Bill O'Reilly: 'Whitney Houston Wanted To Kill Herself' (VIDEO)

Bill O'Reilly used some rather harsh words to describe the shocking death of singer Whitney Houston on his Fox News show Monday night.

Houston, who died on Saturday in her hotel room, struggled with drug addiction for the latter part of her life. She infamously told Diane Sawyer that she made "too much money to ever smoke crack," and detailed her extensive drug use in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. She attempted to stage a few comebacks in recent years, but repeatedly succumbed to her addiction.

O'Reilly described Houston as one of the most successful singers of all time who, like so many pop stars, was an addict. O'Reilly's main point of the discussion was to describe the danger associated with drugs and criticize those who, according to O'Reilly, advocate for its legalization. He was, however, quite tough on the singer and her addiction.

"Whitney Houston wanted to kill herself. Nobody takes drugs for that long if they want to stay on the planet. She follows in the footsteps of Elvis, Janis Joplin, Michael Jackson, and scores of other entertainment figures. The hard truth is that some people will always want to destroy themselves, and there's nothing society can do about it," O'Reilly said.

O'Reilly later added that "the doctor who prescribed those drugs for Whitney Houston had to know she was a drug addict. Everybody knew that. Yet an M.D. apparently gave her powerful, legal narcotics. The same thing happened to Michael Jackson."

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Comments

[Ted Gonzalez]

12:52 PM on 03/12/2012

I am in principle against any sort of criticism and commentary about people who are unable to defend themselves: the comatose, toddlers...dead poeple. Bill-O! You're picking on dead people again?Who's next Bill? JFK? My grandmother? By their deafening silence to your commentary and criticism this must mean you're correct in your assertions Bill ?

[2006dragonflie]

02:42 PM on 02/19/2012

WOW ! I can tell you honestly of pain and thoughts and stress and sleep. I am no where near Whitney Houston but I know of the above and I have recently lost my son to a assault, He is now a traumatic Brain Injury a quad and doesn't talk and dealing with all of the above, ie.. courts and all the services you have to deal with is not easy and with mindless thinking I was taking 2 Valium and drinking it with half a bottle of wine so I could sleep. I wasn't doing it to kill myself but I needed to sleep, a escape, my brain wouldn't turn off !. I have 5 children I already lost one. I love life and I need to be here for my kids, It truly was mindless and I have learn that what I didn't think of was that it was safe, my doctor gave it to me that if it was so dangerous it would have been better monitored and the dangers are not highlighted enough, not enough knowledge.I know of my responsibility, Believe me It was mindless. But I know much more now. It is so easy to judge.

[staggslaw]

10:01 PM on 02/18/2012

I wonder if he feels the same about Judy Garland, whose story so closely mirrors Whitney's, the greatest singer of her generation, one of the greatest of all time, addictions leading to her death at 47. There is one significant difference, however, when "Dorothy" died there was not such heartless mean spiritedness overhanging our mourning, I bet not even from O'Reilly.

[1Stargazer]

01:50 AM on 02/18/2012

How come the illegal drug dealers to the "stars" are never exposed? I never read about these
Evil individuals being brought to justice!

[Verriderrti]

02:08 AM on 02/17/2012

Yeah, she told him personally while they did lines together.

[JohnnyRivers]

01:20 PM on 02/16/2012

He's an idiot. How's your wife Bill? Who is she dating now?

[Warren Harrison]

12:17 PM on 02/16/2012

Bill O'Reillly is beginning to sound more and more like a Televangelist. Have you not noticed.
Sure drugs are a problem. However, to make a statement that "Houston wanted to kill herself"
is a speculatory as the 2012 theory. Houston's death was "NEWS" and that is what should be reported the "NEWS". Houston stepped up and made it clear she had an addiction problem and that should be congratulatory. Her statements most likely were meant to help or detour others through her experience. In all honesty, there is no documentation and no statement by Houston that she wanted to kill herself. So in this respect O'Reilly is out of line
with his statement. This is something we all should remember.

[Grulg]

11:04 AM on 02/16/2012

Well sure Billo is right, she WAS an addict, and sure someone had to make her get cleaned as she was never going to do it for herself w/out mega help.

But did Herr Billo ever try to help her? 'Course not. Would it have mattered? Prob. not.

[lorine616]

08:12 AM on 02/16/2012

She chose her own destiny....And Bobby Brown didn't hold a gun to her head and tell her to take drugs...People have the choice to say NO...!...Unfortunately alot of people will suffer because of this and I hope her daughter remains strong....!

[Celebrindan]

06:29 AM on 02/16/2012

I like how this sanctimonious jerkwad doesn't seem to differentiate between PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (from doctors) that were found in her room, and heroin or crack.

He also seems to forget that he will take the long dirt-nap someday, too.

That folks may speculate as to the cause and reason, or even celebrate, when he finally lays down the burdens he's shouldered in this life.

Wait, doesn't he call himself a Christian?

Doesn't his 'god' have a 'plan' for us all?

How could anyone possibly mess with his perfect god's perfect plan?

Supwidat, Billo?

Talking with two mouths?

Sounds like you're taking a page out of Romney's book.

[ibivi]

11:35 AM on 02/16/2012

Unfortunately, in the US it is fairly easy to doctor shop to get narcotic medications. That's what Jackson did to get medications he shouldn't have been taking without being properly monitored for addiction for example. Prescription doesn't mean that you are being properly assessed as to whether you have other options and when to be weaned off serious medications like narcotics. If you are on narcotics you shouldn't be drinking alcohol. Houston had two prescribed narcotic meds in her room and it was reported that she was drinking and behaving oddly the day before her death. She didn't have a minder-someone to watch what she doing (like mixing drugs and alcohol). I think her death was unintentional depending on what the tox tests show.

[Celebrindan]

09:52 PM on 02/17/2012

Not quite true, anymore.

The nation's pharmacological dispensary system is all tracked and monitored now, just like our electronic communications.

You have to do a whole new level of 'active counterfeiting' to 'game' the system now.

It's not so simple anymore.

[Olaugh]

05:53 AM on 02/16/2012

Ah, Bill, wait till you see the things I write about you after you die.   Falafel will feature prominently and there will be, "never a miscommunication."

[hoho5973]

04:44 AM on 02/16/2012

It is good to see O'Reilly not going along with the rest of the media in making excuses for her behaviour that ultimately resulted in her death. People make choices, some good, some bad, but in the end, we are all accountable for the choices that we make, and must all deal with the consequences, good or bad. All Bill is doing is pointing out the truth, and with the hope that some people going down this same road may see this as a wake-up call, and turn their life around. The choice is yours!

[Celebrindan]

06:32 AM on 02/16/2012

So, the message here is never trust doctors?

The only message here, is that O'Reilly is an bombastic idiot, working for those with motive, money and agenda.

[Mike Costanza]

11:11 AM on 02/16/2012

Right. Like, we didn't know that Houston was self-destructive and addicted to drugs. o'Reilly simply needed a target for his visiousness, and decided to select Houston.

Perhps this will do some good in the end. Someone, upon hearing of O'Reilly's comments, could get through the screen of bodyguards he has to have and lay him out.

[adamsah64]

01:29 PM on 04/25/2012

Its a big news story and hes the biggest name in news. Did you really think he wouldn't talk about her and her drug use?

[sc29403]

03:27 AM on 02/16/2012

BO says, "Yet an M.D. apparently gave her powerful, legal narcotics. The same thing happened to Michael Jackson." Not quite the "same thing", BO. What MJ's dr gave him was a bit out of the league of what was found with WH. WH's Rx's are probably the number one and two drugs prescribed to people in this country. We are an anxiety-ridden group in need of calming. But BO doesn't pay attention to the news/facts....he likes to make his own. He is definitely the spin doctor.

[realpragmatist]

01:37 AM on 02/16/2012

Bill O'Reilly makes lots of sense most of the time. He is very intelligent and he is has the top rated cable television show in his genre for a good reason.
Fascinating to see him make his points in a calm and cogent manner.

[Bandini]

03:22 AM on 02/16/2012

lol!!!!

[hoho5973]

04:45 AM on 02/16/2012

Yeah, he is really good and tells it pretty much like it is. It's funny when he reads some of his mail and one letter will say he is too liberal, and the next one will say he is being too conservative..........you know he is doing something right when he gets hate mail from both sides of the aisle...............

[lindajoy111]

12:30 AM on 02/16/2012

Hey Bill your addicted to rhetoric just like yo friend Rush.