Fox News is fighting back against Donald Trump -- again.
The network released a statement Friday denouncing the presidential frontrunner's "extreme, sick obsession" with anchor Megyn Kelly following a tweet in which the GOP frontrunner called Kelly "sick" and asked his Twitter followers to boycott her show.
Everybody should boycott the @megynkelly show. Never worth watching. Always a hit on Trump! She is sick, & the most overrated person on tv.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2016
In a barrage of tweets earlier in the week, Trump also called Kelly "crazy" and "unwatchable."
Can't watch Crazy Megyn anymore. Talks about me at 43% but never mentions that there are four people in race. With two people, big & over!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 16, 2016
Watching other networks and local news. Really good night! Crazy @megynkelly is unwatchable.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 16, 2016
Fox's full statement, which was obtained by Mediaite, denounced Trump's attacks on Kelly as "crude and sexist."
Donald Trump’s vitriolic attacks against Megyn Kelly and his extreme, sick obsession with her is beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate who wants to occupy the highest office in the land. Megyn is an exemplary journalist and one of the leading anchors in America — we’re extremely proud of her phenomenal work and continue to fully support her throughout every day of Trump’s endless barrage of crude and sexist verbal assaults. As the mother of three young children, with a successful law career and the second highest rated show in cable news, it’s especially deplorable for her to be repeatedly abused just for doing her job.
Trump's discord with Kelly dates back to an August GOP debate, during which he was questioned by the anchor about sexist remarks he had made and later claimed Kelly had "blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever."
Trump also boycotted a Fox News debate moderated by Kelly in January, claiming the journalist wouldn't treat him "fairly" and calling for her removal from the debate. Fox News refused, asserting that Kelly had been "viciously attacked" by Trump and stating the network would not "Give in to terrorizations of any of our employees."