SI put Leyna Bloom, an actress and model who has appeared in magazines including Vogue, on its Swimsuit cover in 2021. It’s a bait-and-switch,” Kelly said of Petras (above) during Thursday’s episode of her SiriusXM podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show.” AFP via Getty Images Petras is the second transgender woman to be featured on the cover of the Swimsuit issue. It has also featured athletes and other celebrities posing in skimpy swimwear, usually from exotic locales.

The magazine’s Swimsuit issue, first launched in 1964 to fill the lull in winter sports coverage, has helped launch the careers of supermodels like Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley, Kathy Ireland and Tyra Banks. The Post has sought comment from Petras and Sports Illustrated. Megyn Kelly Petras, 30, is the second transgender woman to be featured on the cover of SI’s Swimsuit issue. It’s a bait-and-switch.” Megyn Kelly lashed out at Sports Illustrated for featuring transgender pop star Kim Petras on the cover of its Swimsuit edition. It’s another example of “a man coming in and taking over a spot that previously would have been given to a woman once again,” Kelly said. The outspoken podcaster also called out the magazine for giving the prized exposure to the 30-year-old Petras, who transitioned when she was 16. Kelly - a mother of two boys, ages 9 and 13, as well as a 12-year-old girl - then added: “I think this isn’t the way to get that done.”

“My understanding of the cover of the Sports Illustrated magazine is it has one main purpose and that’s for 15-year-old boys to spend some alone time with it in the bathroom,” Kelly said during Thursday’s episode of her SiriusXM podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show.” Petras, the German-born singer-songwriter, was one of four celebrities chosen - along with actress Megan Fox, TV host Brooks Nader and 81-year-old Martha Stewart - for the rite-of-passage edition, which hits newsstands Monday. Megyn Kelly lambasted Sports Illustrated for putting transgender pop star Kim Petras on the cover of the magazine’s annual Swimsuit edition because Petras will be a turnoff to young boys. Transgender cyclist forced to stand alone on podium after win, gets blasted by Megyn Kelly Megyn Kelly blasts Target over ‘tuck-friendly’ women’s swimsuits that ‘no woman needs’ Megyn Kelly blasts ‘Always’ for calling women ‘bodies with female sex organs’ in puberty pamphlet

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