Bill O’Reilly got fired from Fox News in April, his alleged bad behavior came around to bite him in the ass once again this week when the New York Times published another exposé about his payouts to women who say O’Reilly sexually harassed them. What is a man to do in these circumstances? Put the blame where it squarely belongs: on the Lord above.
CNN reports that on Monday, O’Reilly used his personal web series No Spin News to express his anger at the media and the universe in general. Why hasn’t god protected him from harassing women? He’s done everything he was supposed to, like being a white man with a lot of money. Why isn’t that enough?
“You know, am I mad at God? Yeah, I’m mad at him,” O’Reilly said on the latest episode of his web series, “No Spin News.” “I wish I had more protection. I wish this stuff didn’t happen. I can’t explain it to you. Yeah, I’m mad at him.”
If only there were a little angel on his shoulder, keeping him from playing grabby hands with women who work for him. O’Reilly maintains that his wealth and power in the media is what’s attracting media attention, not the $32 million he paid to former Fox News analyst Lis Wiehl after she brought accusations of sexual harassment against him. It’s a hit job.
At one point, he said of his adversaries, “If they could literally kill me, they would.”
“If I die tomorrow and I get an opportunity, I’ll say, ‘Why’d you guys work me over like that? Didn’t [you] know my children were going to be punished? And they’re innocent,’” he said. “But then I think about people who have it much, much rougher than me. And you know, I’m a big mouth. I’m a target. They’re not targets.”
Though he no longer has a show on an actual network, O’Reilly believes his success is still too much for his enemies too handle, enemies which now include a higher power, apparently. That success includes appearing on Sean Hannity’s show to promote his book Killing England, which is also a stupendous success that’s obviously making everyone jelly.