And?Torn.

God, I'd love
to be slut-shamed.

Gil wants to ask againif we should make a statement.

No. No response. Zero.

[GROANS]

Doug just lost.
I gotta go.

Next time, honey.

Nice.

Good game.Trump, '16.

DOUG: Excuse me.

You talk to my wife again,

I will beat you
to a fucking pulp.

That was weird.Mmm-hmm.

[SIGHS]

You're getting some action.

Oh, really?

[WAVES CRASHING][SEAGULLS CALLING]

[GRUNTS]Oh, man.

[CHUCKLES]Asshole.

You don't have to worryabout Trump.

You're tougherthan all those guys, okay?

You just gotta worryabout the crazies.

I can handle a few crazies.I know.

YARDLEY: Mommy.

Trump will stop once he feels
he's won the argument.

I feel likehe's less interested

in winning the argument

than just having the argumentwith you in public

to prove he cantake on the establishment.

I'm not the establishment.

Honey, get real.You are the establishment now.

YARDLEY: Mommy!Not yet!

You do understand
I have to be
above this, right?

I have to be an anchor first,
then a woman.

You know the entire country

is talkingabout your period right now?

YARDLEY: Mommy!What?

YARDLEY: There's a man.BOTH: What?

MEGYN: Yardley!Look. He's right there.

Yardley, where is he?YARDLEY: Look. There he is.

Oh, Jesus.
He's got a fucking camera!

MEGYN: Come here, honey.

No, no, no!
Don't open the door.

They can't sell them
if we're inside.

Get out. Get out of here! Go!

Are you okay?

What were
you guys doing?

Mommy and Daddy?Mmm-hmm.

Um... [STAMMERS]It was a crossword...

Mommy was just taking
a quick little nap.

Quick one.It wasn't that quick.

I'm gonna have to
call Roger about security.

MICHAEL SAVAGE: [ON RADIO]
It's as clear as a bell

that Mayhem Kelly has
gone over to the dark side.

The more she sells out,

the wider
her nostrils have become.

Listen to
what I've just said to you.

He's here.

SAVAGE:
This woman was once pretty,

and the more she has sold out,

the wider
her nostrils have become.

They're almost porcine.

She snorts her insults
at America...

Roger!

...and, as I say, it's now
the portrait of Dorian Kelly,

not the portrait
of Dorian Gray.

Give me a day to figure out
how we hit Trump back.

Stop by later. [GRUNTS]

I don't want my kids
hearing this crap.

Ignore the damn morons.

I'm old, fat, and ugly.

Christ,
they call me Jabba the Hutt.

Hemophilia swells my joints.
Can't exercise.

I feel fine,
but I look like shit.

I look the opposite
of how I feel.

Do I let it affect me?
No, I do not.

MEGYN:
This isn't entirely true.

Roger is also fat

because he'll get
a room-service menu

and order page two.

No goddamn orange on Fox!

But he cares a lot
about looks.

Fucking idiots.

Let's turn our attention
to South Korea.

South Korean officials say

talks with the north have
adjourned until tomorrow...

MEGYN: Early on, he realized

for a network to stay on
24 hours a day,

you need something
to hold an audience.

Joining me to discuss

the Korean peninsula
is Seth Choy...

MEGYN: That something is legs.

There's a reason
for clear desks.

We need you
in a shorter dress.

KIMBERLY: But you know
that they're gonna take...

ROGER: Wide shot! Wider!

Go to the wide shot!

I want to seeher goddamn legs.

Why the fuckdo you think I hired her?

KIMBERLY: But this might
be seen by racial activists

purely
through the racial prism.

Uh, stand up
and give me a spin.

Really?Yeah, it's a visual medium.

Yeah.
That's good. Sit down.

I support the wall. I do.

But mass deportations,come on.

That'll never work

because of the 14th Amendment.You want me to quote it?

"If you were born in America,

"you're an American, period.
Period."

Get mea demographically friendly

Hispanic woman on immigration.

But, hey, she needs to bevery demographically friendly.

Okay. Uh, new girl's up.
Kayla.

Hi, sir.

So, I was listening toRush Limbaugh this morning.

He said something kind of cool
about Anthony Weiner.

How he's an exhibitionist
in every aspect

of how he presents himself
politically.

[WHISPERS] Oh, my God.

O'REILLY: Is she the bestyou can do?

PRODUCER: Bill Shine asked usto give her a try, so...

O'REILLY: Okay, let's not losefocus. Back to immigration.

Oh, my gosh.

I can't get fired.

This is the only job
I have ever wanted.

I don't wanna be on TV,I wanna be on Fox.

JESS: Uh-huh.My family, every day,

every holiday,
especially holidays,

they watch Fox News.

We're like addicts.

Fox is how we do church.

You know when they madethe corner logo turn...

The bug.

...because folks had "Fox"burned into their TV screens?

That's us.

Kayla,
you're not getting fired.

He cannot scale his anger.

He's a perpetual
outrage machine.

That's why crazies love him.
No offense to your family.

You want to do the folders?
No crying at Fox.

No crying.

Let me explain
your mistake here.

So, Rush is on Hannity's team.

They're the competition.
They're GOP party hacks.

So, he thinks
he's way ahead of them,

so steal from Drudge
and Breitbart, not talk radio.

Okay.

Also, stop worrying
if the story's legit.

If you can't source it,

just go with,
"Some are saying."

Seriously?

You have to adopt

the mentality of
an Irish street cop.

The world is a bad place,
people are lazy morons,

minorities are criminals,

sex is sick,
but interesting.

Ask yourself, "What wouldscare my grandmother,

"or piss off my grandfather?"

And that's a Fox story.Are you writing this down?

Oh, it makes
so much sense.

JESS: Frighten, titillate.Right.

JESS: Frighten, titillate.Frighten, titillate.

When you're starting
the story,

you need to start
with a clear villain.

[CLEARS THROAT][INHALES DEEPLY]

Liberal judge,
pinhead mayor,

Vermont, Hollywood.Uh-huh.

Conservatives
want to conserve.

Uh-huh.You're the last defense

against Jesus-hating,
trans-loving,

Clinton-controlled
Armageddon, baby.

Oh, come on.

You do believe
some of that, right?

Yeah.

Uh...

[CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS] That's quite a face
you have.

Really?

[JESS CHUCKLES]Thank you.

[WHISPERS] I'm drunk.

I'm drunk as well.

[BOTH GIGGLING]

You have a Hillary posterin your house.

I guess I do.

Okay, my parents
would be horrified

if I went home
with a Democrat.

The lesbianism, however?

Oh, I'm not a lesbian.

I'm not a Democrat.[CHUCKLES]

I just have two giant
Hillary posters in my kitchen.

As a joke, though, right?

No. That's who
I'd like to be the President.

Are you serious?

I'm a closeted Democrat.

At Fox News?

Oh, my God.
I thought that you knew that.

No, I didn't know that.Does anyone know that?

[WHISPERS] Can you not tell?
You can't tell anyone.

Of course I won't tell.No, I'm so serious.

Can I ask something?Mmm-hmm.

Why do you work at Fox?

Why don't you workat MSNBC or something?

I think I, like,
thrive in toxic environments.

I never knowif you're kidding or not.

I am kidding.

I applied everywhere

and I got a job at Fox.

And I keep applying
to other places

and they keep not taking me
because I work at Fox.

[SIGHS]

Oh, my gosh.

It's okay.

One day I'm gonna be free.

What? It's not that bad.

If you're gay,
it's pretty bad.

Well, yeah, you don'twanna be gay at Fox.

You work for Bill O'Reillyand you have a Hillary poster?

You do know he likes to

call up female producers
and whack off, right?

Bill?

Yes, Bill.

No.

You haven't heard about
the Andrea Mackris lawsuit?

No.Oh, my God.

This should be
in the welcome packet.

She was one of
his associate producers.

He took her,
and only her,

to the Republican
National Convention.

Called her up at 11:00,

touching himself

and telling her
what he wanted to do to her

with the old falafel.

[CHUCKLING]Are you kidding?

It's on the internet.

And then, quote, "using
a vibrator upon himself."

Like, he brought a vibratorfrom home to the convention?

Yes, well, you have to bring

a vibrator from home
to the convention.

[LAUGHING]

The question is, what does
a man do with a vibrator?

[BOTH LAUGH]

Do you place it
alongside the shaft?

[IMITATES WHIRRING]

[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

I don't wanna hear that.

"Fucking die, bitch."

"If I see you,
you better run."

"I wouldn't be sleeping
too soundly if I were you."

Trump's lit the torches.

You're getting
security tonight.

All I want is for this
to go away, Roger.

Look, every general in history

has gone into battle
feeling the same.

Right.

I'll read a statement
at the top, saying,

"Yes, Trump is attacking me,
but I'm not going to respond."

Any defense
will come from you.

Not right now.

You set a recordon viewer email.

MEGYN: Let me guess.

None of it on my side.

No.

Our audience loves Trump.

A hell of a lot more
than the Murdochs realize.

[CHUCKLES]
More than Trump knows.

He's tweetingwe made peace.

He'll come on Fox & Friendstomorrow.

He needs us.We need him.

It's got nothing
to do with you.

All right. It's late.

I have dogs to feed.

[BUZZER SOUNDS][DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS] Just to be clear,

I will not be
kissing Trump's ass at 9:00.

[SIGHS] We fight
tomorrow's fights tomorrow.

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Can I seethat statement again, Bill?

Heard there was a dust-upinvolving yours truly

and presidential contenderDonald Trump.

How you doing, Megyn?

Hanging in there.

CAMERAMAN:
Give him hell, Megyn.

[BELL RINGS]

STAGE MANAGER:
Okay, quiet on the set.

We go live in five, four,
three, two...

I just got back
from a weekend at the beach

with my husband
and my three kids.

Did anything happen
in the news while I was gone?

[CREW CHUCKLING]You may have heard

there was a dust-upinvolving yours truly

and presidential contenderDonald Trump.

Mr. Trump was upsetwith a question I asked...

Oh, cute baby. [CHUCKLES]

I gotta say,I can't stand your show.

Oh.

You guys at Fox,

you're doing terrible thingsto our country.

Well, I hope
that makes you feel better.

How you treat
people you disagree with

says everything about you.

[EXHALES]

You know, I mean, Jesus was a white man too, you know?

It's like, he was an historical figure.

I mean,
that's a verifiable fact.

As is Santa. I just want the
kids watching to know that.

But my point is,
how do you just revise it

and change Santa from white to black?

NEWS PRESENTER: I mean, you can't. Not really.

JESS: Wow.

Nice dress.

I hope you don't
wear that to Sunday service.

Please. I have church jeans,

so I can hold a latte
on my knee.

JESS: Oh, my God. Kayla.

Did you see this?What?

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

[IN DEEP VOICE] I'm a creep.

That is gross.I know.

JESS: [CHUCKLING] I love that.

Are you crazy?

What?

That's my friend from college.

I'm just
looking out for you.

Who are you stalking?

No one.

I feel for you.

That show.

Oh, his bark is worse
than his bite. [CHUCKLES]

Well, I work for Roger.

We have two, threeand four-donut days.

Sugar does make
everybody crazy.

No, these aren't donutshe eats.

They're donuts he throws.At somebody.

[LAUGHS]

[SNIFFS] No,he's a pussycat.

Come say hi. We're alwayslooking for on-air talent.

Oh, really?Mmm.

Now?

Sure.

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

[TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

That's Roger's
private elevator.

Hang on a sec.[BUZZER SOUNDS]

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

ROGER: Mmm-hmm.

KAYLA: Hello.

Ah, have a seat.KAYLA: Thank you.

Liberals don't get Megyn.

She's a star not becauseshe thinks Santa's white,

but because she'll say it.That's right.

Yeah, few have courage
in the spotlight.

It's powerful to watch.

And she went up 30%that quarter.

[CHUCKLING] Well, that, too.

All audiences want
is authenticity.

Mmm.For 200 years,

Santa's a fat white guy.

They think Santa,

that's what they see.Right.

You want to
change that? Fine.

Let's discuss it without you
calling my people racist.

Exactly.

A liberal is somebody
who wants to live in a future

that he is too lazy

or too arrogant
to actually create.

Well, in my family,Santa's always been white

and, according to mygranddaddy, a communist.

[LAUGHING]

So, that's my family.

So, what can I do
for you, Kayla?

Why did you
drop by to see me?

Well, the thing is, sir,

I actually started on-airduring college

in Central Florida. Weather.

[SIGHS] I want
to convince you

that that is
where I belong,
Mr. Ailes.

I think I'd be freakin'phenomenal on your network.

Well, it's
Mr. Murdoch's air,

but I did create it.
I do run it.

Right.

You have a pretty face.

Here, uh, stand up
and give me a twirl.

Now?

Yeah.
Just a quick spin.

Oh. Sure. [CHUCKLES]

That's very good.[CHUCKLES]

Now, uh, pull your dress up
and let me see your legs.

Um...

[CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY]

It's a visual medium, Kayla.

Come on.

Higher.

Come on. Higher.

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

[GRUNTS]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

That's fine, Kayla.

Why don't you
sit down?

Thank you.

Mmm-hmm.

You have a great body.

Thank you.

Mr. Ailes...

I'd appreciate itif you didn't mention this...

No, no, of course....to anyone.

I'm here to help
my employees,

not hurt them.It would just sound...

Anything that
happens here,
in this room,

is strictly
between you and me.

Okay.Of course,
it cuts both ways.

I'm discreet,

but unforgiving.

[SIGHS] Success in
broadcast television

is hard.
It's arbitrary.

This is the most competitive
industry on earth.

You understand
what I'm saying?

Mmm-hmm.

We could work together.

I could pluck you out
and move you

all the way
to the front of the line.

But I want
something in return.

Do you know
what that is, Kayla?

[STAMMERS]Loyalty.

I need to know
that you're loyal.

I need you
to find a way
to prove it.

Mmm-hmm.

You think about that,
all right?

So, we'll talk again?

Faye can show you
the way out.

Thank you, sir.

[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Jess. Jess.

Something really weirdjust happened.

I just went
to say hi to...

I just... I met...I was invited to meet Roger.

I mean, nothing...

Nothing happened.

[WHISPERS] Kayla.

It's actually
better for you

if you don't
involve me in this.

Um, 'cause they know
that we're friends.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

This place is crazy.

PROTESTORS: [CHANTING]
No Trump. No KKK.

No fascist USA.

DOUG: Jesus.MEGYN: Okay, we're here.

JULIA: [OVER PHONE] His assistant's name is Rhona.

The security guard is Keith...

Got it.

Gil, last words?

GIL: Yeah, don't piss him off. I need this job.

Good luck.

I'll be waiting
right here, okay?

[PROTESTORS CONTINUE CHANTING]

MAN: Are youhappy now, bitch?

TRUMP: [ON TV] During the day,
if I'm in the office,

I have a number of people

that I'll just call out
a tweet to.

It's always my right.[MEGYN CHUCKLES ON TV]

You probably had some pretty
nasty tweets sent your way.

I don't want that to happen.

I have fans
that really love...

But you retweet
some of those.
It's not just the fans.

TRUMP: But not
the more nasty ones.

You would be amazed
at the ones I don't retweet.

"Bimbo"?

Uh, well, that was a retweet.
Yeah, did I say that?

Many times. Ooh, okay. Excuse me.

[MEGYN CHUCKLES]

TRUMP: But not the most
horrible thing, you know.

Over your life, Megyn, you've
been called a lot worse.

Is that right?All right, that's enough.

It's not about me.
It's not about me.

Well, what do you think?

I think
you're too solicitous.

Thank you.

But this once, I can handlea straight-up positive.

DOUG: I'm sorry.MEGYN: Yeah.

He attacks you
for a year straight

and you let him off
with a fucking "oops."

MEGYN: What?
I don't let him off.

I confront him.
I used Donald Trump.

Honey, you absolved him.

Doug, there are internal

political pressures
at play here as well.

Yeah, yeah. I bet.
I get it, Gil.

You know what,can we have a second, guys?

Please.

[DOOR OPENS]

I'm not trying
to be critical.
I just...

MEGYN: Well, you are.I made this go away.

I stopped hisharassing bullshit. For us.

I never
asked you to do that.

He is going to be

the Republican candidatefor President.

I'm a news anchor.I need access to him.

You need access?
At what fucking price?

At what price? The priceof our apartment. My salary.

That pays our fucking bills.

Look. For the record...No. You know what?

It's been a shitty year!

Really fucking shitty year,

and I'm allowed
to want it over.

[SIGHS HEAVILY]

You are.

Fuck.

So, what I'm saying is,
do we really need AR-15s

to be able to hunt deer,

protect our families?

I'm in favor of peoplebeing able to carry handguns.

Some of these mass shootingswould have been less deadly

if that had been the case.

But I'm also withthe majority today,

taking a stand againstsemiautomatic assault weapons.

Which brings us backto the question of the day.

Should Congress reinstate
the Assault Weapons Ban?

I know a lot of you
don't agree with me.

That's fine.

Huh.

89% of you say no.

And that's what makesAmerica great.

[BELL RINGS]

FLOOR DIRECTOR: Clear.REBEKAH: Great.

The second floorwants to see you.

Now?Yeah.

[PHONE RINGS]

This is Kayla.

Hi.

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah. I'll come
right up then.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[EXHALES]

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

Ladies.

Hi.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[EXHALES]

Phew. Hot in here.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[KNOCKS ON DOOR]

[BEEPS][BUZZER SOUNDS]

Gretchen.
Well, how are you?

Faye, I miss our lunches.Mmm.

Roger wants to see me?Oh.

Uh, no, I think
it was Dianne.

I just saw her in with Bill.[CHUCKLES]

All right. Well...

See you ladies later then.

Bye.

FAYE: Roger's ready
for you, Kayla.

[BEEPS][BUZZER SOUNDS]

Okay.

[GASPS SOFTLY]

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

[SIGHS] Never stops.

Gretchen, you've been
such an instrumental part

of the Fox family.

Absolutely.

We justwanted to tell you

that we appreciatedthe work...

He's firing me,
isn't he?

Yes.

You wanna
tell me why?

[SIGHS]

GRETCHEN:
What could they say?

"You're sexy,
but you're too much work.

"You're a man-hater.

"To get ahead you gotta give a little head."

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

MAN: Good luck, Ms. Carlson.

GRETCHEN: Do you know why
we dress soldiers the same?

So everybody knows
they're replaceable.

[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

I refuse to be replaceable.

Well, they finally
did it. I'm out.

NANCY: Did they give you a cause?

No. Good. Ready to go to war?

Oh, yeah.
I'm ready.

[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Murdoch here.

WOMAN 1: Funny.
Have you seen the lawsuit?

Which lawsuit?

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

I'm not stopping.

LACHLAN: Roger's being sued
for sexual harassment

by Gretchen Carlson.

Where's Dad?

Paris.

[PHONE RINGING]Yeah.

WOMAN 1: I have your
father's attorney for you.

Thank you.

GERSON: Morning.

So, this employee
has sued Roger personally.

He doesn't know
who she is.

Are you familiar
with Ms. Carlson?

No. Until two hours ago,
I'd never heard of her.

More importantly, no one heard
from her after she was fired.

Wait. Not even
to negotiate
a severance?

No. And that suggests

she knew it was coming
and she had a plan.

As News Corp attorney,
I recommend you conduct

an internal investigation
into Roger's behavior.

I know you two
have had issues with him.

I need everyone's attention.
Listen up, people!

A Postemployee has received
a package of anthrax.

[ALL EXCLAIM]That's just above us.

Close the goddamn vents!

All of them!

Roger.And nobody opens the mail!

Roger.We're under attack!

Roger! Hey!

LACHLAN: Everything upstairsis under control.

You need to calm down.

Do not give orders
in my newsroom.

If it were yours,

you'd own it.

It's okay, everyone.Everything's gonna be fine.You can go back to work.

Thank you.

Uh-huh. Yeah,
let's look into her claims.

GERSON: Done.

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Hi.Hi. [CHUCKLES]

Oh, my God,
it's Anchor Barbie.

I'm testing for Fox Business.

Holy fucking Christ!

I'll call you right back.

Pull up The New York Times
right now.

MAN 1: Whoa.MAN 2: What's going on?

MAN 1: Holy shit!

WOMAN: Did you see this?

MAN: Holy shit!

WOMAN: Oh, my God.

MAN: The Times?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

MAN 2: No way.

Josh. Get me a nice shot
from Main Street.

No Priuses in it.Right.

When you're photographing
for my paper,
don't wear a hoodie.

Okay.

Hoodies are creepy.

Thank you. Thank you.

What is that?

Oh, uh,just grocery-store sushi.

Mmm.

Sushi's not liberal food.

I didn't say that it was.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

Hi, love.

ROGER: Go home right now
and don't talk to anybody.

What? Wait, Roger...

I'm leaving now.
Go home. I'll meet you there.

What?REPORTER 1: Fox News host Gretchen Carlson

has filed a lawsuit against
the network's CEO Roger Ailes,

claiming she was fired
because she was...

Fox News chairman Roger Ailes
is responding to a lawsuit

filed by lawyers
for Gretchen Carlson...

REPORTER:
Alleges she was fired

after turning down
sexual advances.

REPORTER 2: Carlson claimed in the lawsuit

that Ailes took her off
the popular morning show,

Fox & Friends, in 2013,

cut her pay and placed her

in a less desirable
afternoon time slot

because she refused to have

a sexual relationship
with him.

The lawsuit was filed
in New Jersey State Court.

[DOG BARKING]

Champ's making his rounds.

GUARD: Good boy.

Are you okay?

No.

[SIGHS]

JEANINE: Beth,
I just talked toTheWrap.

It's an online publication.
I said, how sad it is

we've got this woman
making these complaints

when there are real victims
out there.

I know, Roger.
I told Peoplemagazine

we've been in your office
alone a lot over 15 years.

I've never seen anything
like what I'm reading about.

I said, "I don't think
Gretchen Carlson

"has a friend
in the building."

I know, Roger.
Someone would've told me.

They're gonna quote me
on that.

Not a ring of truth.

Maria Bartiromo
sent Varietya stock chart.

Oh, hey, we're up.JULIA: Whoo-hoo.

LILY: Hannity tweeted,
"I talked to hundreds of women
at Fox this week,

"both on air and off.

"They say it all BS."

JULIA: Brit Hume, too.MEGYN: Brit?

"Why didn't Gretchen
quit and sue

"instead of suing
only after she got fired?

"Why didn't she complain?"

Why didn't she complain?
Really?

He means
the anonymous hotline.

BOTH: There's a hotline?Yeah.

JULIA: I didthe harassment seminar twice.

I never heard about a hotline.

Because it's bullshit.

They have a contractual right
to monitor our communications.

A hotline in this building
is like a complaint box
in occupied Paris.

It's like we're telling women,"Go on. Speak up for yourself.

"Just know the entire networkis with Roger."

No one will believe you.

They'll call you a liar.

Oh, and as for your career,you want assignmentsand air time?

Go ahead.Call the paranoid man

who decides your salary
a pervert,

and do that on a fuckinganonymous hotline he controls.

On a phone he has
a contractual right to record.

Jesus fucking Christ,
do you think women are idiots?

It's like
somebody stripped you naked

and they want you
to walk through this office

just to fucking prove it.

GIL: Okay.

Can I see you for a minute?

[DOOR OPENS]

What the fuck was that?

I don't know, but I liked it.

I won't call you a feminist,

but say there's a spectrum,you are...

Roger harassed me.

Ten years ago.

I had turned down
a law-firm partnership

for an entry-level job
here at Fox.

Roger would call me up to
New York to dangle prospects.

I wanted his help.

Did you

do anything?

No. [SIGHS]

Will you talk?

Megyn?I don't know.

I don't know.

I mean, going on the record...

Jesus.

It's basically admitting
you're the weak one
in the herd.

No, it's admitting
you're the hot one.

It has nothing
to do with that, Gil.

Say women.Oh, my God.

Look, there is a reason

certain women
can defend Roger.

If I report this and it leaks,

it will follow me
for the rest of my career.

I don't wanna be definedby Roger's bullshit.

I refuse to bethe fucking poster girlfor sexual harassment.

He can't still be doing
that crap, right?

I mean, the man has a walker.

Viagra?Gil.

Help me here.

Please. How do I play this?

Well, you only askwhen you already know.

If I learned anything
this year,

it's to not get sucked
into a fight

with someone
who has better reason
to be in it than you do.

Okay.

Okay.

So, what is it you wanna do?

For right now, nothing.

Good.Good.

[SIGHS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ROGER GROANS SOFTLY]There she is.

Hi, Roger.

ROGER: Hello, sweetheart.

BETH: Hi.

Sit, sit.

ROGER: You've metMayor Giuliani before?Of course.

There's
an internal investigation,

but I'm not gonna wait for it
to clear me.

The Republican convention
is less than two weeks away.

This is bullshit.
I'm gonna fight it.

The charges are absurd.

SUSAN: I'm in, Roger.

I love that fate has given me
a chance to repay you

for when I was
in intensive care.

Roger called my idiot doctors
every day for four weeks.

Told them
he'd put me on the air

live from the hospital bed

if they didn't fix
every stitch of damage done.

But I'm also here as someone

who has dealt with this issue
for years,

years on the side of women.

I don't wanna see
sexual violence trivialized.

I don't wanna see it become
some damn political football.

In that spirit, I need to ask,

will an investigation
find anything,

well, uncomfortable?

Well, define uncomfortable.

RUDY: Roger, quote,

"I think you and I
should have had

"a sexual relationship
a long time ago.

"And then
you'd be good and better

"and I'd be good and better."

Did you say that?No, I'm not a fool.

"You missed your chance for meto harass you"? Come on.

I think they'll argue
it's solicitous.

Telling a woman she wasfuckable "a long time ago."

Who the hell thinks
that works?

Why's she suing, Roger?

Gretchen is
a very competitive woman

facing a severelikability issue.

One that I shielded her fromfor years.

Her career's over, I'm afraid.

BETH: And she can't takea joke.

Roger is very salty.

[CHUCKLING] I find it amusing.
It's my fault. I encourage it.

James Murdochcould be behind this.

His wifeopenly supports Hillary.

And it could go deeper.

I have good reason to believe

that insidethe Obama White House,

there have been discussions,

on what level I do not know...

of having me killed.

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

[BEEPS][BUZZER SOUNDS]

[REPORTERS
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

[SOFTLY] Oh, Jesus.

Hi, there.Hey.

Roger needs you.

Your silence is being noticed.

Well, the whole point
of an investigation

is to find the truth, Jeanine.

Until that happens,
I don't have a lot to say.

JEANINE:
If this charge sticks,

the working assumptionwill be,

"Every woman at Fox got downon her knees."

Even you.

If we sweep this thingunder the rug, Jeanine,

and it happens again,

under Title Seven,

Fox will be liable

for compensatoryand punitive damages.

That could behundreds of millions.

Let's worry about the lawbefore we do the PR, okay?

Does Roger want us?

Yes. He's a man.

He also gave us time.

He gave us opportunity.

We benefited
from that kind of attention.

I mean, Jeanine Pirro?

She's the founding member
of Team Roger.

You're not answering
your phone.

No, I'm holding it.

Okay, well, everybody's
still looking for you.

Where were any of these peopleto defend me from Trump, hmm?Excuse me.

Bill Shine told them not to.

What the fuck?

Our boss.

Why are you guys in the hall?

I got a callfrom Roger's lawyer

saying to, quote, "relax."

They're convincing Rupertto limit the investigation

to Gretchen and her team.

That's only five or six women.

Are you gonna let that happen?

[HORNS HONKING]

I like Roger. I do.

I know.

Even if he can be controllingand vindictive.

Those sins aren't really
the problem, Meg.

I mean, there were
hundreds of stories

of Roger paying
an employee's rehab,

or keeping somebody
terminally ill on payroll.

You remember
when Shep came out.

All Roger said was,

"I don't care
where you put your pecker,

"as long as you don't tell me
where to put mine."

Again, not the most redeeming.

He promoted me,
he looked past the rejection,

he looked past the riskof this exact conversation.

He handed me the power
to hurt him.

[SEAGULLS CALLING]

[LINE RINGING]

Morning.LACHLAN: Hi, Megyn.

We need to get
Gerson Zweifach on the phone.

RUDY: Gerson, I'm calling for Roger.

He wants me to be
part of your investigation.

We've decided
on an outside firm.

No, why? Gerson, we can
handle this ourselves.

I'm asking Paul/Weiss.

Paul/Weiss?

You tell them that
I can actively participate.

Mr. Giuliani,
you're an old friend of Roger.

You married them.

Sharing information with you

will remove the cloak
of attorney-client privilege,

making the testimonyof any woman

who comes forward
subject to discovery.

I understand.
You get me a waiver.

I will not structurethis investigation

so Roger isn't perceived ofas its target.

You want him to look guilty?

Well, that dependson what we find.

[SIGHS]

You know a reporter,
Gabe Sherman?

No.You're about to.

He's found six women

who claim Roger Ailes
harassed them.

All from before Roger
founded Fox News.

MARSHA: This was years ago.

He said he would
put me on the show,

but I had to go to bed
with him.

And I just said, "Yeah, right.
You and who else?"

And he said, "Just me

"and a few of
my preferred friends."

DIANE: I came in
and he closed the door,

turned, and kissed me.

Like I was his girlfriend.

Like he knew it was coming.

He grabbed my tits
and he said,

"Look, no girl gets a job here unless they're cooperative."

PAT: "If you wanna make it
in New York City

"in the TV business,

"you're gonna have to fuck me.

"And you're gonna have to
do that

"with anyone I tell you to."

JANE: He finishes the test,

which is me
pretending to cook,

then he pulls out
a garter belt and stockings

and says, "Put these on."

So, yeah, well, I put them on.

KELLIE: And he said,

"You know,
I can really help you,

"but if you wanna play
with the big boys,

"you have to lay
with the big boys."

It was very transactional.

SUSAN: It was quiet.
He stared at me.

He undid his pants

and took out his penis
very gingerly.

[STAMMERS]
I had never seen one.

I was scared.

Then he said, "Kiss it."

I was 16.

REPORTER: Former anchor
Gretchen Carlson

filing a sexual-harassment
lawsuit

against Fox News
chief Roger Ailes.

More women are coming forward.

Ailes is denying
the allegations

and getting
some high-profile support...

REPORTER 2: The accusations
against Roger Ailes
are growing...

ROGER: I have never run
a goddamn Dairy Queen.

You don't get to go
and get whatever you want.

Everybody on my shows
knows the meaning of decency,

and I do mean everybody.

A TV outfit needs tough,confident women.

Do I push them?You bet your ass I do.

But have I ever demanded sexduring a casting session?

Have I offered extra pay
for blowjobs?

Give me a goddamn break!
Why the hell would I do that?

You know the look in a woman's
eye when she's interested.

Walk into casting
back then as the decider.

There was a look
they gave. [SIGHS]

I did not alwayslook like this.

I never had to harass anybody

and it's fucking offensive
to say that I did!

BETH: Well, they're trying
to change history.

For their families.
Some of them probably don't
even remember what happened.

That's gracious of you, Beth.

But this is political.

I defy you
to find any evidence

that a single part of what
these women are saying is true.

Get ready. More will come.

We need to let Rupert know
what it means if I lose.

Gretchen Carlson
could kill Fox News.

This is a fight for your jobs.

If I go, you go!

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

If you'd asked me what type ofsexual fetish Roger Ailes had,

I never would have come upwith garter belts,

but it's fucking perfect.

Their stories are so similar.

MEGYN:
That doesn't prove much.

Sherman met them all
through Gretchen's lawyer.

They could have been coached.

The blowjob thing
feels real to me.

Does Roger seem like a guy
who would get off

on that particular
power dynamic? Yes.

A guy who maybe thinks

oral doesn't
really count? Maybe.

A guy who hasreasons to prefer

a sex act that lets him
keep his clothes on?

Sure.

Still doesn't make it true.

GIL: Well, if true,

these incidents all happened
before Fox started.

Should that matter?No.

Yes.

[MEGYN SIGHS]

I talked to Gerson Zweifach.

And?

He asked me to encourage women

who have claims
to come forward.

You remember what happened
last time you got
between Rupert and Roger?

Before I speak out,

I need to know
if this happened
to other women at Fox.

You understand that?

Is this one
where you really wanna know,

or you wanna look like

you really wanna know,
but don't?

I really wanna know.

I'm not always like that.

IRENA:
No one around here believes

Roger would want
to harass Gretchen.

I will send you some of
her soapy notes to Roger.

"Last night
Sandra filled in for Megyn.

"Why not me? Smiley face."

Who sends a harasser
a smiley face?

NANCY: Martin.Hey, Nancy.

Thanks for coming.Of course.

GRETCHEN: Hi, Nancy. Coffee?

NANCY: Thank you. [SIGHS]

So, what do you got?

So, um, no one from Foxhas come forward.

No one?

NANCY: Rudi Bakhtiar.

But no one who's still there?

There's been nothing
but praise for Roger.

Except from Megyn Kelly.

She's been unusually silent.

Right. Well,
something must've happened

to Megyn in the past
with Roger.

She's way too ambitious
not to support him.

MARTIN: Possibly.

Should you call?

Tell her this is a spotlight
you'd be happy to share?

Megyn, share?

No. She wouldn't do it.

What makes you say that?Because I wouldn't.

I mean, Roger plays his women
off against each other.

He's always done it.
He'll say,

"Megyn thinks that
Lisa should get your spot."

Or, "Megyn suspects
that you're screwing Cal."

And then he'll offer advice
on how to get back at her,

as if you brought it up.

MARTIN:She's renegotiating her deal.I can think of roughly

15 million reasons
to stay quiet.

We do need some collaboration.

MARTIN: Well,that would certainly help

with the other networks.

Oh, God. What?

What, Marty?

Well, we've not had, um,

a lot of incomingjob interests from them.

[CHUCKLES]

What's not a lot?

None.

They're afraid of Roger.

No.

No woman gets to sue her boss.

Rule number one
of corporate America,

you don't sue your boss.

[SIGHS] I jumped off a cliff.

I thought one of them
would stand with me.

[DOOR OPENS]

[CHILDREN GIGGLING]

Hey, Mom.Hey, we're home.

GRETCHEN: [SOFTLY]
God, uh... Hey, honey.

There's a snack
in the kitchen.

Okay.Thanks.

[SNIFFLES]

[MARTIN SIGHS DEEPLY]

We're gonna get him.

GIL: Megyn doesn't wantto release a statement.

It could be seen as
influencing the investigation.

Have her say that
to Roger's face.

Look, let us know who else
hasn't spoken up for him,

and maybe she can
encourage them, privately.

No! Jesus. We needour anchors. We need her.

Let me talk to her.

Yes, please.[DOOR OPENS]

Look, sweetheart. This is
an island of safety and truth.

MARTHA: I wear pants.

No one has ever told me
not to wear pants.

I wear pants. I'd love to know
where that came from.

JEANINE:
It's obnoxious. It's toxic.

We need everyone
on Team Roger.

Everyone.

Hi.JEANINE: Good morning.

Come on. No one
makes me wear short skirts.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

He was the first
to put a female on

as host of a prime-time show.

Roger Ailes champions women.

No. There is no leg cam.

No. Could you justhold on for one sec?

Maggie? I have to
wear pants tomorrow.

Not without authorization from
the second floor, you don't.

WARDROBE ASSISTANT:
We never fitted her for pants!

You can print
whatever story you like,

but there is no leg cam.

Lily?Hmm?

Beth needs me
to talk to Megyn.

I'm gonna do
an on-air statement

while all the Fox women
come out

one by one behind me
for Roger.

That will never happen.

Ains?

[EDDY CHUCKLES]

Well, you know why Roger's got
that door blocking his office?

Well, yeah, 'causea Bangladeshi from Accounting

wandered in one day
by mistake.

[CHUCKLES] Please.

It's so girls can come in

from the back elevator
and no one sees 'em.

Really?Mmm-hmm.

MERCEDE: We get talent
coming here all the time

looking to get
their faces done.

"I'm going to see Roger.
I gotta look my best."

Yeah. One came back out

with it rubbed off her nose
and chin. [CHUCKLES]

Who was that?

[CHUCKLES]
My memory's horrible.

You should go see Janicein Weather.

I mean, nobody wants to talk.

Can you blame them?[SIGHS] No.

GIL: Where'd you disappear to?

I've got names.

Women rumored
to have stories about Roger.

From who?Janice.

Weather Janice?Everybody confides in her.

Nobody from Weather
wants your job.

What are you going
to do with them?

Tell them
this time's different.

Wait.LILY: No, don't wait.

Don't listen to him.

Listen... Look, it's not onlyyour job here.

I got kids, okay?
Lily has a baby now.

Julia'll lose her visa
and have to go back to Canada.

And we know that you've been
talking to broadcast networks.

Yeah, you can get a jobanywhere. But we can't.

And no offense,but who the hell will you be?

Nobody leaves Fox, Megyn.
Not really.

It's in your DNA now.

So, think about
what you're blowing up here.

I say find the truth.

Well, that face
tells me nothing.

Well, if they come after you,

it won't be you
they come after.

SETH MEYERS: [ON TV]
Gretchen Carlson,

your old colleague
at Fox News,

has issued some allegations,

some sexual-harassment
allegations

over your boss, Roger Ailes.

What is your position on this?

What did you think
when you heard this?

O'REILLY: In this country,
every famous,

powerful or wealthy person
is a target.

You're a target. I'm a target.

Any time,
somebody could come out

and sue us, attack us,

go to the press
or anything like that.

And that's
a deplorable situation.

I've worked for Roger Ailes
for 20 years.

Best boss I've ever had.

Well, I've never been told
what I can't wear.

Well, I know you didn't ask,

but I think
it needs to be said.

It's a very confusing time
right now.

Tonight is Manhattanhenge.

Sunset will align perfectly
with the city's grid.

The best viewing streets
are 14th, 34th and 57th.

Good day, New York.FLOOR DIRECTOR: And clear.

JULIET: See you tomorrow,
Jimmy.

JIMMY: Yep. Have a good one.

MEGYN : A babe with no geezer?
This can't be a Fox affiliate.

Megyn. My God. How are you?[LAUGHS]

Good. How about you?

Good. How's your mom?

She's good. She's training
to be a security guard.

Is that because ofthe Trump stuff, or is that...

No. She just wants a job
where she gets to carry a gun.

[LAUGHS]

So, did you come up hereto talk about Roger?

What would make you
say that? [SIGHS]

I've been at localfor two years,

nobody's ever come to see me.

You miss us?

The network I worked atfor 14 years?

That my dad helped build?Where my brother's a reporter?

Juliet, did Roger ever...

No.

I heard things,
but nothing firsthand.

Good.

I miss you.I miss you more.

We should go have a drink.Yes.

Um... [CLICKS TONGUE]

Roger...

[SIGHS]

He has detectives on staff.

Up on 14.

They look into enemies,
follow them,

post negative stories online.

It's called the Black Room.

I don't want you
in danger, all right?

[SOFTLY] No, no, no.I'm not talking about me.

I'm talking about you.

Be careful who you askquestions about Roger Ailes.

My lawyers
are negotiating with Fox.

Not that Bill will pay
any of it.

Bill?

O'Reilly.

And Jack.

Jesus.

[SNIFFLES]

Sorry.

Fish rots from the head.
[CHUCKLES]

MEGYN: I'm gonna talk
to the outside firm

investigating this,
Paul/Weiss.

I heard you had
some issues over here.

I did.

If you have a name to give.

Roger.

I wouldn't ask
if I didn't think it was safe.

[MEN LAUGHING]

Roger.

VARIOUS FEMALE VOICES:
Jack. Roger. Roger.

Doug. Roger. Jack.

Roger. Francisco. Doug.
Bill. Jack.

Jack. Francisco. Bill.
Roger. Roger.

It's Kayla, right?

Yeah.

Hi.Hi.

Megyn.

I know. [CHUCKLES]

You used to work
with Gretchen, right?

Mmm-hmm.

Did you learn a lot from her?

KAYLA: I did, yes.

I have nothing butgood things to say about her.

That's great.

You know, I always find it
so interesting

who history chooses

to do something important.Mmm.

I guess.

Listen, I wanted to ask you...

I wanted to ask you
if Roger is harassing you.

How did you know?

We find each other.

You, too?

Long time ago.

Wow. [SIGHS]

You okay?

Mmm-hmm.

You should report Roger.

You'll be protected.

Did you?

I took it to his superior.

Nothing happened.
I had to drop it.

Why?

I wanted to be on television.

Did you thinkwhat your silence would mean?

For us? The rest of us?

Roger is not my fault.
[CHUCKLES]

It would've been nice if...

If somebody told us thathe's after more than legs.

It's nobody's job
to protect you, Kayla.

That's all of our job.

I don't get you. You're...

You have power.

Why are you still playing
by old rules?

You're Megyn Kelly.

Look around, snowflake.

How do you think I succeeded?

How do you think a woman
gets a prime-time Fox show?

So, you had sex with him?

Jesus fucking Christ.

REPORTER: [ON TV]
One thing to keep in mind

about the prospect of Indiana
governor, Mike Pence,

becoming Donald Trump's
running mate...

[SWITCHES TV OFF][CELL PHONE BUZZING]

Hello.

Hey, it's me.

Oh, my God.
What the fuck? Kayla.

It said "Bill" in my phone.
What the fuck?

Oh, sorry. I saved my numberunder his name

in your phone, um, as a joke.

I forgot.[LAUGHS]Oh, my God. Jesus Christ.

I had a heart attack.

[LAUGHS] Where are you?

Um...

I'm on a date. Oh.

Okay.

Hey. Did you, um...

Did you give my name
to Megyn by any chance?

I... I may have, um,

worried about you out loud
once or twice.

Why didn't you just

support me?

I don't... I don't even know.

[STAMMERS] I couldn't
do anything. And I...

I can't fuck up because
I'm a lesbian at Fox News.

So?

So, who's your date with, Kayla?

I can't just go
on a date with a dude

and make it go away, you know?

I think I'm...

I think I'm gonna
call Paul/Weiss.

Okay. That's good.

That's really good.

[STAMMERS] I'm really glad
you're doing that.

I think that's absolutely
what you should do.

Okay, great.

I just, um... I just...

I didn't...

I can't call anyone elseand I just...

I need someone right now

to tell me
that that's what I should do.

Oh, my God, yes.

I heard it was, like,
an outside firm

and they're taking it
really seriously.

Okay, great. Thanks.

Kayla.

[SNIFFLES]

What happened?

I did it.

[SOBS] I...

I did it. I gave in to him.

[SNIFFLES]

Kayla, I...

I'm so sorry.

[SNIFFLES] He kept talking.
He just kept talking.

He kept saying...

"Good girl.

"That's a good girl.
Be a good soldier.

"Earn your place."

Fuck.

He didn't even...[SNIFFLES]

Didn't even unbuckle.

He couldn't get...

[SIGHS DEEPLY]

[SNIFFLES]

[SOBBING] I feel so filthy.

No, Kayla.

You didn't do anything wrong.

I'm sorry.

I better go.

MEGYN: Roger can sense
vulnerabilities.

In those days, our meetings
were career-strategy sessions

mixed with good advice
and comments like...

The most basic thing
is confidence.

Feel at home in your own skin.

If you're confident,
you're sexy.

I'm sure you have
some sexy bras.

I'd love to see you in those.
[CHUCKLES]

It was a cat-and-mouse game.

But he always gave me
good advice,

and let me deflect,

tell him to dream on.

The more I let him
get away with,

the more he pushed my buttons.

ROGER: I don't know if women
can be good interviewers.

Men have that killer instinct.

We do bad things.[SCOFFS]

And we do not
feel guilty about it.

How can I be sure
you have that kind of drive?

Finally, in January...

This is '06?

Yes.

[INAUDIBLE]

[MEGYN GRUNTS]

He grabbed me.

Tried to kiss me.

I pushed him away twice.

As I was leaving, he asked,
"When's your contract up?"

After the third time, I left.

And he never tried
anything again?

No.

I ignored his calls.
Stayed in DC.

Two years later, I had a show.

Any long-term consequences?

[CHUCKLES]

[CLICKS TONGUE]

Yeah. Um...

Am I Witness W?

Yes. Why?

It's the 23rd letter
in the alphabet.

Have 22 other women
come forward

since I first spoke to you?

Have they?

Will there be more?

REPORTER: A major bombshell
this morning.

Star anchor Megyn Kelly
has informed lawyers

that Fox News CEO,
Roger Ailes,

sexually harassed her.

For her to level
these allegations

is devastating against Ailes.

We are seeing
the end of an era at Fox News.

The dagger in his heart,
in some ways,

was the notion
that Megyn Kelly

was among his accusers.

What?

What? [SIGHS]

Yes. Yes.

[PANTING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Roger, what's the matter?

Megyn's claiming
I harassed her.

What?You saw Gabe Sherman's post?

ROGER: James has been
feeding him bullshit.

Comb through Megyn's press.[DOOR CLOSES]

Find every single positive
thing she's said about me

and get it out, now.

Roger, I can't discreditan anchor I'm paid to promote.

Glad I'm not in a foxhole
with you.

Well, we'll leak something
to Breitbart or to Drudge.

I'm sorry, Roger.

[LOUDLY] Well, do something!

At least get some shit
about Gretchen out there.

These women
are trying to fuck me!

I have no answers for youthat you don't already know.

It's out of my handsat this point.

We will be emailing you guys.
Please just hold tight.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Thanks.

GRETA: Hey, Gil.

Hey, Greta.

What's Megyn's endgame?

This part of her
contract negotiation?

It's not economic.[SCOFFS]

Or political.

Okay, Gil.

AINSLEY:
No, this is scaring me.

It's like
the whole world's on fire

and no one can be trusted.ASSISTANT: Hey, Geraldo.

CNN, line six.Can't talk.

These are the end-times.

Why aren't you on the phone?

To comment
on sexual harassment?

We work for Bill.

Team Roger.

Hey, we need you to wear it.

No.Are you kidding?

No.Are you kidding?

MAN: Doesn't she have a job?Get it on.

Megyn Kelly has no comment.

She's traveling.

To Cleveland.

For the Republican convention,
remember?

Look, I've known himfor 40 years,

and he's about as flirty asthe grizzly from The Revenant.

NEIL: Let me
tell you something.

I called these allegations
sick 'cause they are sick.

Hey, why wasn't I let in
on the pact?

What pact?

Breitbart is saying
there's a pact

among our
top 50 on-air talents

that if Roger gets fired,
we all walk.

Great. Where do I sign?

Wait, I never heard of a pact.

Me either.

Roger placed it.

Fake news.

Come on.

GRETCHEN: How bad
does it look for Roger?

NANCY: Bad.

Doesn't feel
like I imagined it would.

Gretchen, you achieved
something remarkable.

Yes, I did.

GRETCHEN'S DAUGHTER: Mom?

I think it's time
we finish this.

Okay. I'll let you know.

[PHONE RECEIVER CLATTERS]

Mom, are you done with that?

Mmm-hmm. I'm done.

I made the Murdochs

1.5 billion in profitlast year.

Pure profit.

Fox News
is the most successful

cable franchise in history.[DOOR OPENS]

Gretchen Carlson's lawyers.

She wants to settle.

It's a lot less appealing
to sue you personally

without Rupert's money
behind you.

Hey, Ken.

Ken.

[ALL SCREAMING][GASPS]

[ALL LAUGHING]

Hey! Look who's here.MEGYN: Oh, my gosh!

I brought you
some small people.MEGYN: Yard! Yatesy!

Oh, my gosh.I've missed you guys so much.

DOUG: We practiced that scare
for two weeks.

Look at you.

[GASPS] Hi.Hi.

THATCHER: I love you, Mama.My little chubble-wubbles.

We got her.DOUG: All right.

YARDLEY: She was so scared.

[SIGHS]Thank you.

How are you, sweetheart?

I'm either damned for doing it

or damned
for not doing it sooner.

Tell me my big mouth
didn't ruin our life.

Not yet.

Can I speak
to Roger alone, please?

SUSAN: Are you sure
you want Beth here?

Well, of course.

Gretchen taped
your conversations.

That's a goddamn lie.

For over a year.

BETH: But...

you don't believe her?

Your quotes in her lawsuit,
they're from tapes.

[STAMMERS]

Why didn't they
tell us before?

So you'd issue
complete denials.

So you'd have no credibility.

Apparently,
she did her homework.

[KIDS LAUGHING]

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

RUDY GIULIANI: God bless our
next President, Donald Trump,

and God bless
the United States of America!

USA![MEGYN CHUCKLES]

Mr. Giuliani's fired up.

When we come back,
we'll discuss his speech

with the man
who helped write it.

STAGE MANAGER: Clear.

GIL: [ON HEADSET]
Don't react, okay?

Mmm-hmm.

Roger's out.

Is that sourced, Gil?

Yeah. TheNew York Post.

They put him on the cover.

Rupert's telling him
to let go.

Then it's a scoop.

TRUMP: We're gonna win.
We're gonna win so big.

Thank you very much,
everybody.

There is some
breaking news tonight

in the worlds of
media and politics.

A blockbuster shakeup
at Fox News.

A dramatic fall from grace.

Roger Ailes is out
as top boss.

DRIVER: They want us
to circle the block.

No. Hold on.

BETH: What's going on?Go around.

ROGER: I've been shut out.[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

GRETA: It's true.

Everything Gretchen said,
it's all true.

Roger lied to me.

NEIL: Why?
Because I'm a manager here,

so I have concerns
my public defense of Roger

could be construed
as coercive.

Hey. Huh. Pants.

Fuck off, Neil.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

No, no, no, no, no, sit down.

Appreciate you
driving up here, Roger.

Susan Estrich.Susan.

[RUPERT SIGHS]

I hate that it's come to this.

Me, too.

[SIGHS DEEPLY]
We gave these women jobs.

Put them on the air,
made them famous.

Do you think
for a goddamn second

I did any damage
to any of them?

No, you don't.

You don't, Rupert.

There's no audience
for that side of the story.

To begin with,

half this, you already owe him
from last year's bonus.

And we're paying it.

And paying off your contract.

JAMES:
Consider yourself lucky.

It's a contractual obligation.

I created the Murdoch family's
most profitable asset.

A third of your margin.

There are three of you.

I guess that means
I pay for the food

that one of you puts
in your mouth.

What if it's you?

I'd have fired you for cause.

RUPERT: Roger,

you built an amazing business.

No one can take that
away from you.

But under the circumstances,

this is a lot of money.

And it won't look goodto the people

that don't know your worth.

Take it.

Honor your non-compete.

I never cared about the money.

We know, Roger.

Okay.

[BREATHES DEEPLY] Okay.

I'd like to go
to the newsroom with you.

I'd like us to announce
my leaving together.

No.

JAMES: The end of the leg man.

I won't miss him.

Boys.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[SIGHS DEEPLY]

Hope you two know
what you're doing.

Once Roger's office is cleared
of handguns, I'll move in.

I'll run the network
till the ship's aright.

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

Donald.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]How's our speech coming?

[CHUCKLES] Yeah.

PROTESTORS: [CHANTING]
Megyn's gotta go! Ho, ho, ho!

Megyn's gotta go! Ho, ho, ho!

MEGYN: Convention's
downstairs, folks.

REPORTER:
What's going on at Fox?

Would you say
people are shocked?

REPORTER: Can Rupertafford to dump Roger?

What did he do to you?
Megyn. Come on!

MEGYN: Of all the ways
this could end,

I didn't see this one coming.

Gretchen Carlson
got the Murdochs

to put the rights of women
above profit,

if only temporarily.

And I found myself
with a job I didn't want

or couldn't really leave

even when I did.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

KAYLA:
You should keep that out.

BILL: People, can I get
your attention, please?

Mr. Murdoch
is joining us today.

He has a very important
statement he'd like to say.

RUPERT: Excuse me, everyone.

I won't take long.

Roger Ailes is leaving Fox.[ALL GASP]

Now, I want to start
by thanking Roger

for his
remarkable contribution

to our company
and to our country.

Twenty years ago,
Roger shared...

KAYLA: Here's the thing about

being sexually harassed
at work.

It condemns you to questions.

You keep asking yourself,

"What did I do?

"What did I say?

"What did I wear?

"What did I miss?

"Am I seen as weak?

"Will they say
I'm after money?

"Will they say
I'm after attention?

"Will I be left out?

"Will I be defined by this
for the rest of my life?"

I will take overas Chairman and acting CEO

with the support of our
existing management team,

under Bill Shine.

KAYLA: If I stay, do I just
have to put up with it?

[RUPERT CONTINUES
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Will the next place
be different?

Or can I make it different?

[EMPLOYEES APPLAUDING]

[INAUDIBLE]

GRETCHEN: Roger always said,

"Everyone on television
only has one real job.

"To be likable."

Well, I don't care
if you like me,

only that you believe me.

A lot of people, even women,

are skeptical
of harassment claims

until they experience it
themselves,

or know someone who has.

Let me be that person for you.

NEIL: As you can see,

it's 20 million.

Plus the apology.

Mmm.Correct.

I can't believe
Fox agreed to the apology.

I mean, it's unheard of.

I mean, that never happens.

But you will have to
sign that.

It's a strict confidentiality
agreement.

NEIL: Money will establish
you told the truth,

but no one can ever hear it
directly from you.

You will be muzzled, Gretchen.

[SIGHS]

Maybe.