Laverne Cox Will Join ‘Megyn Kelly Presents’ This Month


The Fox network announced today that Laverne Cox would be added to the big list of celebrities that Megyn Kelly will be interviewing on her special, Megyn Kelly Presents. The special will air on May 27 on the Fox broadcast network.

Laverne Cox has made quite the name for herself by becoming the first black trans woman to have a main role in a scripted television show for mainstream audiences. Because of this, most people will be most familiar with her as Sophia Burset on the hit Netflix series, Orange is the New Black.

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Laverne Cox has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the past.

Cox will also be appearing on the Fox special of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. She’ll be playing the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. This should be an excellent role for Laverne Cox. Frank is a mad scientist sort that doesn’t see the consequences of his action and his main focus is himself. He plays with others purely for his own amusement and will go as far as cannibalism and murder for his own entertainment, as well. It’s a far cry from Laverne Cox’s role as the sensitive Sofia in Orange is the New Black, and it will be very interesting to see her branch out into something so different.

Laverne Cox is quite the busy lady these days. Before the interview on May 17 with Megyn Kelly, Cox will be hosting the GLAAD awards on May 14.

Regarding having Laverne Cox as the host of the GLAAD awards, On Top Magazine reported, “Laverne Cox has been a tireless advocate for LGBT rights and has made a profound difference for transgender visibility,” said GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “We are extremely excited to have her host the GLAAD Media Awards and look forward to the panache and style that only she can bring.”

Megyn Kelly Presents promises to be a special worth watching. As Entertainment Weekly says about the special, “The Orange Is the New Black actress joins a lineup that includes presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, movie star Michael Douglas, and uber-lawyer Robert Shapiro.”

Broadway World talks about the special and says that, “the special also will feature Kelly’s first extensive sit-down interview with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.” That in itself should make for a pretty entertaining show. Kelly and Trump have had disagreements in the past and many wonder if he’ll be able to control himself during the interview. Perhaps now that Trump has a high probability of becoming the next Republican candidate and doesn’t have to work for it so hard, he will choose not to hold back.

Bill Kelly, who is a veteran television personality, will executive produce the show.

Laverne Cox always manages to keep busy. She’s very active with LGBTQ causes, and it helps that she has many fans in that community. But she does other things too that are completely unrelated to this. Today, for instance, Laverne Cox was at YouTube Creators Summit where she met with some of the biggest names on YouTube and spoke with the audience and had a conversation with well-known YouTuber, Tyler Oakley.

Laverne shared several videos on her Snapchat today (@lavernecox1) that showed her getting ready to go on stage and then in front of the audience who seemed to really love her. She also shared this picture on Instagram of her and Tyler Oakley (note the awesome Star Wars style cape!)

What do you think about Laverne Cox being interviewed on Megyn Kelly Presents? Laverne will need to be on her toes as Kelly has been known to ask some hard hitting questions. But really, all Laverne needs to do is be herself. She’s classy and seems to always have it together, no matter what situation she’s in!

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