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The Megyn Kelly Show

John Rich on Trump and Biden, The Leftward Drift of Red Cities, and His Relationship With God | Ep. 78

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.632.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by John Rich, country music singer and songwriter, to talk about his recent phone call with President Trump, whether he thinks Trump will run again, his calls with GOP members of Congress who "danced on the grave" of Trump, President Biden's policies and mental fitness, the leftward drift of traditionally red cities (and schools), his relationship with God, his song "Shuttin' Detroit Down" and his forthcoming song "I'm Offended That You're Offended," having friends across the political aisle, the rock star lifestyle, and more. Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: Twitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShow Instagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShow Facebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.

0:15.0

Today, John Rich, the one and only superstar.

0:21.0

Son of a preacher man, he's got a dozen number one songs he's written over 1300 others,

0:28.0

including for very famous people, songs you would know.

0:30.0

He's raised millions of dollars for charities.

0:33.0

He's on Fox News a lot. He's actually got his show now in Fox Nation, which we'll talk to him about.

0:38.0

But this is a guy who has made redneck Riviera his entire brand.

0:42.0

He's got the whiskey and the cowboy boots and the pair. He's got it all.

0:45.0

In fact, he gave me a guitar years ago, and it was amazing because he heard me say it on the year that I was taking guitar lessons.

0:51.0

This is back when I was anchoring with Bill Himmer.

0:53.0

And what shows up a beautiful, beautiful Gibson guitar with my name in mother of pearl on the neck of the guitar, which I was like, oh my god, this is the nicest thing I own.

1:06.0

And then by the way, you should never take a guitar like that out in front of other people because their expectations go way up.

1:12.0

Way up too high too high to justify.

1:16.0

When the saints go.

1:23.0

I'm a work in progress still. And by the way, then there was a follow up to that story where we would join a story about what was the one thing you would grab out of your house if your house were on fire.

1:32.0

And this is back, you know, I wasn't even married at the time. And I said, I think I would grab my John Rich guitar.

1:37.0

And John emailed me and said, darlin, if your house is on fire, you just get yourself out and go.

1:43.0

He said, I'll send you another guitar. Anyways, a great guy. And he's a thoughtful, he's a thinker.

1:50.0

You know, there's a reason he's written all these number one songs. The way he sees the world, the way he can take feelings and put them into words and make you feel something is valuable.

2:00.0

It's a commodity. And it's a delight to spend time with.

2:03.0

So he's coming on in one second. But first, did you do it for this?

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