Colbert: O’Reilly Had the Number One Cable News Show for 15 Years Until Today

COLBERT: “You know, over the years I have talked one or two times about Fox News host and bold fresh piece of humanity, Bill O’Reilly. Now, like him or not, a lot of people watched him. He had had the number-one cable news show for 15 years. Until today. Because Bill O’Reilly has been fired by Fox News. (Cheering and applause) Here’s the deal. A lot of Bill O’Reilly fans here tonight. Really nice to see them. Now, Bill and I did not see eye to eye on — anything. I’ve done my share of jokes about him and also stole his microwave once, it's a true story and you can look it up, but he’s been a guest on this show and I take no pleasure in his downfall. I’m not going to sit here and publicly gloat. Jimmy, can you take the camera off me for just a second?
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It’s not that big of a surprise, I guess, you know. We all saw this coming at us, you know, like an old man cornering an intern in the break room. O’Reilly has been accused of sexual harassment for years. Was this yesterday? Just yesterday, an African American woman at Fox came forward claiming  O'Reilly used to leer at her and call her 'hot chocolate'."