Bill O’Reilly, "Chubby Chaser?"
Reported by Priscilla - April 23, 2010 -
Bill O’Reilly does love him the soft core. He has provided his “traditionalist” audience with a variety of bodacious babes in various states of undress. Be it the Patriot Girls, or "patriotic" Olympic athletes, Bill is a connoisseur of bodacious bikini bootay. He also does seem to have an appreciation for underwear models, and to show that he’s equal opportunity when it comes to hot and sexy underwear models, he has extended his soft core to include some plus size gals – all, of course, as part of a “Culture Warrior” analysis of whether a network’s rejection of a plus sized women’s undergarment ad, because it was too sexy for the "family hour," shows a bias against the plus sized. In order to illustrate this issue of vital importance to real Americans, Bill, who is too sexy for his loofah, played the whole commercial – twice - and to show that he doesn’t discriminate, he played footage of “skinny” Victoria’s Secret models. But he did issue a “warning,” so it was all good – except that he seems to have broken, once again, a promise he made to Laura Ingraham about “bikini shots.”
Bill’s graphic, as he gave us the back story, was a photo of a bra wearing women who was sporting some cleavage that was a little more than what you see from some of the female Fox “news” personalities. Appropriate for Bill, whose main concern is human rights, was the caption – “Plus Size Bias.” He said that a network rejected the ad for the “family hour” – which is the time that Bill does his soft core so go figure. He noted that there are charges that skinny models are not “subject to the same scrutiny on TV.” He played the entire Lane Bryant ad. He asked his blonde wingwomen if this ad was appropriate for “family hour.” While Gretchen Carlson spoke, the ad was played again. When she said that it was felt that the ad was “too salacious” for that hour, Bill asked “is it, is it?” (oh yes, Oh Yes, OH YES, YES… ahhh) Carlson felt that Lane Bryant was trying make a big deal out of this to get free publicity which she felt was “smart PR.” (And Bill O’Reilly is helping!!!) She added that she felt it was OK for the 9PM time slot. Margaret Hoover said that Lane Bryant was smart to frame the issue as they did because Victoria’s Secret models do their thing during the family hour. Bill then played footage of Victoria’s Secret models. Bill seemed confused and wanted to know “what that’s all about?” The irony was truly ROFLMAO when Gretchen, sporting a little cleavage tease, said that with plus sized models you get more cleavage. Bill said that “it’s a matter of skin.” When Hoover opined that she thought it was a double standard, Carlson said it “appears to be over the line because you get more.” (I couldn’t see where O’Reilly’s hands were as the camera was focused on Gretch). Bill wanted to know if Hoover agreed and she said “that is biologically true.” Bill joked that now everybody “knows where the warriors stand. 8 o’clock a little too much.” Carlson said that kids are seeing “worse than this on regular TV shows.” America’s Daddy said that “we don’t justify bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior. We want just to have Factor Culture Warrior standards.” Another ROFLMAO moment when O’Reilly said he didn’t “really care” so he wasn’t going to weigh in on this one and that he doesn’t care what Lane Bryant is doing or selling as “long as it isn’t Janet Jackson’s situation.”
Comment: If ya want to see a little “T&A” during the “family hour,” tune in to Bill O’Reilly. But all snark aside, if he doesn’t care about Lane Bryant why did he show this segment? Why does he continue to show soft core under the guise of discussing some tangential issue surrounding it? Is there something beyond voyeurism? I really, seriously, have to question if he “gets off” on forcing his attractive “culture warriors” to discuss sexual topics while sexy videos are played. Does he want his female “warriors” to feel uncomfortable? Is his pattern of showing and discussing scantily clad women a way to demean his “warriors” and as such, establish his dominance - because, if so, he’s truly a sick misogynist! That his giggling warriors would agree to enable him in his pursuit seem to suggest that they check their self respect at the door. I guess pleasuring Bill is worth the money. I hope it’s as good for them as it is for him!
And one more thing. In responding to Laura Ingraham’s complaint about Bill O’Reilly’s fondness for scantily clad women - "I don't know if there's a rampant midlife crisis going on on this network among the male anchors, but I can tell you that my female listeners are saying ... what is the purpose? ...” –Bill promised that there would be no more bikini shots. Looks like he broke his promise.
