As her star exploded, so, too, did the number of networks who were eyeing her. It just so happened that this Year of Kelly occurred just as her contract at Fox News was ticking down, set to expire next year. The spotlight on Kelly earned her a permanent spot on headlines, a Vanity Fair cover, and praise as an unlikely feminist icon in a decidedly topsy-turvy election season. She whacked back at a guest on her show who questioned why victims of sexual assault wouldn’t immediately come forward. She chastised Kellyanne Conway for diminishing the voraciousness of Trump’s history of sexist comments.

She positively eviscerated Newt Gingrich last month when he told her she was “fascinated by sex” for covering the sexual-assault allegations made against Trump. In the wake of the sexual harassment allegations against her old boss, Roger Ailes, Kelly has also earned great praise for speaking out on behalf of victims of sexual harassment and assault on her prime-time show. From the first Republican primary debate, when she famously tussled with the president-elect over what he said was an unfair question about his treatment of women, Kelly has been part of the same news cycle she is tasked with covering each night. It catapulted her from a star within the world of Fox News to a veritable household name across the country. In many ways, Donald Trump’s bid for the White House was good to Megyn Kelly.

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