‘The Daily Show’ Gives Bill O’Reilly The Honest And Brutal Sendoff He’ll Never Get From Fox News

Fox News made the end of Bill O’Reilly’s time at the show official today, firing the long-time host of The O’Reilly Factor in the aftermath of reports detailing past sexual allegations and the settlements that followed. Fox News and O’Reilly shelled out at least $13 million to several women according to a New York Times report, planting the seeds for the host’s ouster from the network.

O’Reilly was on vacation when the announcement was made, but the writing was on the wall. He has released a statement calling the dismissal unfounded and Fox News has already reshuffled their programming to fill the void he’s left behind, but late night is where the host is being remembered for his best moments. Stephen Colbert brought back “Stephen Colbert” to give “papa bear” a tearful goodbye, but it was Trevor Noah that took the time to give a proper goodbye to O’Reilly and run through his greatest hits.

The Daily Show host kicked things off with the classic Inside Edition meltdown, moved on to some of O’Reilly’s more abrasive and confusing comments, and a montage of all the moments where he cut off a guest’s microphone. Noah also makes sure to comment on the time that O’Reilly was shocked that eating at a black restaurant wasn’t like “walking into the middle of the Rodney King riots.”

He also calls Bill O’Reilly the Sith lord of cable news, leaving Jon Stewart as the Yoda and Noah hoping he can be Daisy Ridley after it is all said and done. It’s all a fitting goodbye for the guy and something to keep in mind for when he’s hired by CNN to travel around “real” America with Anthony Bourdain.

(Via The Daily Show)

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