Bill O'Reilly Gets A Savage Public Reminder Of How Much He Paid In Settlements

Disgraced former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly cracked that he found a Super Bowl ad so bad that it almost turned him into a socialist. 

O’Reilly, who left the network in 2017 in the middle of a sexual harassment scandal, even referred specifically to the cost of the Burger King spot that he found so tasteless: 

But as O’Reilly’s detractors pointed out, there’s something a whole lot more “terrible” than shelling out $5 million on a Super Bowl ad: spending $32 million to settle a sexual harassment claim. 

The New York Times reported that O’Reilly did just that in January 2017 , settling harassment allegations made by an analyst on the network. That was on top of multiple other multimillion-dollar settlements with his accusers. 

All told, the Times said O’Reilly spent $45 million settling such claims. 

Twitter users were quick to point out that the Burger King spot O’Reilly complained about was a bargain in comparison: