Megyn Kelly says Wilkins has "absolutely no connection" to the Mossad

Megyn KellyHost of The Megyn Kelly Show

On The Megyn Kelly Show on September 5, 2025, after playing Kyle Seraphin's remarks, Kelly said Seraphin "stated it as though it were a fact," suggesting Wilkins gives "dirt back to the Mossad," and said: "She has absolutely no connection with them whatsoever." She called the remarks defamatory.

Responding to

Wilkins's complaint against Seraphin says she "is not now and never has been an agent for any intelligence agency" and "has never set foot in Israel."

“She has absolutely no connection with them whatsoever.”

Original video

Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)The Megyn Kelly Show discusses Seraphin's accusation and Wilkins's lawsuitEpisode 1142, September 5, 2025; Kelly 1:37:40-1:38:08, Aronberg 1:38:08-1:38:42.

Where this statement fits

Is Alexis Wilkins a foreign 'honeypot' agent, as Kyle Seraphin and other commentators suggested?

Since early 2025, online commentators have suggested that Alexis Wilkins, the country singer engaged to FBI Director Kash Patel, is an Israeli or Mossad "honeypot" sent to compromise him. Podcaster Kyle Seraphin said on August 22, 2025 that Patel's girlfriend is "a former Mossad agent" (he did not name her; a court found the remarks referred to her), Sam Parker raised the idea through questions in a February 2025 X thread, and Elijah Schaffer posted her photo under a thread about female Mossad operatives. Wilkins says she has never been an intelligence agent and has never been to Israel, and she sued all three for defamation. A Florida court let the Schaffer suit proceed, the parties then reported a tentative agreement and jointly dismissed it with prejudice, and on September 9, 2026 Schaffer posted a retraction saying she "is not, and has never been, a foreign intelligence operative"; a Utah court dismissed the Parker suit for lack of jurisdiction; the Seraphin suit is pending after the court denied his motion to dismiss. As of October 5, 2026, we found no evidence offered by anyone that Wilkins has worked for any intelligence service, and no court has ruled at trial on the claim.

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Source and context

Original video

The Megyn Kelly Show discusses Seraphin's accusation and Wilkins's lawsuit (opens in a new tab)Episode 1142, September 5, 2025; Kelly 1:37:40-1:38:08, Aronberg 1:38:08-1:38:42.

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The full episode includes Seraphin's remarks followed by Kelly's response and legal analysis from Aronberg and Spilbor.

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Before the quotation

Kelly replayed her July 30, 2025 interview in which Wilkins said she was "definitely not" a spy, then played Seraphin's August 22 remarks.

After the quotation

Kelly asked legal analyst Dave Aronberg whether Wilkins's suit could succeed.

How this statement is classified

Denied

The label describes this statement's response within the context above.

Why this label?

The reference point is the proposition that Alexis Wilkins is, or was, a foreign intelligence agent, specifically an Israeli or Mossad "honeypot" in a relationship with Kash Patel to compromise him. Kelly says Wilkins has "absolutely no connection" to the Mossad, which states the proposition is false, so we used Denied. The closest competing label is Challenged the characterization, which she also does by objecting that Seraphin stated it as fact. It loses because she goes further and rejects the claim itself. Evidence level: our transcription of the episode on the show's YouTube channel.

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