Megyn Kelly has accused Natalie Portman of shedding crocodile tears over Alex Pretti's death as she questioned why the liberal actress didn't cry when Laken Riley was murdered by an illegal migrant.
The conservative commentator questioned 'rich b*tch' Portman's authenticity after she welted up at the Sundance Film Festival when she was asked about Pretti.
The 37-year-old ICU nurse was fatally shot by border patrol agents in Minneapolis on Saturday - sparking a national uproar and heightened discontent with President Donald Trump's deployment of ICE in sanctuary cities.
'Sorry, I'm getting emotional because it's really been - it's a horrible day,' she said while wiping away tears at the Park City, Utah, event, the same day Pretti died.
'What is happening in our country is just obscene and what Trump and Kristi Noem and ICE are doing to our citizens and to undocumented people is outrageous and needs to end.'
But Kelly wrote off her tears as just another one of her award-winning performances.
'She managed to gin up some tears - she's an actress, so yeah,' she bluntly noted on The Megyn Kelly Show on Tuesday.
The right-wing firebrand slammed Portman as one 'of these far-left loons' or 'the Karen intifada we've been watching in Minneapolis.'
Megyn Kelly slammed Natalie Portman during a Tuesday episode of her podcast
Natalie Portman appeared to become emotional while discussing the death of Alex Pretti
Laken Riley was murdered in Athens, Georgia, by an illegal immigrant about two years ago
Reflective of the broader narrative from the left, Kelly explained, the Black Swan star has painted Pretti as an innocent 'good Samaritan just directing traffic.'
'He was interfering with the law enforcement operation. He was not directing traffic,' Kelly claimed. 'He was like, "Right this way if you want to block ICE."'
She went on to press Portman about her seemingly dry eyes when 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student Riley was murdered by illegal alien Jose Antonio Ibarra in February 2024.
Riley was jogging on the University of Georgia campus in Athens when investigators say the 26-year-old Venezuelan national tried to sexually assault her before striking her in the head with a rock.
'Where were her tears for Laken Riley?' Kelly questioned. 'I don't remember her tearful video over Jocelyn Nungaray down in Texas. Did you cry for her?'
Nugaray was just 12 years old when two undocumented immigrants from Venezuela, Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel and Franklin Pena, allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered her in Houston in June 2024.
Kelly went on to paint Portman as tone deaf and privileged for her stances - a 'rich b*tch who's protected by guards and fences and multimillion dollar estates' that has no idea 'what these border patrol agents are going through.'
'Tell it to Jocelyn's mother as you cry while these guys are trying to deport molesters of children, you f**king idiot know-nothing Hollywood starlet,' she said of Portman.
Alex Pretti was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon, triggering shock and outrage across the United States
Pretti was shot dead while being detained by agents. His death has sparked immense controversy
Portman wiped away a tear while discussing Pretti on Saturday at the film festival
In her tirade against the Hollywood left, she also name dropped 'loser' late-night host Jimmy Kimmel fighting back waterworks over Pretti's death during his Monday night monologue.
'Save your fake tears, which, in Jimmy Kimmel's case, are always about himself. All he really has to do is gin up the moment when he almost got canceled,' she accused.
Pretti's death has been a source of debate across the political aisle.
Many conservatives - including Kelly - have depicted Pretti as a threatening gun-bearing 'agitator' that federal agents shot at in self-defense.
Minneapolis police said that Pretti was a lawful gun owner. He was carrying a 9mm semiautomatic handgun with him when he died.
However, liberals have cited witness accounts and videos from the scene that appear to show Pretti being disarmed before bullets rang.
Other footage appears to show him holding up his phone to the officers - despite Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Noem's assertion that he had been 'brandishing' his weapon at the agents.
Trump has weighed in on Pretti's death, telling The Wall Street Journal: 'I don't like any shooting. I don't like it.'
Jimmy Kimmel appeared to hold back tears while addressing Pretti's death on Monday night
Jocelyn Nungaray was sexually assaulted and murdered in Houston, Texas in 2024. Two undocumented migrants have been charged with the sickening crime
Protestors are seen above marching through the streets of downtown Minneapolis after Pretti's death
'But I don't like it when somebody goes into a protest and he's got a very powerful, fully-loaded gun with two magazines loaded up with bullets also,' he continued. 'That doesn't play good either.'
The president has agreed to start removing ICE agents from Minneapolis, the city's Democrat Mayor Jacob Frey said on Monday following a call with Trump.
The Daily Mail has reached out to publicists from Kimmel and Portman for comment.
