“Will and Grace” star Debra Messing regrets her appearance on “Megyn Kelly Today” after Kelly made a couple gay jokes that didn’t sit well with some viewers.
Kelly brought out lawyer and “Will & Grace” superfan Russel Turner onstage and said that he had been inspired by Will, all the way down to becoming gay.
“Is it true you became a lawyer, and you became gay, because of Will?” Kelly jokingly asks the fan.
“I look at Will Truman and I’m like, he has it made: lawyer, apartment in New York City and gay? Come on,” the fan replied.
After announcing the fan had won a trip to Los Angeles for a live taping of “Will & Grace,” Kelly made another remark about the fan’s sexuality.
“I don’t know about the lawyer thing, but the ‘Will & Grace’ thing and the gay thing is going to work out,” Kelly says.
Not everyone was amused by Kelly’s humor.
“I think the Will & Grace thing and the gay thing are going to work out great,” Megyn Kelly said to a gay W&G superfan this morning. Really.
— Kevin Fallon (@kpfallon) September 25, 2017
If you’re not watching Megyn Kelly’s morning debut right now . . . It’s one of the more mortifying things I’ve seen in a while
— Richard Lawson (@rilaws) September 25, 2017
Some viewers also pointed out how noticeably uncomfortable Messing was during the interview.
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— Danny Pellegrino (@DannyPellegrino) September 25, 2017
A fan reached out to Messing on Instagram to ask why the actress even appeared on the show.
“But why did you guys do the Megyn Kelly show? That’s a fail!” the fan commented.
Messing replied that she didn’t realize she was scheduled to appear on Kelly’s show.
“Honestly I didn’t know it was MK until that morning,” Messing replied. “The itinerary just said Today show appearance. Regret going on. Dismayed by her comments.”
“Will & Grace” premieres on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 9 p.m. on NBC.
