Fox News host Bill O’Reilly appeared as a guest host on the show “Outnumbered” on Wednesday and repeatedly shut down and hit back at “conspiracy” theories and arguments presented by Andrea Tantaros, one of the show’s regular conservative hosts.
During a discussion of President Obama’s handling of the Islamic State terror group, Tantaros interjected with her opinion on the troops in Afghanistan.
“You’re talking about Afghanistan now,” O’Reilly said. “This is a whole different thing than we were talking about. We’re talking about ISIS and the intrusion of ISIS. … It’s a different situation now.”
When Tantaros discussed Hillary Clinton and poked fun of her “Running Man” and Conga line dancing, her hairstyle change, and her shot drinking in Venezuela, O’Reilly fired back.
“I don’t think you want to cheap shot Hillary Clinton,” O’Reilly said. “I don’t think it does us any good.”
Tantaros then floated the idea that the Obama administration had leaked information about Clinton using her own email server while she served as Secretary of State.
“Ugh! How can you talk about this stuff?” O’Reilly said, talking over Tantaros. “How could I possibly? … I mean how could you know that? This conspiracy. … I can’t, I can’t possibly comment on that.”
“Is there a conspiracy?” O’Reilly continued. “They did this or they did that — I don’t know.”
“Not a conspiracy,” Tantaros said. “Is it real?”
Co-host Harris Faulkner put an end to the prodding from Tantaros.
“Asked and answered,” Faulkner said.
Finally, a discussion about the New York City Board of Health’s decision to limit juice in daycare, prompted O’Reilly to really lose it.
“It is nanny state-ish,” O’Reilly agreed. “But it’s necessary because we have so many irresponsible parents.”
Tantaros said “the road to hell is often paved with good intentions.” She added that the emphasis on getting kids healthy is “causing mental problems” and that kids will develop eating disorders because of it.
“Oh, Andrea, come on!” O’Reilly said. “One or two kids are gonna have an eating disorder no matter what you do. It’s the greater good that must be served.”
“The greater good!” Tantaros said, before pointing at O’Reilly. “There’s the People’s Republic of Massachusetts oozing out on the couch.”
“Ay ya yay,” O’Reilly said.
The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” could hardly contain his enthusiasm when he was informed by Faulkner that his turn as the “One Lucky Guy” would continue on “Outnumbered Overtime.”
“It never ends. This show never ends,” O’Reilly said. “It just goes around the clock. It’s like a telethon.”
