Bill O’Reilly has come under fire after being caught on camera berating an airline worker over a delayed bill o reilly flight.
“You’re going to lose your job,” the former host of Fox News’s “The O’Reilly Factor” warned a JetBlue employee after their flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was delayed for hours on Sunday to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Another passenger recorded video footage of the conservative commentator belittling and disputing with the employee.
In the video, an exchange between O’Reilly and an employee turned into an argument before O’Reilly demanded they find a manager about the issue.
“We need to know your plans,” O’Reilly states in the video. “It’s three hours late now.”
When the employee began to speak, O’Reilly quickly raised a hand to silence him. “No,” he said with a firm handshake as he pointed at the man’s chest. “You’ll find out.”
The situation escalated when O’Reilly moved closer to the employee to read his name tag before saying, “You’re lucky I don’t put my fist through it.”
The worker’s response can barely be heard, but O’Reilly then responded: “You fucking scumbag, don’t talk to me like that!”
JetBlue employee responded, “You’re threatening me with violence, man,” which O’Reilly immediately denied before asking: “So are you the one threatening me? Is that what you said to me?”
Though O’Reilly was seen abusing and threatening the worker, he denies any wrongdoing and placed the blame on the employee.
After DailyMail.com released a video of the confrontation, O’Reilly responded on Twitter by sharing an explanation.
“The character assassins on social media are lying about my interaction with a JetBlue employee who misled passengers during a five-hour delay, as we’ve reported on BillOReilly.com,” the comedian wrote in his post. “This was expected,” he concluded.
The character assassins on social media completely lying about my interaction with a JetBlue guy who misled passengers during a five-hour delay. We've covered on https://t.co/rryWmyXe7C. I expected this.
— Bill O'Reilly (@BillOReilly) April 19, 2022
Bill o reilly flight O’Reilly isn’t exactly known for his calm demeanor. In the early 1990s, the former conservative TV host made national headlines when he lost it during an “Inside Edition” broadcast due to a teleprompter malfunction.
In 2008, a user uploaded a video of the debacle and his words: “Fuck it! We’ll do it live”. This incident quickly went viral online as people across the globe shared it.
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