Bill O'Reilly

Bill O' Reilly On The O' Reilly Report

Bill O'Reilly is a commentator and host of the show The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, which he calls the "No Spin Zone." O'Reilly often remarks that his personal political viewpoint is not captured by the modern Democrat and Republican archetypes and would rather call himself a "traditionalist." In this vein, he has expressed support for some positions not traditionally associated with his political supporters including anthropogenic climate change and civil unions for both heterosexual and homosexual couples. The hosts who fill in for him, however, are all standard conservative Republicans, such as John Kasich, Michelle Malkin, and Laura Ingraham. (Tony Snow also had filled in a few times prior to becoming White House Press Secretary).

The O'Reilly Factor is the highest-rated hours on any cable news channel. 20 million people a week watch the show and there are millions more who hear him on radio stations.

Trivia

• O'Lie-lly and Stephen Colbert have a friendly rivalry, even appearing on each others' shows.
• O'Lie-lly is a big fan of Middle Eastern food, especially falafel.
• O'Lie-lly is mentioned many times in the New York Times best selling book: Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them," by Al Franken.
• Bill O'Lie-lly lied about winning a Peabody.
• Billy Boy, as his college friends called him, admits that he likes to watch an occasional cock fight. "I just love the way they move around all stiff-like," he says "and how they twitch so much coming near the end of the fight. It's just beautiful."
• He had a short relationship with Ann Coulter. The relationship was quickly over when, on the third date after O'Reilly finally convinced Ann to give it up, he noticed she had a "dingy" just like he did.