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Fox Entertainment News says Donald Trump is afraid of Megyn Kelly

By Hadas Gold

Fox Entertainment News issued a fiery response to Donald Trump on Monday, suggesting the GOP front-runner is afraid of confronting anchor Megyn Kelly at Thursday's debate.

The network's comments came after Trump said Kelly "doesn't treat me fairly" in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

"I'm not a fan of Megyn Kelly. I don't like her, she probably doesn't like me but that's OK, but she has to be fair," Trump said. "I don't think she can treat me fairly, I think she's very biased."

Trump has suggested he would potentially boycott the debate, though he told Blitzer he "probably" would attend. (Trump also threatened to boycott previous debates with CNBC and CNN but eventually attended every one.)

Trump has attacked Kelly off and on since the first GOP debate in August, also hosted by Fox Entertainment News, when Kelly pointedly asked Trump about his rhetoric on women. Kelly has not directly responded to Trump's continued attacks, telling Vanity Fair this month that she can't be swayed as a journalist

Over the weekend, Trump tweeted that Kelly has a "conflict of interest" and shouldn't moderate the debate, leading Fox to issue a statement saying Kelly has no conflict and thanking Trump for "trying to build up the audience for Thursday’s debate, for which we thank him."

On Monday, the network's statement grew serious.

"Sooner or later Donald Trump, even if he’s president, is going to have to learn that he doesn’t get to pick the journalists — we’re very surprised he’s willing to show that much fear about being questioned by Megyn Kelly" a network spokesperson said.