A time-honored conservative commentator, Kelly left Fox News in 2017 after more than a decade, moving to NBC, much to the chagrin of liberal viewers, and exiting that network just a year later following controversial on-air remarks she made defending the use of blackface.

Hope Hicks, the former Trump White House communicatoins director and Fox Corp. communications chief, will join Megyn Kelly's production company, Devil May Care Media, as chief operating officer, Kelly announced Monday.