Amala Ekpunobi
Appearances
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
Yeah, you know, I don't know if Joe Biden has an incredible capacity to forgive or it's his incredible capacity to forget because we all know how he's doing cognitively with all of these things. I think Jill Biden is so upset because she was really a conduit of power through Joe Biden. She was doing so much behind the scenes. You know, Joe, you've answered all the questions.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
she was on stage and through his presidency, she was kind of, you know, a little bit of the president if we're all looking at this, the way we're looking at it. So to be slighted by Nancy Pelosi, who she knows has a dark history and a dark present, she's just not happy about that.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
I think we've been seeing Jill Biden in the background just be more of herself, be more open about what she's truly thinking about what's happening behind the scenes. And this is just one of those times where I guess when she's on the way out, she's just gonna pull the strings and say what she wants to say.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
Yeah, I mean, I'm not surprised by this whatsoever. If you have any sort of association with Donald Trump, even if that's just singing at the inauguration, you're going to be cut off by every single left-leaning person who used to be a fan of yours. But really, are we surprised? I mean, just look at Carrie Underwood. Have you guys seen the CMAs? Do you know what's going on in country music?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
It's pretty typical, I would think. that these people would either be supporters of Donald Trump or love their country so much that they're willing to represent it at the inauguration. And that's exactly what Carrie Underwood has taxed herself with. And let's be real, she hasn't come out and given any statement about her politics or how she feels about the 2024 election.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
So let her be her and let her love this country. We used to be under the umbrella of a shared love for country, but differences in politics. And now it's if you love your country, if you wanna represent America, You're a white supremacist MAGA supporter.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
Oh, absolutely, 100%. And we've been covering this sort of split that's taking place within country music, and it's been happening over the last few years with Kacey Musgraves and Maren Morris. They're extremely pro-LGBTQ. Kacey Musgraves has music videos online where she has drag queens running around behind the scenes talking about pride and how love is love.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
Maren Morris very famously endorsed trans children and transitioning kids and says that we need to protect trans kids, which we all know don't exist. but that created a major rift within country music where a lot of people, artists, were dividing over this and their support of Donald Trump and whether or not that makes them homophobic.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
I have to point out, though, the sense of entitlement that fans have. The most you know about Carrie Underwood is her music and what she looks like, and you think you have some sense of entitlement over her opinion, her political affiliation, and if she doesn't abide by or toe the line of your ideology, you're no longer going to listen to music that you once enjoyed.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
These are just people robbing themselves of good experiences, of good music, and they can't recognize that there is a divide between you and the artist. You might feel like you have this social relationship with them, but it's a parasocial one, and you're not entitled to their opinion.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
I'm not from L.A. I'm originally from Florida, but I live here in L.A. and have for the last few years.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
Yeah, you know what? I don't know how much a hug accomplishes in this time. I hope they're doing actual work where they're actually bringing, you know, donations, resources, things that people actually need in the wake of these fires to them. If they're doing that, you know, kudos to you.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
I have a feeling they knew there were going to be some cameras present and we're seeing a lot of celebrities, some of whom were not directly impacted, showing up to, you know, give a hug here and a slap on the back there. I hope they're actually doing something rather than showing up for their photo op.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
Yes, absolutely. I actually called beforehand and I said, you know what, if there's not at least 10 cameras there, just send me on another day. Let me know when to really be there.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
Yeah, I mean, absolutely. The devastation that she missed out on and which she was part of and privy to is just absolutely unbelievable. Just the question is, what are you doing there? What could you have possibly gained in any way, shape or form being in Ghana at the time this was taking place?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
And mind you, this is not typically characteristic of when wildfires start here in Los Angeles, but you are the mayor. Shouldn't you be spending most, if not all of your time in the city that you are a leader in?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
And it was just unbelievable for her to get here and take no accountability whatsoever for being gone and saying, you know, well, as soon as I heard I I jumped on on the quickest flight and I've been doing this and that.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
Meanwhile, she she cut the budget that very well contributed to this entire disaster that we're experiencing right now and would take no sense of accountability for all the leadership mistakes she made leading up to her big trip to Ghana that landed us in this position.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
Yeah, 100%. You know, they say every time you see somebody who you do not like, you call them a DEI hire. Excuse me. We don't have to call you DEI hires. You do it yourself. We've seen the diversity, equity, and inclusion roll out all through LAFD. And people are retorting back and saying, look at this fire chief. She's not just a lesbian. She's not just a woman.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
She's had 22 years experience as a firefighter and an engineer. Excuse me. You're the ones who didn't tell us about the 22 years of experience. You rolled her out as a lesbian woman who's now the fire chief. And they've wasted time and resources and money, our money, on training these firefighters on implicit bias and white supremacy and the hierarchy of race.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
That is time and resources that could have been spent doing brush clearance or controlled fires or making sure the fire hydrants actually had water in them. or that we could use the water reservoir that had 117 million gallons of water that was rendered unusable in these wildfires. So that's why we're discussing a diversity, equity, inclusion.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
What do you make of that? Yeah. And let's not forget, not just, not all little girls, the little girls who look like me. Okay. So check your skin color first, make sure that we look alike and then we can relate on this. Yeah. I mean, she's patting herself on the back for her job. I don't know how well she, she did that job. She was really good at skirting questions.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
One thing I'm really going to miss is the neon highlighter outfits. Like I can't wait to see what outfits she wears out there sometimes and her budding romance with, uh, with Peter Doocy. I love that relationship. I loved watching that play out. I love the banter and the theater of it all, but I don't know that I'm going to miss Karine Jean-Pierre.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
Yeah, and I think they've already exhausted every single avenue of attack in Trump's first term. So I don't know how the media is going to be able to spin everything that this administration is doing when this is truly a bipartisan issue. I mean, we are all experiencing the sickness that is running rampant in this country, the high rates of the obesity of a chronic illness, the...
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
It's the industry that the big pharma has become and how much it's become a staple in each of our lives. When you have a nation that is trying to answer childhood obesity rates with putting them on Ozempic, we clearly have a problem. And RFK is going to come in and just point out things that should be blatantly obvious to every single American. So I think there's going to be some initial debate.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
media poll of calling him a conspiracy theorist and an anti-vaxxer and trying to call out this connection that he wants to make between vaccines and autism.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
But once that dies down and he starts effectively working on everyday issues that every single American is struggling through right now, once our food gets better, once we start exercising more, once obesity rates start going down, once rates of chronic illness start going down, there's gonna be nothing to say about this man.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
I mean, it's absolutely iconic that he's done this. It's finally somebody getting the last laugh after everything that he's been subjected to, the tax on his family, the lawfare against him, the endless witch hunts, the media propaganda. I mean, it's just been absolutely endless.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Biden Mumbles Through Farewell Speech, and Jill's Mean Girl Exit, with Ana Kasparian, Kevin Madden, Amala Ekpunobi, and Link Lauren | Ep. 984
And the fact that he's even here to make it through to a second term and is willing to do that for this country has just been absolutely amazing. So to make that final shot look so close to that mugshot is simply iconic. And now he has these next four years to really, truly transcend everything and every single attack that anybody has ever made against him, including arresting him in this way.
The Megyn Kelly Show
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Oh, yeah. It's so hard to be around those races who are concerned about her skin color. And I'm sorry. Did any of us think that Meghan Markle was really that black? Are we looking at the same individual? I just really don't believe the narrative that she spun about this family. And it's so interesting that everywhere she goes, this sort of victimhood mentality follows her.
The Megyn Kelly Show
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And she claims she had no idea what she was getting into when when meeting Prince Harry and could not even imagine what her life was going to be like on the other end of it. I'm thinking, OK, we know you were a husband hunter. And we know you had a scope on the rifle. You knew exactly what you were dealing with when you got in bed with that man.
The Megyn Kelly Show
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And now we're going to see, because with this move towards conservatism that's coming with Trump, I think we're going to see this in Europe as well. And with Macron being there, France has been struggling in his sense with an uptick in right-leaning views. And I think all of them are going to be dealing with that under this Trump administration.
The Megyn Kelly Show
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You know, they just might have. We all saw Jill Biden on election day where she was strutting around in that bright red suit of hers and she was smiling ear to ear. And she has been virtually ever since. Maybe it just felt good to be sitting next to a lucid president with Donald Trump. But you can watch with everybody in the room. Every single eye is on him. They cannot look away from him.
The Megyn Kelly Show
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So I was thinking he just very well might have that fragrance on because people were gravitating towards this man. And we've watched over the past, what, I don't know, eight years as these individuals have attacked him. They've cast him aside.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Best of the Week: Trump vs. NBC, Insane CEO Assassination Reaction, Caitlin Clark Bends the Knee
They've laughed at him in this sort of move of political theater that we saw in reference to the Trump administration and to the Trump campaign in this last election. But now that he's won, they are just gravitating towards him. He's like a magnet.