Updated at 4:10 pm: Following the segment, Tom Brokaw wrote to the Washington Post that “the acoustics in the studio were terrible,” preventing him from hearing Kelly’s cue that they were heading into a commercial break.

“I didn’t have an IFB [earpiece], and I am writing as I return from my hearing aid mechanic. My hearing aid this morning went bad as the show started,” Brokaw wrote. “No harm, no foul. Not worth any fuss. I’m a Kelly fan,” the broadcast icon concluded.

Megyn Kelly‘s rough start on Megyn Kelly Today continued this morning when the troubled morning show host cut off NBC legend Tom Brokaw mid-sentence as he was urging viewers to combat the power of the NRA.

In what was billed as a “candid conversation” about the Las Vegas tragedy, Megyn Kelly Today set up a panel of “experts” (this is a loose term) to discuss the massacre with a live studio audience. The town-hall panel came after our pals over at Page Six reported that Kelly was shut out of NBC’s Las Vegas tragedy coverage as Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie continued anchoring news into the 9 o’clock hour without so much as a mention of Kelly.

This morning, a man in the audience asked the seven time Emmy winner Tom Brokaw when the constant news cycle becomes harmful to us and our children, to which Brokaw responded with an unequivocal criticism of the NRA. Said Brokaw, “We are where we are because of the power of people who wanted these kinds of guns, and the NRA managed to organize them and get them as a political force in America… The NRA has a lot of money, obviously, and if you’re running against the NRA, you’re portrayed as a traitor against America… We’re a long way away from that second amendment in which we said that a well regulated militia is important to our country.”

As Brokaw began talking about the second amendment, Kelly interrupted him, saying “Got it. Gotta leave it at that, Tom.” Brokaw continued speaking, but the camera quickly cut away to Kelly, who told viewers that “we’re up against a hard break” in the most cringe-worthy way possible.

Right before the (supposedly) imminent commercial break, Kelly reminded viewers that this debate will not end now and urged them to continue having honest conversations. Really? Four seconds after you interrupt a man who’s trying to start a dialogue, you insist upon having honest conversations?

Watch the video below to see the inappropriately-timed interruption.