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The InfoWars host also revealed that he had recorded the entire interview with Kelly and demanded that NBC release its unedited footage.

Kelly’s Jones headache arrived on the heels of her controversial and underwhelming debut: her June 4 interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Her debut was largely panned as weak. The NBC host found herself in further hot water when the Huffington Post released previously unaired footage in which Kelly is shown throwing softballs and praise at Putin.

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“But previously unaired video released Saturday from that interview shows Kelly finishing the interview flattering Putin — who is responsible for a long series of human rights violations against his own people as well as, according to United States intelligence agencies, tampering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election — by telling him that he has ‘brought dignity back to Russia,'” The Inquisitr wrote.

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Kelly flattered Putin, telling him that he had restored “respect” to Russia and wondered about the immense “personal toll” leading Russia for 17 years must have taken on the Russian president.

In an article called “How NBC botched the Megyn Kelly rollout,” CNN Money writer Dylan Byers wrote, “What the first month of ‘Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly’ has shown is that wanting to be [Barbara] Walters, [Diane] Sawyer, or [Oprah] Winfrey does not necessarily make it so. Establishing that reputation takes years. And in Kelly’s case, it requires a transformation from her former role as a cable news host in the center of the political fray into someone more trusted by the general public.”

“In less than a month since its debut, Kelly’s Sunday night NBC program has become the subject of national controversy due to her interview of fringe radio host Alex Jones, as critics on both the left and the right have accused her of journalistic malpractice,” Byers said.”The network that invested tens of millions of dollars in turning Kelly into the next Charlie Rose or Barbara Walters rushed her into an obviously controversial interview before taking the time required to make her a nationally trusted name.”

Byers noted that he had spoken to television executives who told him as much.

“It’s malpractice,” one veteran television executive told Byers. “Think of Megyn as a product. The product is not a cable news warrior, it’s a host in the tradition of Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters and Katie Couric. But what they’ve done is rush her on the air into controversial interviews, reinforcing a political brand.”

“They’ve made a fundamental mistake about Megyn which is they think she’s a superstar,” the executive added. “What she is is a cable star, and that is a very different solar system.”