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O’Reilly: I ‘can’t help’ being sexist.

On The O’Reilly Factor last night, host Bill O’Reilly asked Ann Coulter about her friendship with comedian Joy Behar. When Coulter said that she likes Behar, O’Reilly replied, “So you – there’s a civil conversation and you guys trade recipes.” Coulter laughed and said, “We do not trade recipes. Stop being such a sexist Bill O’Reilly,” to which O’Reilly responded, “can’t help it.” Watch it:

Though O’Reilly appears to be joking when he says he “can’t help” being sexist, the truth is that O’Reilly has a record of casually slipping into sexism. Just this past March, O’Reilly told a female guest, “you should be watching the kid anyway” after she called him “sexist” for saying that women need male breadwinners. In October ‘08, when he was asked on The View why Sarah Palin wouldn’t come on his show, O’Reilly responded, “I don’t know. I want her to come in. I have outfits she can wear.”



55 Responses to “O’Reilly: I ‘can’t help’ being sexist.”

  1. Badmoodman says:

    Bill O’Reilly asked Ann Coulter about her friendship with comedian Joy Behar.

    – - I’m still holding out hope that Coulter was being Colbert before Colbert was Colbert. She’s just more in character but far less in humor.


  2. Doom Siren says:

    “O’Reilly: I ‘can’t help’ being sexist.”

    I think this ranks as the first time that pompous bag of air has ever told the truth.


  3. calavzma says:

    ann coulter has a sense of humor?

    she likes funny people?

    she likes people?

    really?

    why doesn’t her face have any expression?


  4. neoparody says:

    o’reilly wants women to work only if they will work on his c*ck.


  5. bob hussein lablah says:

    At least he didn’t ask her to wash herself with a falafel.


  6. spencers mom says:

    Why would Joy Behar want to be friends with a guy like Coulter?

    OT, but the latest news is that NotJoeTheNotPlumber is leaving the GNOP. Wow, when you can’t hold onto your stoopid, what have you got left?

    PEACE


  7. makete says:

    Do you think that there is more to the relationship between mAnn and Joy?


  8. RantingTommy says:

    She, O’Reilly, and Limbaugh are perfect representatives of the current state of the GOP.


  9. misscoleopteramolly says:

    OK, Bill-o admits he can’t help being sexist. As long as he’s on a roll, can he also admit he can’t help being disgusting?


  10. RollaMO says:

    What’s wrong with being sexy? — Nigel Tufnel


  11. RantingTommy says:

    He can’t help being a liar either


  12. citizen_pain says:

    How does one be sexist to a transvestite?


  13. neoparody says:

    obama isnt even qualified to command the 15th meu at camp pendleton. what makes him believe hes good enough to be cinc?


  14. citizen_pain says:

    Gee Neoparody, maybe it’s because the Bu$h administration and the Pentagon adopted his strategies for dealing with Iraq and Afghanistan WELL BEFORE he was elected.

    I’s day that if the president and the military took your advice before you were even in office, that would instill a little confidence, hmm?


  15. spencers mom says:

    neoparody, what do Obama or Camp Pendleton have to do with O’Reilly, Coulter or Behar?

    FLAGGED as off topic!

    PEACE


  16. neoparody says:

    i dont have to have any confidence! no! (crosses shoulders and pouts)


  17. ladybastet says:

    O’Reilly can’t help being a total jackass either, but you don’t see Coulter calling him out on that one do you? On the other hand, if you saw Keith O step one foot out of line she jump on that faster than O’Reilly would on her!


  18. hormiga brava chavez says:

    I’m shocked! Joy Behar hangs out with Crackhead Coulter? Yikes!

    O’Sillyho the media whore is so arrogant. He’s probably obssessed with cross dressing and acts like a sexist bastard because he’s jealous of women.


  19. Purple State says:

    Stop. Don’t do this to us, TP.

    Don’t post these things that make us…not hate Ann Coulter.


  20. The Ctenocephalides Dogfather says:

    I’d love to see O’Lielly try saying that “you should be home taking care of the kid” crap to Man Coulter — he’d kick O’Lielly’s a$$…


  21. misscoleopteramolly says:

    neoparody Says
    May 7th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    obama isnt even qualified to command the 15th meu at camp pendleton. what makes him believe hes good enough to be cinc?
    ____________________________________________________________

    What, exactly, is your point? That a POTUS should have Marine Expeditionary Unit command experience before he’s fit for the office? That’s gonna leave a lot of past presidents unqualified for the job they once held.

    And what in the world does this have to do with the topic of the thread?


  22. ladybastet says:

    Neoparody, haven’t you got anything better to do? Your party is going to hell in a hand basket! I think coming onto blogs like this one and wasting OUR time as well as your own isn’t a very good idea when you’ve got 2010 coming up and more GOP held seats to be lost.


  23. The Ctenocephalides Dogfather says:

    neo-con-poop Says: obama isnt even qualified to command the 15th meu at camp pendleton. what makes him believe hes good enough to be cinc?

    It isn’t Obama who thinks he’s “good enough” to be CINC, neo; it was the majority of Americans who made that decision last November.

    You lost. Get over it and move on, or get out of the way while we put the country back together that you morons destroyed over the last 8 years.


  24. misscoleopteramolly says:

    Purple State Says
    May 7th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    Stop. Don’t do this to us, TP.

    Don’t post these things that make us…not hate Ann Coulter.
    __________________________________________________________

    Not to worry. Just go check out today’s column at anncoulter.com. After you read her screed on torture, you’ll remember why she’s thoroughly unlikeable.


  25. RantingTommy says:

    I am amazed at how many people here ignore the word “parody” in neoparody’s name


  26. P.D. says:

    Ahhh.. I feel bad for you downtrodden neo-cons. Now it turns out the your beloved ‘Joe the Plumber’ is fleeing the Repug Party. Just check out Time magazine.


  27. ladybastet says:


    Purple State Says
    May 7th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    Stop. Don’t do this to us, TP.

    Don’t post these things that make us…not hate Ann Coulter.

    Hehe. There’s no danger of that as far as I’m concerned. It would take her performing an act of benevolence worthy of Mother Teresa before I could start warming to Coulter.


  28. spearNmagicHelmet says:

    you should start considering the idea of NOT posting these stories.


  29. ralph the wonder locust says:

    neoparody, can you take a few notes?

    Your schtick is too inconsistent to be effective. If you’re going to try to parody neocons (a tall order; I don’t envy the task) then you should be in character with each and every post. Some will still take you seriously and lash out, but as your reputation builds, you will get the reaction you are going for, most of the time.

    If you want to make a serious comment, I’d suggest logging in as a different screen name.


  30. conniptionfit says:

    No comment on the rest of it, but OReilly saying that he has outfits for Palin… that’s funny!


  31. Purple State says:

    RantingTommy Says:

    I am amazed at how many people here ignore the word “parody” in neoparody’s name

    Parody doesn’t really work in blogs. There needs to be an added dimension to it. Anyone can call themselves something-parody on-line and ramble about views, but it doesn’t translate here.

    Steven Colbert’s parodies work because there’s the added idea of action to his words and deliberate mockery from longer streams of consciousness. Just popping in every now and then does not always key in the idea that what neoparody does is parody.

    It’s Steven Colbert on Twitter.

    No offense to neoparody, but the style doesn’t always work in blogs. The comments are too brief and too anonymous to judge if they are serious or not


  32. dbadass says:

    Have you considered “ralph the wise orthopteran?”


  33. spencers mom says:

    Ralph, count me among those who see nothing funny, smart or clever with neo’s posts. Stephen Colbert it isn’t, and I wouldn’t miss it if it were gone.

    PEACE


  34. A Patriotic Anopheles Acting says:

    O’Liely channeling Nigel Tufnel, “What’s wrong with being sexy?”


  35. RantingTommy says:

    I wasn’t saying that neo’s parody was ‘good’, just that the name kinda gives it away


  36. RantingTommy says:

    and that I’m surprised so many fall for it


  37. ladybastet says:


    Purple State
    No offense to neoparody, but the style doesn’t always work in blogs. The comments are too brief and too anonymous to judge if they are serious or not

    I’d have to agree with that.


  38. conniptionfit says:

    Neo just ends up sounding like drunk who forgot why he called…


  39. The Ctenocephalides Dogfather says:

    Ralph: I’m with the rest of ‘em — you just can’t tell when neo is being “parody” or being “serious”, so why take chances? At least with Colbert, you’re clued into the schtick from the get-go; with neo on this site, however, one never knows…


  40. RantingTommy says:

    i could buy that you couldnt tell if it wasn’t in his name

    it’s not good parody, or effective parody, or even passable parody

    but, when the word ‘parody’ is in the name, it’s pretty easy to infer that parody was the intent, accomplished or not


  41. ralph the wonder locust says:

    spencers mom Says:
    Ralph, count me among those who see nothing funny, smart or clever with neo’s posts. Stephen Colbert it isn’t, and I wouldn’t miss it if it were gone.

    I’m with ya, spencers mom. I think Ranting Tommy has a bead on neoparody.

    Mind you, coming up with a decent parody of the right wing may seem easy but it’s really not. You have to go so far afield of reasonable thought to make clear that it’s not to be taken seriously that one walks a very thin line between being a parody and just outright stupid.

    Colbert seems to know where that line is, since he’s close enough that most right-wingers think he actually believes what he says.


  42. Doodlebug Shayne says:

    RantingTommy Says:

    and that I’m surprised so many fall for it

    He insults regular posters like any troll. I think he added parody because he’s a coward covering his behind.


  43. neoparody says:

    de de de de do

    don’t you, forget about me

    don’t don’t don’t don’t …


  44. bonzo 1958 says:

    But he most assuredly could do something about being an ass.


  45. RP2012 says:

    Slow day in the “news” TP?


  46. WAYNEBRO says:

    That’s gotta be the first post mortem shot I’ve ever seen taken of someone while they were still alive.


  47. glogrrl says:

    Can you imagine what would result from a union of Coulter & O’Reilly? “Shudder”


  48. obama-biden2009 says:

    Coultergeist on Fox with Bill O the Clown? That’s a new one.

    Nazi with a Sexist, sounds like a new show coming soon to Foxx in North Carolina?


  49. Ape-Man says:

    She functions like a marrionet.

    Just put strings on her and go to Vegas!

    There’s quite a few Republicans like that.


  50. curious says:

    First allow me time to recover. The idea that this nasty, shop worn, knuckle dragging man masquerading as a woman, might have a friend takes real thought. Actually you must suspend belief in all things rational.

    Orally can’t help it. He is right about that. If he is married you can only feel pity for the woman. This fat headed, poor excuse for a man. Hey, I just thought of something. Orally is no man, but Coulter is. I must get out more.


  51. Ape-Man says:

    Ever wonder how we ended up with a cluster of bozos taking over and destroying the Republican party beyond repair? I mean they are beyond road kill. How about a big hand for Muuurdooock!!


  52. wiley says:

    The Litmus test for being ready to parody the GOP

    Can you top “tent of freedom”?

    It’s been toyed with, in good fun, but I haven’t seen anything that comes close to the WTF?! factor on this one.


  53. Badmoodman says:

    glogrrl Says:
    Can you imagine what would result from a union of Coulter & O’Reilly?

    – - There isn’t a single uterus between them.


  54. Max Anax junius -1 says:

    .

    ANDREA MACKRIS AGREES!

    .




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