In case you missed the interview, Gingrich launched a familiar attack on the media for — in his view — spending too much time covering groping allegations against Donald Trump, prompted by the Republican presidential nominee’s boast on a 2005 recording that he can “do anything” to women and get away with it because he is famous. Kelly defended the level of coverage, arguing that it is important to examine the comments and accusations so that voters can determine “if Donald Trump is a sexual predator.”

“If” is a key word there. Moments later, Kelly clarified that she is “not taking a position” on whether Trump is or is not guilty of the alleged assaults. Moments earlier, she had had entertained another hypothetical: “Let’s assume she is corrupt,” Kelly had said, referring to Hillary Clinton. Gingrich did not object to that one. But he exploded when Kelly turned to Trump.

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“Now, I’m sick and tired of people like you using language that’s inflammatory, that’s not true,” the former House speaker said, pointing his finger.

He went on: “You are fascinated with sex, and you don’t care about public policy.”

Kelly concluded the interview with this: “You can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them, Mister Speaker.”

Less than a week ago, Kelly dealt with a blowup from the other side of the aisle when she questioned Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman Donna Brazile about recent WikiLeaks disclosures.

“As a Christian woman, I understand persecution, but I will not sit here and be persecuted because your information is totally false,” Brazile said. “You’re so interested in talking about stolen material,” Brazile continued. “You’re like — you’re like a thief that wants to bring into the night the things that you found that was in this data.”

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And earlier this month, Kelly’s Fox News colleague Sean Hannity lashed out at her on Twitter after she criticized both Trump and Clinton for ducking tough interviews.

Gingrich has been an off-and-on Fox News contributor since 1999. He and the network agreed to separate in July, when he was under consideration to become Trump’s running mate, but renewed their relationship after the billionaire picked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.

Kelly told Variety in April that she was unsure whether she would sign a new contract with Fox News after her current deal expires next summer.

“I really like my show, and I love my team,” she said. “But you know, there’s a lot of brain damage that comes from the job. There was probably less brain damage when I worked in the afternoon. I was less well known. I had far less conflict in my life. I also have three kids who are soon going to be in school from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. I come to work at 3:30. I like to see my children.”

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At the time of that interview, much of Kelly’s election-year “brain damage” had been inflicted by Trump, who ridiculed her for months after she questioned him at a debate about some of the insults he has directed at women.

Vanity Fair reported this month that 21st Century Fox executives are pushing hard to keep Kelly at Fox News, and there will be time after the election for things to cool off before she has to make a decision. But the “brain damage” keeps piling up.