- Tech
-
-
Tech
The gadgets, platforms, and software that make your digital life possible. If it bleeps, clicks or blinks, you’ll find it here.
-
Devices
-
Categories
-
-
- Internet Culture
-
-
Internet Culture
-
Categories
-
Featured
-
-
- Streaming
-
-
Streaming
-
Services
-
Featured
-
-
- IRL
-
-
IRL
-
Categories
-
Featured
-
-
- Social
-
-
Social
-
Categories
-
Featured
-
-
- Live TV
-
-
Live TV
-
Services
-
Guides
-
-
- More
- Search
See all Editor's Picks →
See all Popular →
Represented by Complex Media, Inc. for advertising sales.
Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Ethics
Latest
- Angela Abar wrestles with destiny in ‘Watchmen’ episode 8 Sunday 9:05 PM
- Guy who runs Trump Organization Twitter account caught hyping up own tweet Sunday 4:51 PM
- People found out how tall Olaf is–and now ‘Frozen’ is terrifying Sunday 3:41 PM
- Rapper Juice WRLD dead at 21 Sunday 3:02 PM
- Embody Andrew Yang, fight other presidential candidates in video game Sunday 2:33 PM
- Ariana Grande spoke with TikTok teen who looks exactly like her Sunday 1:00 PM
- Beyoncé accused of paying dancers ‘low rates’ Sunday 11:58 AM
- Timmy Thick blasted for saying the N-word in comeback video Sunday 9:11 AM
- Netflix’s ‘The Confession Killer’ is a devastating and well-built portrait of a con artist Sunday 8:00 AM
- Swipe This! I’m ashamed to tell anyone about my online shopping habit Sunday 6:00 AM
- UPS facing backlash for thanking police after employee killed in shootout Saturday 5:02 PM
- Sanders campaign fires staffer after anti-Semitic, homophobic tweets surface Saturday 3:13 PM
- Brother Nature was attacked, says everyone just watched with phones out Saturday 2:45 PM
- Ryan Reynolds’ gin company hires Peloton wife for ad Saturday 1:24 PM
- Ex-vegan YouTuber accused of fraud after following meat-only diet Saturday 1:11 PM
Fox News drops Bill O’Reilly for good
Executives are finalizing the details, according to sources.
After paying out over $13 million in settlements for sexual assault allegations made against Bill O’Reilly, Fox News has decided to let its most popular host go.
Fox News parent company 21st Century Fox, confirmed that O’Reilly was out at the network following reports of his forced departure.
“After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the Company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel,” 21st Century Fox said in a statement.
The confirmation follows a report from New York magazine, citing anonymous sources, that executives held emergency meetings Wednesday morning to discuss how to sever ties with O’Reilly.
The question wasn’t whether if O’Reilly would be canned—exectutives were planning to make the announcement before he gets back from vacation on April 24, according to the magazine—but if he would get to say goodbye to his audience and what his exit package will look like.
O’Reilly recently re-upped his contract for $20 million; when Fox News founder and former chairman Roger Ailes left last year, also for sexual harassment allegations, the network paid out the rest of his $40 million contract. Some names that the network are considering to fill O’Reilly’s time slot include Eric Bolling, Dana Perino, and Tucker Carlson, according to New York.
On Tuesday, another woman who used to work with O’Reilly came forward with harassment allegations. The anonymous woman’s lawyer, Lisa Bloom, told the Hollywood Reporter that her client, a former Fox News clerical worker, wasn’t looking for money, just to tell her story. “He would never talk to her, not even hello, except to grunt at her like a wild boar,” Bloom told the Hollywood Reporter. “He would leer at her. He would always do this when no one else was around and she was scared.” O’Reilly also called the woman, who is black, “hot chocolate,” Bloom said.
The Murdoch family, which owns Fox News, was initially rumored to be split over whether to get rid of O’Reilly. 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch reportedly wanted to pull him, while his father, Rupert, was for keeping him. James’ brother Lachlan didn’t warm up to the idea of letting him go until recently, according to New York.
When Bill O’Reilly’s sexual harassment settlements were brought to light earlier this month, advertisers quickly began dropping the O’Reilly Factor. Soon after, it was announced that O’Reilly had gone on vacation.
Update 2pm CT, April 19: 21st Century Fox has confirmed O’Reilly is out at Fox News. Tucker Carlson will reportedly replace him in the 8pm time slot. We have updated the headline to reflect the confirmation.
H/T New York

Jessica Machado
Jessica Machado is the IRL editor of the Daily Dot. Previously, she was an associate editor at Rolling Stone. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Elle, Vice, Salon, BuzzFeed, Guernica, Bitch, Bust, the Cut, the Awl, the Toast, among others.