Stephen Colbert and “Stephen Colbert” took some time Wednesday night to say goodbye to the man they referred to as “Papa Bear”: Bill O’Reilly.
The “Late Show” host, who largely based his “Colbert Report” conservative pundit persona on the former Fox News anchor, kicked off Wednesday’s show by devoting much of his opening monologue to the news of O’Reilly’s ouster from Fox News amid sexual harassment allegations.
“Over the years, I have talked one or two times about Fox News host, and bold fresh piece of humanity, Bill O’Reilly,” Colbert said. “Like him or not, a lot of people watched him. He had the #1 cable news show for fifteen years… until today.” Colbert went on to say that he and O’Reilly didn’t see “eye to eye on anything,” but that having him gone was a huge deal.
Also tonight! Conservative pundit ‘Stephen Colbert’ reacts to #BillOReilly‘s dismissal from Fox News. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/p8IJtmKBcn
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) April 20, 2017
“It’s like looking at your front yard and the big oak tree is just gone,” Colbert said. “I’m sure the oak tree said some disturbing things about young black men with their rap music and their neck tattoos, but damn it the tree had been there forever. And your grandpa liked to just sit there and stare at it, and then the tree would sell your grandpa gold coins and self-lubricating catheters.”
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