Bill O'Reilly Rages at Reporters, Plays the Victim: 'This Is Bullsh*t!'

By The Daily Beast

23 October 17

he New York Times reporters who effectively ended Bill O�Reilly�s career with a series of reports on his many settlements of sexual-harassment allegations had a chance to sit down with the ex-Fox News host over the weekend. Emily Steel and Michael E. Schmidt explained on Monday�s The Daily podcast that it was quite clear from the outset O�Reilly wasn�t interested in discussing as much as bullying. �Leaks are not facts. Leaks are designed to hurt people,� he told the reporters before trying to depict himself as a victim. �It�s been a horrendous experience,� O�Reilly said. �I�ve never had one complaint filed against me by a co-worker in any human-resources department in 43 years. That encompasses 12 different companies. So all of the sudden this stuff happens and the pain it brings to my children is indescribable.� As soon as the reporters shut off their official microphones following the interview (while their phones continued to record), O�Reilly lit up even more: �It�s horrible what I went through, horrible what my family went through,� he shouted. �This is crap. It�s politically and financially motivated. We can prove it with shocking information.� Without going into specifics, he declared, �We have physical proof that this is bullshit.� Steel and Schmidt reported on Saturday that Fox had extended O�Reilly�s contract even after he shelled out $32 million to former on-air contributor Lis Wiehl over allegations that included him sending pornographic material to her.