Matt Lauer to Trump: Do You Have a ‘Schoolyard Crush’ on Megyn Kelly?

LAUER: “You have said Donald, that when people treat me unfairly, I don't let them forget me. And that leads me to Megyn Kelly. We all know what happened after the debate. You thought she was unfair in her questioning to you and then 19 days later she comes back from vacation on Monday and it seemed like in an unprovoked attack you went back after her, questioning her appearance, her performance and then retweeting a very unflattering comment about her that called her a bimbo. Why have you let Megyn Kelly get so far under your skin?”

TRUMP: “Well, I haven't. I mean, you know, if you tweet a few tweets or retweets in this case, that's not getting under your skin. I personally am not a fan. I don't think she does a good job. I don't think she's a very good professional. And I think frankly, the show is better without her. But that's up to them. They can do whatever they want. I respect Roger Ailes. He can do whatever he wants. I don't care.”

LAUER: “It’s start to sounds a little bit -- and take this in the right way – Donald, like you are a guy with a schoolyard crush. When we were in elementary school and junior high school, you know, guys often say the meanest things about the girls they like the most.”

TRUMP: “Trust me, Matt. There is no crush, that I can tell you. As far as I was concerned during the debate she asked me questions that were totally inappropriate. Other people were asked nice questions about jobs, about God, about other things. And she hits me with questions that were totally inappropriate. A lot of people said that. Many people agreed with me. She knows it better than anybody because Fox was, you talk about twitter, she was -- they were going after Fox big league because of the kind of questions I was asked that night. Despite that, every poll of the debate had me winning. Time Magazine had me winning. Drudge had me winning the debate, but I was not asked fair questions.”