What Megyn Kelly gets right — and wrong — about Conclave
Megyn Kelly is impressive when you consider that she’s been able to create an entire career just from being mad at stuff. She is like the Rumplestiltskin of irritation — turning cranky thoughts into gold — or a blond Andy Rooney with consequences. From the idea of Santa Claus being Black to fighting with Jane Fonda for the right to ask a woman about her plastic surgery, the archives are stuffed with the things that Kelly does not enjoy. (She did, however, like Real Housewife Luann de Lesseps’s Diana Ross blackface costume enough to defend it on air.)
Conclave, the Golden Globe-winning drama about the election of a new pope, just happens to be the latest thing Kelly hates.
“Just made the huge mistake of watching the much-celebrated Conclave & it is the most disgusting anti-Catholic film I have seen in a long time. Shame on Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci & John Lithgow for starring in it & shame on director Edward Berger (among others),” Kelly wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, making sure to get the full names of the biggest actors in the movie.
Conclave has been one of the bigger indie hits of the holiday season, bringing in $69 million worldwide on a reported $20 million budget, winning best screenplay at the Golden Globes, and featuring prominently in Oscar discussion. But the rollicking thriller — which focuses on the machinations of Cardinals gathered in Rome to pick a new pope — is stirring up controversy with the group of people most likely to be interested in the inner workings of the church: Catholics, like Kelly. Or, at least, some Catholics.
Why Megyn Kelly is mad at Conclave
There is a lot to unpack about Conclave. From political infighting among an international coterie of bishops, to nosy clerical gossiping, to Isabella Rossellini as a nun with ulterior motives, to car bombs, the movie — based on an airport novel of the same name by Robert Harris — is arguably overwrought and overstuffed, if endlessly fun.
However, it’s the “twist” ending that Kelly seems to have a real issue with (and more on this, with spoilers, in just a moment). And, as Kelly cited, the film is being recognized on the awards circuit and may be one of the Best Picture nominees come Oscar time.
Here’s Kelly’s full rant:
Spoiler: They make THE POPE INTERSEX! This is the big exciting twist at the end. I wish I had known so I wouldn’t have watched it. There are almost no redeeming characters in the movie — every cardinal is morally bankrupt/repulsive. The only exception of course is the intersex pope (who – surprise! – has female reproductive parts) & the cardinal who keeps her secret – bc of course that kind of Catholic secret-keeping must be lionized. I’m disgusted. What a thing to release to streaming just in time for Christmas. They would never do this to Muslims, but Christians/Catholics are always fair game to mock/belittle/smear.
Though Kelly phrases her tweet in tabloid fashion and uses capitalization to drum up the alarm, Conclave is not........
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