00:00Here's the thing, I owe a lot to Bill O'Reilly.
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00:09Late night hosts and comedians had plenty to say about Bill O'Reilly's Fox exit on Wednesday.
00:14Fox News confirmed the news earlier in the day that the longtime O'Reilly Factor host would be parting ways with the network.
00:21The news came after an investigation was initiated because of resurfaced claims that women were paid $13 million by the network and O'Reilly
00:28to keep quiet about sexual harassment and verbal abuse claims.
00:32O'Reilly issued a statement responding to his dismissal later in the day calling the harassment allegations completely unfounded.
00:39But that didn't stop late night from jumping into the fray.
00:41Let's count down the top five late night reactions to O'Reilly's exit.
00:45At number five we have the Late Late Show's James Corden who filled us in on Fox News' very strict 28 strikes and you're out policy.
00:53The number four reaction?
00:55Jimmy Kimmel jumped in to say that while the host was on vacation, Fox News decided to extend his vacation to forever.
01:02Kimmel is nothing if not a problem solver though, so he was quick to jump in and offer a replacement.
01:06At number three we have a show that wasn't even on the air Wednesday.
01:19Samantha Bee's Full Frontal is on hiatus for the week, but that didn't stop the show from chiming in with a Twitter farewell to the host.
01:25The tweet fixed O'Reilly's statement.
01:28All right, let's break it down.
01:29We have quotation marks around the word news, informed is replaced with lied to, and part ways due to completely unfounded claims now becomes being a sexual predator.
01:40Did Samantha Bee just drop the mic without even being on the mic?
01:44I don't have a mic either.
01:46The number two reaction came from The Daily Show's Trevor Noah, who posted a video to Twitter parodying what?
01:51I'm reading the prompter.
01:53Fine, fine, we'll do it live.
01:55All right, if you don't get this reference, this is real found footage of O'Reilly from a few years ago.
01:59We'll do it live!
02:00F*** it!
02:01Do it live!
02:02I'll write it and we'll do it live!
02:05And cue Trevor Noah.
02:07We'll do it live!
02:08We'll do it live!
02:09F*** it!
02:09We'll do it live!
02:10I'll write it and we'll do it live!
02:11Noah also ran through a highlight reel of O'Reilly's best moments, including a story the former Fox News host told of eating dinner in Harlem with Al Sharpton that Noah called so racist that I can't even be mad about it.
02:23And the number one late night response, drum roll please.
02:26Hot mic.
02:27Who else could it be?
02:28Over on The Late Show, Stephen Colbert recounted his years-long history with O'Reilly.
02:33I owe a lot to Bill O'Reilly.
02:35I spent over nine years playing a character based largely on him, Colbert said.
02:39Bringing in the Fox News personality's biggest fan, conservative pundit Stephen Colbert, for a statement.
02:45Shame on you.
02:47And what?
02:48Suddenly sexual harassment's a crime?
02:51But that's the country we live in now.
02:54Obama's Trump's America.
02:56Obama's Trump's America.
02:58Let's leave it there.
02:59So what's your favorite reaction to O'Reilly's exit?
03:01Let me know in the comments, guys.
03:02For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Paul Gustavulin.
03:05What does that mean, play us out?
03:07No.
03:08What do you mean play?
03:08I'll do it live.
03:10I'll do it live!
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