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"We met for about an hour, just the two of us, and had a chance to clear the air." | Getty Megyn Kelly clears the air with Donald Trump

Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump met at Trump Tower on Wednesday, Kelly confirmed on her show Wednesday night.

Reports of the meeting first emerged after NBC News' Ayman Mohyeldin spotted Kelly entering Trump Tower in the morning, with NBC's Beth Fouhy being the first person to tweet the sighting.

Kelly said the meeting was held at her request and was an effort to clear the air between herself and Trump. Trump has publicly attacked Kelly on a number of occasions, ever since she grilled him on his past comments about women at the first Republican primary debate last year.

"We met for about an hour, just the two of us, and had a chance to clear the air," Kelly said. "Mr. Trump and I discussed the possibility of an interview. And I hope we will have news to announce on that soon."

Kelly has largely tried to stay above the fray, though she acknowledged at Tina Brown's Women in the World conference last week that Trump's attacks on her have been “unprecedented for a presidential candidate.”

Fox News itself has pushed back against Trump's comments about their star anchor. Last month, a network statement said that Trump's comments about Kelly were "beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate" and that he had an "extreme, sick obsession" with Kelly.

A Fox News spokesperson said the meeting was in connection to a special Kelly is hosting in May.

“Fox News Chairman & CEO Roger Ailes has spoken to Donald Trump a few times over the past three months about appearing on a FOX Broadcasting special with Megyn Kelly airing on May 23," the statement says. "Kelly requested a meeting with Mr. Trump, which took place at Trump Tower this morning. The results of that meeting will be revealed on tonight’s Kelly File at 9PM/ET. Kelly has acknowledged in recent interviews that Trump is a fascinating person to cover and has electrified the Republican base.”

Later in the night, Trump addressed the meeting on Fox News.

“You met with Megyn Kelly today. How did that go?,” host Sean Hannity asked Trump over loud boos from the live audience.

“She called last week and they set up a meeting. They said can we come up and I said would you come to Trump Tower? Because I didn’t want any confusion,” Trump said. “And she did. And she was very, very nice."

“We had a meeting and she was very nice,” he repeated.

“Maybe it was time — or maybe she felt it was time,” Trump said, explaining why he thought Kelly had reached out. “And by the way I give her a lot of credit for doing what she did."

Hanna Trudo contributed.