Shock Allegations Against Female Finance Exec, and LA's Own Socialist, with Adam Carolla, Plus Joseph Massey's Powerful New Poetry Book | Ep. 1307

Episode of The Megyn Kelly Show · April 30, 2026 · 1 h 42 min

Megyn Kelly and Adam Carolla discuss a JPMorgan harassment lawsuit, Alex Cooper's dating advice, Ozempic, Jasmine Crockett and Nithya Raman; poet Joseph Massey discusses Invisible Current.

Summary

Megyn Kelly opened by congratulating Adam Carolla on his upcoming star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and briefly discussed President Trump's calls for Jimmy Kimmel's firing, with Carolla comparing it to the Comey case as something unlikely to hold up. Kelly then read at length from a Daily Mail-reported lawsuit in which a male JPMorgan Chase subordinate accused executive director Lorna Hajdini of sexual coercion, assault and racist abuse. Carolla said the specificity lent credibility, suggested alcohol might be involved and argued that a pattern of prior victims should emerge if the claims were true; Kelly said she did not believe the account, likening it to Jussie Smollett, and noted JPMorgan said its investigation found no merit.

The pair praised Miller Lite's ad featuring Olivia Dunne, with Carolla criticizing ideological advertising such as a Volkswagen Tiguan commercial. They criticized Alex Cooper's advice encouraging sex on first dates; Carolla argued that society had abandoned traditional gender roles, and Kelly argued casual sex tends to leave women unhappy. Kelly described Olivia Wilde as looking unwell and possibly on Ozempic, while Carolla listed politicians including Tim Walz, Katie Porter and J.B. Pritzker as having lost weight suspiciously quickly. They also criticized Jasmine Crockett's remarks about being a Black woman first, Ilhan Omar, and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, whom Polymarket gave a 60% chance of winning; Carolla ridiculed her blaming Toyota for catalytic converter thefts.

In the final segment, poet Joseph Massey discussed his self-published book Invisible Current, his cancellation by the poetry establishment, and his success publishing through Amazon KDP. Kelly read his poem "Under Autumn," and the two discussed high schoolers using audio of Charlie Kirk's assassination in prom videos, with Massey arguing art's role is to resensitize people to the world.

Chapters

  1. 4:19

    Carolla's Walk of Fame star and Kimmel

    Kelly congratulates Carolla on his Hollywood star and they discuss Trump's calls to fire Jimmy Kimmel.

  2. 8:50

    The JPMorgan harassment lawsuit

    Kelly reads allegations against JPMorgan executive Lorna Hajdini and she and Carolla debate their plausibility.

  3. 32:10

    Miller Lite and woke advertising

    The hosts praise Miller Lite's Olivia Dunne ad and criticize ideological brand marketing.

  4. 35:34

    Alex Cooper's first-date advice

    Kelly and Carolla criticize Cooper's advice and discuss traditional gender roles.

  5. 45:56

    Olivia Wilde and Ozempic

    Kelly comments on Wilde's appearance and Carolla notes weight loss among Democratic politicians.

  6. 51:59

    Jasmine Crockett and Ilhan Omar

    The pair criticize Crockett's identity remarks and a viral Omar clip.

  7. 59:52

    Pet skunks, Mad Men and vices

    Kelly and Carolla discuss pet skunks, the Volkswagen ad, Tucker Carlson's brother, smoking, pot and AI anxieties.

  8. 1:09:36

    Nithya Raman and the LA mayoral race

    They discuss Raman's odds, California's billionaire tax initiative and her comments on catalytic converters and homeless tents.

  9. 1:17:48

    Oxford lecturer video

    Kelly and Carolla mock a viral video of Oxford lecturer Matt Radley and Carolla warns of students being punished for objecting.

  10. 1:25:41

    Joseph Massey on cancellation and self-publishing

    Massey describes his career after cancellation and self-publishing through Amazon KDP.

  11. 1:31:09

    Reading Invisible Current and the seasons

    Kelly reads Massey's poem 'Under Autumn' and they discuss his dislike of summer.

  12. 1:35:18

    Charlie Kirk and desensitization

    They discuss teens using Kirk assassination audio in prom videos and art's role in resensitizing people.

Key points

What was said, by whom, with the exact words. Timestamps jump to the moment.

  • Adam Carolla

    Carolla argued that men should generally brush off unwanted sexual advances from peers, but that a superior tying promotion to sex is a genuine problem.

    “But if it is, in fact, a superior who is saying, I will not advance you in your career if you do not”

    Listen from 12:57 · JPMorgan Chase sexual harassment lawsuit

  • Adam Carolla

    Carolla said the specificity of the allegations made him more inclined to believe them.

    “It's hard to manufacture spitting in your hand and rubbing it on someone's neck”

    Listen from 13:09 · JPMorgan Chase sexual harassment lawsuit

  • Adam Carolla

    Carolla argued that if the allegations were true, other victims from Hajdini's past should come forward because such behavior is never isolated.

    “there's no way a woman makes it to age 40 or whatever she is without some other incidents or examples of this in her past”

    Listen from 17:56 · JPMorgan Chase sexual harassment lawsuit

  • Adam Carolla

    Carolla speculated that the alleged conduct, especially the racial insults, suggested alcohol was involved.

    “She sounds like an alcoholic to me. This sounds like a person who drinks and loses control”

    Listen from 21:13 · JPMorgan Chase sexual harassment lawsuit

  • Adam Carolla

    Carolla argued that women in power have proven as capable of corruption and malfeasance as men.

    “I have definitely learned in the last several years that women are every bit as capable of malfeasance as men”

    Listen from 24:08

  • Megyn Kelly

    Kelly said she did not believe the plaintiff's account and compared it to the Jussie Smollett case.

    “I don't believe a word of that either. This has got Jussie Smollett written all over it to me”

    Listen from 28:27 · JPMorgan Chase sexual harassment lawsuit

  • Adam Carolla

    Carolla argued that Madison Avenue has strayed from basics and Americans dislike being force-fed ideology in ads.

    “We don't like being force fed ideology we disagree with”

    Listen from 33:33 · Woke advertising

  • Adam Carolla

    Carolla argued that society failed women over the past 20 years by encouraging them to act like men sexually and abandon traditional roles.

    “We basically told them every feeling you have is valid. Every thought you have is valid”

    Listen from 39:11 · Alex Cooper first-date advice

  • Megyn Kelly

    Kelly argued that casual one-night stands tend to leave women feeling worse about themselves rather than loved.

    “the more of these meaningless one night stands a woman has, the less she feels any of that”

    Listen from 42:42 · Alex Cooper first-date advice

  • Adam Carolla

    Carolla suggested that several Democratic politicians, including Pritzker and Porter, appear to be on weight-loss drugs given their rapid weight loss.

    “I think all of them are on it because they all made a drastic move in like the last six months”

    Listen from 49:27 · GLP-1 receptor agonists

  • Megyn Kelly

    Kelly argued that celebrities who become skeletal on weight-loss drugs display mental illness and send a harmful message to young girls.

    “I really think you're seeing mental illness on the faces of a lot of these celebrities. And it's a terrible message for young girls in particular”

    Listen from 50:12 · GLP-1 receptor agonists

  • Adam Carolla

    Carolla argued that racial grievance politics harms Black communities more than anyone else.

    “And you guys finding racism under every rock, it's not really affecting the Asian culture, the Jewish culture, the Indian culture”

    Listen from 53:55

  • Adam Carolla

    Carolla ridiculed Nithya Raman for blaming Toyota for catalytic converter thefts, noting the parts are welded in and must be cut out.

    “She said it was Toyota's fault that these catalytic converters were being stolen because they make it so easy for people to steal”

    Listen from 1:11:49 · Catalytic converter theft

  • Adam Carolla

    Carolla conceded Raman had a point that with so many homeless people and schools, keeping encampments away from schools is mathematically difficult.

    “It's going to be nearly impossible to keep them all from being in front of the school”

    Listen from 1:17:42 · Homelessness in Los Angeles

  • Joseph Massey

    Massey said his previous self-published book reached number 14 on Amazon and that he now supports himself through royalties and Substack.

    “It went up to number 14 on Amazon out of all books. Wow. For a self-published book of poetry, I'm not sure that's ever happened before”

    Listen from 1:27:37 · Invisible Current

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    Joseph Massey

    Massey said the poetry establishment continues to attack him, including a podcaster who admitted he had been framed.

    “While admitting that he went over all the material about my cancellation and determined that I was framed and railroaded”

    Listen from 1:28:41 · Cancel culture

  • Joseph Massey

    Massey said he chose Amazon's KDP program because it gives authors the most royalties.

    “It's through Amazon's KDP program. When I was researching ways to self publish, that one made the most sense because authors get the most royalties”

    Listen from 1:30:36 · Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing

  • Joseph Massey

    Massey said he wrote his Kirk elegy to channel his lasting anger and hopes poetry can resensitize people to the world.

    “my hope is poetry can help people resensitize themselves to the world”

    Listen from 1:37:25 · Assassination of Charlie Kirk

  • Joseph Massey

    Massey argued that the role of art today is to resensitize people and pull them away from doom scrolling.

    “that is the role of art. in our age is to resensitize people, to bring them back into the world”

    Listen from 1:38:39 · Invisible Current

People

In the conversation

  • Megyn KellyConservative broadcaster and podcaster
  • Adam CarollaAmerican comedian, radio personality, and host of The Adam Carolla Show
  • Joseph MasseyAmerican poet and author of Invisible Current

Discussed

  • Lorna HajdiniJPMorgan Chase executive director accused in a sexual harassment lawsuit
  • Alex CooperAmerican podcaster and media entrepreneur, host of Call Her Daddy
  • Olivia WildeDirector of Don't Worry Darling, in which Kroll acted
  • Jasmine CrockettU.S. representative from Texas
  • Nithya RamanLos Angeles city councilmember and democratic socialist mayoral candidate
  • Karen BassMayor of Los Angeles, referenced regarding city-level policy conflicts
  • Charlie KirkAmerican conservative activist and podcast host assassinated in September 2025
  • Jimmy KimmelABC late-night host targeted by the White House
  • Donald TrumpPresident of the United States whose conduct of the Iran war is the episode's main subject
  • Ilhan OmarU.S. representative from Minnesota
  • Tim WalzGovernor of Minnesota criticized by Knowles
  • Katie PorterDemocratic candidate for governor of California
  • Olivia DunneGymnast featured in a Miller Lite ad campaign
  • Buckley CarlsonYounger brother of Tucker Carlson
  • Lori LightfootFormer mayor of Chicago
  • Gavin NewsomGovernor of California, cited for his 2018 primary strategy
  • Matt RadleyOxford lecturer featured in a viral video

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From the publisher

Megyn Kelly is joined by Adam Carolla, host of "The Adam Carolla Show," to discuss the shocking story of a female JP Morgan executive being accused of sexual harassment by a male subordinate, the obscene details within his lawsuit, whether the story is believable or there's something else going on, podcaster Alex Cooper’s terrible advice for women, her urging women to have sex on the first date, why young women especially should ignore her advice, Olivia Wilde’s “unwell” appearance, how many celebrities and politicians appear to be on Ozempic now, Jasmine Crockett’s narcissism, her never failing to bring up her race, the potential for Los Angeles to get its own socialist mayor like Mamdani in Nithya Raman, her insane past comments about homelessness and crime, and more. Then Joseph Massey, author of "Invisible Current," joins to discuss his new poetry book, powerful poems including a tribute to Charlie Kirk and a reflection on the seasons, what inspired the book, and more. Carolla- https://adamcarolla.com/ Massey- https://a.co/d/061u5PpS Supersure Insurance: Simplify your business insurance and get a free coverage report at https://Supersure.com/Megyn Herald Group: Learn more at https://GuardYourCard.com Birch Gold: Text MK to 989898 to join Birch Gold’s Learn and Earn event by April 30! Cozy Earth: Visit https://www.CozyEarth.com & Use code MEGYN for up to 20% off

Summary, chapters and key points were generated from the episode transcript on September 27, 2026. Quotes are checked word for word against the transcript.

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