--- title: Stephen Colbert Asks God to Weigh in on Bill O'Reilly Claims description: Stephen Colbert called on a higher power to weigh in on Bill O'Reilly's recent comments regarding sexual harassment claims against him. canonical: https://time.com/4996827/stephen-colbert-bill-oreilly-god/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-25T15:29:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:16.559Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Needed a High Power to Handle Bill O’Reilly og:description: "I don’t want my name associated with this Bill O’Reilly business" og:url: https://time.com/4996827/stephen-colbert-bill-oreilly-god/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42f73beca20a54e2/6988e349196cf4ba0d04277a/stephen-colbert-god-bill-oreilly.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Needed a High Power to Handle Bill O’Reilly twitter:description: "I don’t want my name associated with this Bill O’Reilly business" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42f73beca20a54e2/6988e349196cf4ba0d04277a/stephen-colbert-god-bill-oreilly.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bill O'Reilly Said He's 'Mad at God.' Stephen Colbert Called on the Higher Power to Respond  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 25, 2017 3:29 PM UTC  NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 21: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during Thursday's September 21, 2017 show. (Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images) NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 21: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during Thursday's September 21, 2017 show. (Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 25, 2017 3:29 PM UTC [_The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_](http://time.com/4894724/anthony-scaramucci-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/) host [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4852797/colbert-kellyanne-conway-dub/) called on a higher power to weigh in on Bill O’Reilly’s comments that he’s “mad” at God following [losing his job at Fox News amid a sexual harassment scandal](http://time.com/4992541/fox-news-renewed-bill-oreilly-contract/). Colbert allowed the big guy upstairs to give his take on O’Reilly’s claims after querying whether or not the Lord was responsible for O’Reilly’s troubles. “Is God really to blame for this whole scandal?” Colbert asked before “God” appeared on a screen above the studio. “Don’t drag me into this,” God said. “I don’t want my name associated with this Bill O’Reilly business.” In addition to giving his thoughts on O’Reilly, God admitted that he hasn’t had the greatest track record with his treatment of women in the past, including turning Lot’s wife to salt and “getting that chick pregnant,” which resulted in his only son coming back into his life nearly three decades later. As for his collusion in O’Reilly’s scandal, God had this to say: “Yes, I gave him that free will and look what he did with it. 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