--- title: Jimmy Kimmel on Bill O'Reilly Sexual Harassment Claims description: After learning that the embattled Fox News host is headed on a mysterious vacation, Kimmel considered the options for O'Reilly's downtime. canonical: https://time.com/4738318/jimmy-kimmel-bill-oreilly-vacation/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-13T16:01:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:47.026Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Has Vacation Ideas for Bill O'Reilly, Like Hell og:description: O'Reilly is taking some planned time off—but is keeping the location a mystery. og:url: https://time.com/4738318/jimmy-kimmel-bill-oreilly-vacation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Has Vacation Ideas for Bill O'Reilly, Like Hell twitter:description: O'Reilly is taking some planned time off—but is keeping the location a mystery. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jimmy Kimmel Has Several Vacation Ideas for Bill O'Reilly Including Hell > Sponsored content. 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So where’s he going? “Alright,” Kimmel said, playing along. “To hell, maybe? Is it hell? OK. Not hell. [Maybe Coachella](http://time.com/money/4723707/coachella-2017-most-expensive-things-to-do/)? No? Could he be on a [Rob Gronkowsi](http://time.com/4120848/rob-gronkowski-learns-how-to-cook-turkey-gronksgiving/) booze cruise?” he continued. Other suggestions included Dolly Parton’s Tennessee amusement park [Dollywood](http://time.com/4587132/dolly-parton-tennessee-wildfire/) and the fictional (and terrifying) location of _Kong: Skull Island_. But Kimmel had one final guess he felt pretty confident about. 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