"We've never seen a presidential candidate who has taken the risks he's taken and said the kinds of things he's [said]," Megyn Kelly said about Donald Trump. | AP Megyn Kelly: 'No doubt' Trump has used controversial language about women

There is "no doubt" that Donald Trump has used controversial language with respect to women, Megyn Kelly said Monday, even as a New York Times story examining the presumptive Republican nominee's treatment of women drew a sharp rebuke from one of its most prominent sources.

"This is one of the intriguing things about Donald Trump. One of the many intriguing things about him," the Fox News anchor said on "Fox & Friends" while promoting her interview with the presumptive Republican nominee airing on the Fox broadcast network at 8 p.m. Eastern Tuesday night.


During a discussion about the Times' story laying out Trump's past treatment of women, the panel addressed comments from one of his past girlfriends, Rowanne Brewer Lane, who appeared earlier on the program to strongly contest the paper's characterization of her remarks.

"Because what are we proving with that sound bite? That the Times maybe misled when it came to this woman's story," Kelly said, after Brewer Lane's comments were replayed. "But is there any dispute that Trump has used controversial language about women? There is not. There isn't. So what does that tell us about him? That's in the mind of the beholder."

Trump feuded with Kelly for months after she asked him during the first debate about past insulting remarks he has made about women, remarking to CNN that his inquisitor had "blood coming out of her wherever." (He subsequently denied that he was referring to Kelly's menstrual cycle.)

Historically, Kelly remarked, women have tended to vote not based on a candidate's personal conduct but rather "on policy and terrorism and based on, you know, concern about their kids and budget and the country."

At the same time, she said, "we've never seen a presidential candidate who has taken the risks he's taken and said the kinds of things he's [said]."

But if the issue of the candidates' past treatment of women is on the table, Hillary and Bill Clinton should get the same scrutiny, Kelly said.

"Because Trump's allegations about Hillary's past with women and the role she played in trying to diminish the ones who claim they had affairs or attacked by Bill Clinton is also relevant if we're going back 25 years on him and figure out what he did at the time, it's fair game for them, too, especially because they're both making gender an issue," she said.