Megyn Kelly supports Trump, calls him “protector of women”

Midway through former President Donald Trump's speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday, headlining Megyn Kelly took the stage to explain why she supports Trump.

“He will be a protector of women. And that's why I'm voting for him,” Kelly said, suggesting that the former president had previously been mocked for a similar statement.

The conservative media personality, who was previously a host on Fox News, had a contentious relationship with the former president at times over the language he used to describe women. During the first campaign debate in 2016, Kelly, as moderator, asked Trump about his comments about women, including some derogatory names.

Eight years later, Kelly stood on stage in Pennsylvania on Monday and helped Trump deliver his final message before Election Day. Kelly suggested Monday that she supports Trump because he cares about the common man.

“He will take care of our boys, our forgotten boys and our forgotten men. Guys like you,” she said, adding, “who might want to drink a beer after work and not be judged by people like Oprah and Beyoncé, who will never face the consequences of their disastrous economic policies.”

At one point, Kelly suggested that she disagreed with the “left-wing version of masculinity” and mentioned ads supporting Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign that urged women to vote for Harris without their husbands' knowledge.

“You see the advertising they've done about Trump voters wanting to encourage women to lie to their husbands so they can vote for them instead of Trump,” Kelly said. “This is her version of what a marriage looks like: an overbearing husband pressuring his wife to say she voted one way, as opposed to an honest, open relationship.”

She added, “Oh wait, I'm talking about Kamala and Doug,” referring to the vice president's husband, Doug Emhoff. “I’m not into their version of toxic masculinity or new masculinity. I prefer the old version,” Kelly said, referring to Trump.

“I prefer a president who knows how to be strong and fight. I hope you all do what I did last week. Vote for Trump and get ten friends to vote for Trump.”

ABC News' Jon Karl contributed to this report.