Megyn Kelly accuses Fauci of hiding his own adverse reaction to COVID vaccine

By EMMA RICHTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 22:19, 29 July 2026 | Updated: 22:21, 29 July 2026 Megyn Kelly has accused Dr Anthony Fauci of hiding his own adverse reaction to a COVID vaccine despite him strongly advocating for Americans to get them during the pandemic.  The political commentator shared a new episode of The Megyn Kelly Show on Wednesday afternoon, just after Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was grilled on Capitol Hill.  Kelly played a clip of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr speaking to Fox News' Laura Ingraham on Tuesday evening, where he referred to Fauci admitting he suffered a pulmonary infarction after receiving the Moderna vaccine in his newly-leaked diary.  Fauci kept a private log, spanning more than 1,000 pages, from 2019 to 2022. Its contents were released over the weekend by Republican US Senator Dr. Rand Paul, sparking immediate backlash.  'So he found out that he had a pulmonary infarction after the vaccines in June of 2021, after he'd gotten double doses from Moderna,' Kelly told her guests Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke of the conservative magazine National Review.  A pulmonary infarction is a serious and deadly medical condition that sees a portion of lung tissue die because it loses its blood and oxygen supply. It is commonly caused by a blocked blood vessel in the lung.  'So there is a very real possibility that Anthony Fauci knew he suffered a pulmonary infarction after his double dose of Moderna, and still told that guy his claims should be dismissed, it's perfectly safe,' Kelly said, referring to his heated defense over the safety of COVID vaccines in Washington DC in June 2021. Kelly went on to discuss why so many Americans are 'angry' with the doctor, and that she now believes she wasn't fully informed before getting the Pfizer COVID vaccine herself.  Megyn Kelly has accused Dr Anthony Fauci of hiding his own adverse reaction to a COVID vaccine just hours after he was grilled on Capitol Hill in Washington DC  Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times on Wednesday to avoid answering questions about his handling of the pandemic  'This is why there's not just PTSD, there's anger. There's anger seeing this guy celebrated by Julia Roberts, Chris Cuomo, and Brian Stelter, and all the others at MSNBC.  'There's anger at those people, too, for enabling this guy, who we believe actively hurt the country,' Kelly added.  Fauci's testimony on Capitol Hill earlier today sparked national headlines as he invoked his Fifth Amendment more than 100 times to avoid answering questions about his handling of the pandemic.  Republican Bernie Moreno called Fauci a 'total disgrace' during the explosive hearing on the virus's origins.  The Ohio senator said he felt compelled to run for office six years ago when he saw a story of a mom being arrested while watching a football game outside with her family, due to breaking guidelines issued by governments based on Fauci's advice. 'Who the f**k do you think you were for doing that? It was a total disgrace to this country, and if my Democrat colleagues are standing there defending you, I hope the voters of the United States of America have watched clips of every one of them building a guy who was more interested in being a celebrity than doing his job,' he exclaimed. Earlier in his remarks, Moreno asked members of the audience who believed that they were negatively impacted by their skepticism toward COVID precautions to stand. Nearly all of the general public present stood up behind Fauci. Fauci's diaries revealed that he was delighted in his interactions with celebrities as America went through the death throes of the early pandemic. Kelly went on to discuss why so many Americans are 'angry' with the doctor, and that she now believes she wasn't fully informed before getting the Pfizer COVID vaccine herself. She also directly quoted from Fauci's leaked diary  Fauci, who became former President Joe Biden's chief medical advisor, appeared to bask in the fame he received during the 2020 lockdowns, his diary entries detailed.  In one entry, he cited a front-page Washington Post article and other magazine profiles about him.  'Press still hot and heavy about me. Multiple stories per day directly or indirectly involving me,' he said in April 2020, Forbes reported.  During the hearing, Fauci blasted the Republican Party for their 'unhinged obsession' with him.  In his opening statement, Fauci said: 'Given Senator Paul's obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution, his repeated slanderous comments about me, and recently his publicly releasing my unredacted personal diary aimed at embarrassing and intimidating me.  'The only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something, anything that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up in his words 'behind bars,' Fauci continued. 'Any reasonable person who has followed his unhinged obsession with me would readily come to the same conclusion,' he added. He invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination in the opening round. He then continued to do so 111 separate times when interrogated by lawmakers on the committee. Earlier in his remarks, Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno asked members of the audience who believed that they were negatively impacted by their skepticism toward COVID precautions to stand. Nearly all of the general public present stood up behind Fauci His attorney, David Schertler, was physically removed by security in an explosive moment when he attempted to speak on behalf of Fauci 'On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution,' Fauci told Senator Paul numerous times in the opening round of questions. His attorney, David Schertler, was physically removed by security in an explosive moment when he attempted to speak on behalf of Fauci. 'I didn't invite you here to testify,' exclaimed Paul before setting the guards on him to drag him out.