Former longtime Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was caught on video lashing out at an airline worker on Sunday after a delayed flight to the Caribbean.
The conservative commentator can be heard in the video, obtained by DailyMail.com, asking a JetBlue employee to find out why his flight from New York to Turks and Caicos is “three hours late now.” Seconds later, after a barely audible back-and-forth, O’Reilly calls the employee a “f***ing scumbag” and tells him, “You’re going to lose your job.” The JetBlue agent is heard in the video accusing O’Reilly of threatening him with violence.
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“The character assassins on social media completely lying about my interaction with a JetBlue guy who misled passengers during a five-hour delay,” O’Reilly said on Twitter after the video surfaced on Tuesday.
The 72-year-old former host of The O’Reilly Factor told a news outlet on Tuesday that he handled the situation “poorly” but did not apologize to the worker, reiterating that the JetBlue flight was delayed for hours without explanation, leading to frustration. He also accused JetBlue of fraudulent behavior, claiming the airline is selling tickets to flights that the company knows cannot arrive on schedule.
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The Washington Examiner has reached out to JetBlue for comment.
