‘I don’t fear the reaper’: Bill O’Reilly goes public with details on his health issue
Former Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly is now going public with details about his illness, revealing it’s “a hereditary condition involving internal bleeding.”
“I am absolutely stunned by the reaction to my medical situation,” said the host of “The No Spin News” in a new column.
“You can do a lot of thinking while sitting in a hospital for four days. A hereditary condition involving internal bleeding took me down temporarily. I hope. I have the best medical team led by Dr. Ira Jacobson, trying to keep me on the field.”
O’Reilly is thankful to have a malady while living in America, noting, “Thank God we don’t have socialized medicine in this country. I’d be in a dark container right now.”
He also expressed a fearlessness when it comes to his eventual time to depart this world.
“It will make Blue Öyster Cult happy to know that I don’t ‘fear the reaper,'” O’Reilly indicated.
“I’ll give the malady the Barney Frank treatment and fight the good fight. Plenty of folks have far worse situations than mine. The longevity thing is not up to me. My Christian belief is that we are all here for a reason and there is, indeed, a time for every season.”
O’Reilly was touched by the amount of well-wishers, saying: “When I announced a short medical work pause, I did not expect the enormous outpouring of concern. Yes, a few usual suspects tried to damage me and my family further, and karma will deal with them. The good news is that the haters are far outnumbered by benevolent people.
“So, onward. The No Spin Nation will continue to be my primary concern. Good people, noble country. We’ll carry on.”
O’Reilly has not lost his edgy political commentary, as his latest column focuses on the violence in Minnesota.
“There is no question that Minnesota Governor Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey are both defying federal law on immigration enforcement. Frey is simply a punk, rushing to the podium on Saturday to condemn federal agents before any solid evidence emerged as to why an armed Minnesota citizen was shot dead by Border Patrol agents,” O’Reilly wrote.
Important new column just posted on https://t.co/rryWmyXe7C. #Minneapolis violence, #Greenland chaos, and my medical situation. Hope you read it. https://t.co/SWyyXz3SUq
— Bill O’Reilly (@BillOReilly) January 25, 2026
“Decency would demand caution in an awful situation like this. Not for Frey. He is a defiant far-left agitator who has worsened the potential for violence in his own city.”
“As for Walz, he is simply not smart enough to run a Taco Bell, much less a state. The right thing to do is order Minnesota authorities to cooperate with the feds while respectfully negotiating on the ground tactics with the President. You reach detente, Governor, not embrace incendiary rhetoric.
“But the sane approach is far beyond Walz, who is the modern John C. Calhoun, a despicable South Carolina senator who actually wanted the Civil War to happen.”
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