Bill O'Reilly Boasts Controversial Remarks Boosted 'View' Ratings

9:31 AM PDT 10/18/2010 by Lindsay Powers

During a commercial break, he said the clip would "play all over the nation."

Bill O'Reilly bragged to The View co-hosts that he'd improve ratings during a commercial break on his explosive appearance last Thursday. Watch the clip.
"It was not staged. In between the camera break, he said, 'I'm gonna show the entire clip on my show. It's going to play all over the nation… and it's really going to make your ratings," Sherri Shepherd said on Monday's "Hot Topics" segment when discussing the conservative Fox host's appearance, which ended with Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg storming off the set. Watch the clip on page two of this article.