Presumptive Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump and Fox News reporter Megyn Kelly finally had it out about the "B word" in a televised interview. Trump acting shocked that he had ever referred to the journalist as a 'bimbo'.

The interview apparently represented some kind of detente between Kelly and the candidate, who previously blasted her as "crazy" and "lightweight" while struggling in the polls with female voters.

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Trump began to attack Kelly after she challenged him early in the campaign during a candidates' debate about how female voters might feel about him calling women "fat pigs" and "dogs."

When Kelly asked him about calling her a bimbo, Trump responded: "Well that was a retweet, yeah. Did I say that?" he asked, with a quizzical look on his face.

Kelly: "Many times."

Trump: "Ouf. Ok. Excuse me. Not the most horrible thing. Over your life, Megyn, you've been called a lot worse. Is that right? Wouldn't you say?"

Kelly: "It's not about me. It's about the messaging to young girls and to other women."

Trump: "No, no. It's a modern-day form of fighting back. It really is."

Kelly: "You gonna stop that as president?"

Trump: "I'm gonna stop that about you now because I think I like our relationship right now."

The New York Times recently did a damning piece on Trump's treatment of women. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus responded in an interview that "people just don't care."

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