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Would-Be Reagan Assassin John Hinckley Jr. on Trump Assassination Attempts, Jodie Foster Obsession, and His Life Now | Ep. 1343

6/19/20261 hr 14 min

Megyn Kelly is joined by John Hinckley Jr., musician, artist, and author of "John Hinckley Jr.: Who I Really Am," to talk about what he thought when he saw another Trump assassination attempt at the "Hinckley Hilton," the rise of political violence in America today, people reaching out to him on X to commit further violence against Trump, what an "erotomaniac" actually is, Hinckley's delusion that led to his Jodie Foster obsession, what happened when he actually saw Foster in person at Yale, what led him to start thinking about hurting someone to impress Jodie Foster, his initial targets of Jimmy Carter and even Ted Kennedy, the circumstances that led to his assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, how easy it was to get close to Reagan to take the shots, his reaction to Reagan and James Brady's comments about him, what he'd say to their family members now, his communication with Ted Bundy, what life was like in the psychiatric facility, getting released and what life is like now, and more.
 

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Clips

Fame Would've Stopped Him
Fans Urge Repeat Violence
Seconds Before The Shots
Pen-Pals With Killers
Delusion Of Love

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Megyn Kelly· Host0:00

    Today on The Megyn Kelly Show.

  2. John Hinckley Jr.· Guest0:02

    [dramatic music] There's been such a negative image of me for, like, 45 years. Megyn, I'm just a totally different person from the person I was in 1981.

  3. Speaker 3· Soundbite0:12

    Mr. President.

  4. Speaker 4· Soundbite0:14

    Shots were fired at President Reagan as he was coming out of the Washington Hilton Hotel this afternoon.

  5. Speaker 3· Soundbite0:19

    Details are very sketchy at this moment.

  6. John Hinckley Jr.· Guest0:22

    There it is.

  7. Speaker 4· Soundbite0:22

    He was wounded.

  8. John Hinckley Jr.· Guest0:24

    God.

  9. Speaker 4· Soundbite0:25

    The man in custody, John W. Hinckley, Jr.-

  10. John Hinckley Jr.· Guest0:28

    I just had a really dark heart ...

  11. Speaker 4· Soundbite0:30

    an obsessive infatuation for a young actress I thought I had a real relationship with Jodie.

  12. Speaker 3· Soundbite0:36

    Just get me out of here, all right?

  13. John Hinckley Jr.· Guest0:37

    The obsession really started after I saw Taxi Driver. De Niro was trying to impress this woman.

  14. Speaker 3· Soundbite0:43

    [gunshot] You talking to me?

  15. John Hinckley Jr.· Guest0:44

    I thought by shooting the president, Jodie would be so impressed. I liked Reagan. Thought he was a nice guy.

  16. Megyn Kelly· Host0:51

    Polls show that some 19% of, in particular, young people on the left think it's appropriate. Did you ever think you'd live to see the day? How does that kid wind up shooting the president? Did you feel like a celebrity? Why was Ted Bundy writing you letters? Jodie Foster, does she have anything to worry about now?

  17. Speaker 3· Soundbite1:07

    Do you forgive John Hinckley?

  18. John Hinckley Jr.· Guest1:09

    Yes.

  19. Megyn Kelly· Host1:10

    Did you ever have the chance to apologize to any of the four men?

  20. John Hinckley Jr.· Guest1:13

    I actually still have people who, who go online, [gunshots] and they say, "John, we need you again. You gotta do it again."

  21. Megyn Kelly· Host1:20

    Hey, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show. Today, we are joined by a man whose name most Americans know,

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