Friday on “The Kelly File,” host Megyn Kelly signed off on her Fox News Channel program for the last time as she is set to depart the cable news rating front-runner for NBC News, where she will have multiple roles.

“I am sincerely grateful for your trust, your patience and your good humor over the years, which is one of the reasons why saying goodbye is so hard,” Kelly said. “But the truth is I am lucky to have been doing a job whose ending is bittersweet. And I leave you knowing I am better for having been here. I hope you feel the same.”

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