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Bill Maher<\/a> sent several blunt messages to Bill O\u2019Reilly<\/a>\u2018s face in a late-night popularity sparring match.<\/p>\n On the Friday, November 7 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher<\/a><\/em>, the host and comedian, 69, sat down with panelists, the former The O\u2019Reilly Factor<\/a><\/em> Fox News<\/a> host, 76, and Rep. Jared Moskowitz, 44, a Democrat from Florida and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n Early on in the chat, O\u2019Reilly shared that he recently spent $36 on a hamburger while discussing the rising cost of food. To that, Maher pointed out, \u201cI mean, he\u2019s got 20 best-sellers and what a cheap f\u2014. I would just eat the hamburger, but, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n Reilly replied, \u201cListen up, it\u2019s not about the money. It\u2019s the principle of the food.\u201d<\/p>\n Later, O\u2019Reilly attempted to recap Maher\u2019s viewers on the state of the Democratic Party today, describing it as \u201cdisenchanted,\u201d focusing on \u201cfridge garbage,\u201d and \u201cdiluting\u201d its own message. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t put it that way,\u201d Maher said, \u201cBut go ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut you might want to rethink because that\u2019s a good way to put it,\u201d O\u2019Reilly responded, to which Maher quipped, \u201cWell, I\u2019m still on the air and you\u2019re not, but go ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n After the audience settled down, O\u2019Reilly admitted, \u201cI expected that.\u201d He then pointed out, \u201cSo we did a town hall on NewsNation<\/a> two weeks ago that from the Kennedy Center, 23 million people watched. Twenty-three million, OK? You can add up all the HBOs you want, you\u2019re not gonna come close. Just want to correct the record.\u201d<\/p>\n Moskowitz then joked, \u201cI have a tape measure, if anyone wants it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m going to check those facts,\u201d Maher declared before they moved on with the conversation.<\/p>\n The O\u2019Reilly Factor<\/em> ended in 2017 following a bombshell report from The New York Times<\/em><\/a> revealing five sexual misconduct lawsuits O\u2019Reilly had settled. Of the 21 years he was with Fox News, his was the highest-rated cable news show for 16 years.<\/p>\n