Embattled Fox News host Bill O’Reilly announced tonight that he is
taking a vacation. O’Reilly’s decision to go off the air in the midst of
a sexual harassment scandal and advertiser boycott arguably has the
appearance of a suspension, but O’Reilly worked to dispel that notion.
He announced that he’d scheduled his trip “last fall” — well before the
New York Times reported he paid $13 million to settle harassment claims. A Fox News spokesperson confirmed O’Reilly will return on April 24.
But according to four network sources, there’s talk inside Fox News that
tonight’s show could be his last. Lawyers for the law firm Paul, Weiss,
hired last summer by 21st Century Fox to investigate Roger Ailes, are
currently doing a “deep dive” investigation into O’Reilly’s behavior.
They’re focused now on sexual harassment claims by O’Reilly guest Wendy
Walsh after she reported her claims via the company’s anonymous hotline.
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Source: New York Magazine (via The Empire Report)
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