A ‘Suitably Confrontational’ Bill O’Reilly Discusses His Interview With ‘Thin-Skinned’ President Obama

Calling in to talk to Fox News’ Martha MacCallum, Bill O’Reilly took time this morning to talk about his Superbowl Sunday interview with President Obama. Pundits have pored over the interview in an attempt to divine a winner and loser, and O’Reilly’s got his own verdict on the chat: “I got my questions in. I was suitably confrontational in a friendly way.”

O’Reilly said while he “sympathizes” with the president, he also thinks POTUS “still has a thin skin.”

An additional ten minutes of the interview will air tonight on The O’Reilly Factor. As for the varying takes on the interview and who prevailed, O’Reilly said he skipped most of the political fallout on the blogosphere today. Why? “I don’t like to read the blogs because a lot of those people are mentally ill who write them.” O’Reilly did “sample” a few reviews of his interview, and said they largely fell along predictable lines: people who support the president felt O’Reilly was rude or excessively tough, and those who oppose the president say O’Reilly was “too soft.”

Watch the segment here, from Fox News:

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