--- title: Trevor Noah on Bill O'Reilly Fired From Fox News VIDEO description: In the wake of Bill O'Reilly's firing from Fox News, Trevor Noah took some time to give the talk show host the send-off he felt he deserved. canonical: https://time.com/4748635/trevor-noah-on-bill-oreilly/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-20T16:41:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:00.696Z og:title: Trevor Noah Bids Farewell to 'Sith Lord of Cable' Bill O'Reilly og:description: "There is much anger on the dark side" og:url: https://time.com/4748635/trevor-noah-on-bill-oreilly/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e767f7b3622fe11/6988c3c07cdbacd25cd57ff0/screen-shot-2017-04-20-at-11-49-08-am.png?branch=production&width=1196&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1196 og:image:height: 673 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2017-04-20 at 11.49.08 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trevor Noah Bids Farewell to 'Sith Lord of Cable' Bill O'Reilly twitter:description: "There is much anger on the dark side" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e767f7b3622fe11/6988c3c07cdbacd25cd57ff0/screen-shot-2017-04-20-at-11-49-08-am.png?branch=production&width=1196&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Trevor Noah Bid Farewell to 'Sith Lord of Cable News' Bill O'Reilly > Sponsored content. 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During Wednesday night’s episode of _The Daily Show_, Noah took a look back at what he considers the highlights of O’Reilly’s 20-year career at Fox. “You may not know this, but Bill O’Reilly was the biggest figure in the history of cable news. At one point, no one even came close, because they were afraid that he might sexually harass them,” he said, referencing the accusations of sexual [harassment against O’Reilly](http://time.com/4722035/fox-news-bill-oreilly-lawsuits/) that 21st Century Fox cited as the reason for his departure, which O’Reilly has brushed off explaining he is “vulnerable to lawsuits.” Noah even found a way to work a _Star Wars_ metaphor into his analysis of the conservative pundit. “Bill O’Reilly wasn’t just a famous news man. You know all that anger and victimhood you hear from Trump voters? A lot of that started with him,” he said. “A lot of people said that Jon Stewart was the Yoda of cable news. 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