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.

A key player from the first Trump administration is joining Megyn Kelly’s new media company. Hope Hicks, who served as White House communications director from 2017 to 2018, will be the chief operating officer of Kelly’s Devil May Care Media.