(DCNF)—Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly shared that his hospitalization was caused by a “hereditary condition involving internal bleeding” in a Saturday column on his website.
O’Reilly initially announced he had an unspecified ailment in a Tuesday update on his website. In addition to the Saturday column, he wrote in a Monday message on his website that he would return to broadcasting his “No Spin News” show on Monday evening following a brief hiatus due to his health.
“I am absolutely stunned by the reaction to my medical situation. You can do a lot of thinking while sitting in a hospital for four days,” O’Reilly wrote on Saturday. “A hereditary condition involving internal bleeding took me down temporarily. I hope. I have the best medical team led by Dr. Ira Jacobson, trying to keep me on the field.”
“Thank God we don’t have socialized medicine in this country,” he added. “I’d be in a dark container right now.”
O’Reilly pledged to “fight the good fight” against his illness and noted that numerous people suffer from more severe medical issues than him.
“The longevity thing is not up to me,” he wrote. “My Christian belief is that we are all here for a reason and there is, indeed, a time for every season.”
“When I announced a short medical work pause, I did not expect the enormous outpouring of concern,” he continued. “Yes, a few usual suspects tried to damage me and my family further, and karma will deal with them. The good news is that the haters are far outnumbered by benevolent people.”
O’Reilly also wrote in a Friday update that he was at a medical facility in New York City and was working on his next broadcast. He hosts “No Spin News” on weeknights and regularly appears on NewsNation’s “On Balance with Leland Vittert” and “CUOMO.”
O’Reilly debuted “No Spin News” in August 2017 after Fox News fired him in April of the same year amid a slew of sexual harassment allegations, which he has denied.
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