Kellyanne Conway confronts Meghan McCain at women’s summit for calling her husband 'gross' on TV
WASHINGTON, DC: Former Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway confronted fellow conservative Meghan McCain backstage at a women’s summit for calling her and her then-husband George Conway "gross" on TV.
Notably, Conway confronted McCain after the two appeared together on a panel at The Washington Post’s post-election Global Women’s Summit in DC, according to the Daily Beast.
Kellyanne Conway confronts Meghan McCain at women’s summit
An eyewitness told the outlet that Kellyanne Conway confronted Meghan McCain in the green room just off stage in a scene "like something from the Real Housewives" after the on-stage panel discussion about the effect of the election on women ended.
The witness said, "Kellyanne walked up to Meghan and said, 'I wasn’t going to say this while I was miked but do you remember what you said about me and my marriage on 'The View?' You called my marriage 'gross.'"
Moreover, Conway and McCain had not directly argued with each other on the panel, adding to the surprise for witnesses that there was a confrontation though the former had appeared combative at times toward the moderator and audience, some witnesses said.
As per the witnesses, Conway was heard saying to McCain, "Do you realize what you said and what you did? Do you realize all the people you hurt?"
McCain, who quit 'The View' in 2021, was shocked over the confrontation, which lasted a matter of minutes and was keen to leave. Witnesses said that she was later "shaking" with emotion.
The witness said, "I heard Meghan say to her, 'I don’t remember what I said that hurt you,'" and McCain apologized to Conway. The person said, "Meghan said it was making her uncomfortable but that seemed to make it worse."
The witness further said, "Meghan looked shaken and was just trying to get out of there."
Kellyanne Conway calls Meghan McCain's mouth 'a spigot of vile and bile'
Kellyanne Conway told the Daily Beast, "I waited until the cameras and microphones were off to privately and calmly address the very public insults she has directed at my family."
She added, "She may wish to outrun her recent past as a years-long resident Mean Girl on 'The View' and Bravo, where her mouth was a spigot of vile and bile hurled toward people and topics she does not know, including my marriage and children, and casually lying about silly things like me calling her (I don’t have her number)."
Conway wrote in her 2022 memoir 'Here’s The Deal' that she had never called McCain and did not even have her number. She wrote that they had only once exchanged emails, which was a "friendly" invitation from McCain to join 'The View' and have dinner with both their husbands.
Meanwhile, McCain called it a "bizarre experience" and certainly not "what I expected when I accepted an invitation".
She said, "It was a bizarre experience and certainly not what I expected when I accepted an invitation to speak at an event hosted by the Washington Post and Tina Brown. The only reason why their marriage was ever a hot topic was because they were constantly airing their dirty laundry to America."
