Megyn Kelly Mocks Eva Longoria’s Accent in Rant Against Celebrities Protesting ICE

Megyn Kelly mocked Eva Longoria’s accent during a heated rant on her podcast in which she blasted celebrities for criticizing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

Kelly, 55, spoke on the Thursday, January 29 episode of her The Megyn Kelly Podcast, where she sounded off on rich celebrities encouraging their fans to go out in the streets and protest ICE.

While the conservative host took aim at many celebrities — including Olivia Wilde, Jane Fonda, John Leguizamo and more — she opened her segment by going after Longoria, 50, who shared a video with her Instagram followers earlier that day urging her followers to call their local representatives to stop a bill that would further fund ICE.

“‘If I throw in my Spanish accent when I say Spanish names, so much the better,’” Kelly said in a mocking tone on her show. “‘It shows that I’m like one of you. So even if I am not going to risk a thing, I’m just like you. OK, so good luck. I’m sorry if you die. I will definitely post a tearful video, but you go. You go, girl.’”

In the video, Longoria talked about the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two American citizens who were shot and killed while protesting ICE activity in Minnesota.

She went on to talk about other alleged victims of ICE who came before them, including Keith Porter, Parody La, Heber Sanchez Dominguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran, Luis Gustavo Nunez and Geraldo Lunas Campos — all of whom reportedly died in ICE custody.

When pronouncing the Spanish names, Longoria, whose parents spoke Spanish to each other when she was growing up but who never learned the language herself until 2009, pronounced the victims’ names with a Spanish accent.

The former Desperate Housewives star previously told the Los Angeles Magazine in 2014 that, although she is American, her family has lived in Texas since before it became part of the United States.

“We’re ninth-generation Americans. We never crossed the border; the border crossed us,” she said at the time. “We’ve owned the same ranch land since 1603. That’s a big faux pas to think ‘Latino’ is synonymous with ‘immigrant’ or with ‘not from here.’ I’m not an immigrant.”