Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was caught on video berating airport staff for flight delays

Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was caught in a video berating an airline employee at a JetBlue kiosk.

Video, obtained by Daily Mailshowed O’Reilly at New York City’s JFK Airport on April 3, complaining that his flight was three hours late.

The employee’s response was muffled, but O’Reilly replied: “No, no, no, you’ll find out.”

O’Reilly then bent down to see the employee’s badge, which the man held up so he could read it.

When the employee said something back, O’Reilly cursed at him, calling him “scum” and saying, “Don’t talk to me like that.”

O’Reilly, wearing a mask that has been pulled down, can be seen repeatedly pointing at the employee’s face.

“You are threatening me with violence, man,” the employee said.

“No, I don’t,” O’Reilly said. “You’re going to lose your job,” he concluded before walking away.

It is unclear what happened before the verbal conflict was captured on video.

O’Reilly did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment. JetBlue also did not respond to a request for comment.

O’Reilly told the Daily Mail he was disappointed when his flight to Turks and Caicos was delayed by two and a half hours. He said the discussion had been “hot”, blaming the escalation by airport staff.

“He was arrogant and falsely accused me of threatening him and I said, ‘You’re so lucky I didn’t,'” O’Reilly said.

O’Reilly was fired from Fox News in 2017 between allegation of sexual harassment lasted at least 2002. At the time, O’Reilly called the accusations “completely baseless statements.”

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