@pattonoswalt pic.twitter.com/jn0loXeHAF
— Brownette (@beach41st) March 4, 2016
If Bill O’Reilly seemed a bit off following Thursday’s Fox News GOP Debate, you were not the only one to notice. Many on social media, including Patton Oswalt, pointed out that the Fox News mainstay seemed a bit under the weather with his performance.
Holy shit. I want to turn away but Bill O'Reilly is TRUMAN CAPOTE TALKSHOW DRUNK. #wow
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 4, 2016
Okay, I have to stop watching this. Bill O'Reilly is the wet-brain carnival geek from NIGHTMARE ALLEY. I'm the villain here. #GOPDebate
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/MadisonParkDave/status/705612488780288000
And look, there’s no confirmation for it at all, but the guy didn’t exactly put his best foot forward. He was slow, he was slurring, and he wasn’t exactly as sharp as he usually would be. He has his excuses and Donald Trump doesn’t really hold back on telling him where to get help in the clip above, but the Internet is the true hero here.
https://twitter.com/JohnRossBowie/status/705606705627811840
https://twitter.com/GerryDuggan/status/705611808854249472
@SamSeder Why on earth do you think O'Reilly is drunk? pic.twitter.com/41Flj5J9bn
— Kram Otrop (@mark_esque) March 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/alexrkonrad/status/705606533837619200
https://twitter.com/alexrkonrad/status/705611170623975424
CNN had an internal editorial debate over whether they can put "penis" in a headline—eventually deciding "yes" pic.twitter.com/vN43IahnZY
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 4, 2016
So what is the verdict here? Was O’Reilly just tired from a very heated debate? Was he flustered by Trump’s penis talk? Did he see his stock at the network fall with every question Megyn Kelly threw at Trump? Or maybe it’s something else.
Either way, it’s all pretty odd for the guy. First Ted Koppel is giving him the business and now he’s looking drunk on national television. Say it ain’t so!
(Via Patton Oswalt / Raw Story)