CNN anchor Erica Hill was taken aback when a guest told her he understood what Megyn Kelly was trying to do when she dissected sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein's pedophilia, or lack thereof.
Kelly has gone viral over a two-minute segment during which she argued that Epstein was "not a pedophile," expanding on what an unnamed confidant told her.
While describing Epstein as "sick and disgusting," she still explored the "difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old" -- claiming Epstein was "into the barely-legal type."
On Friday morning's edition of CNN This Morning, guest anchor Hill played some of the remarks for her panel, which consisted of Noel King, Bradley Devlin, and Ashley Etienne.
When Devlin "I understand what Megyn was trying to do there," Hill had to hit pause and rewind: