Beyoncé is the latest victim to be criticized by Bill O' Reilly. Claiming that the singer's new video encourages teenage African American girls to get pregnant, the Fox News host called her work "exploitative garbage," UK MailOnline reported.
Recalling Monica Lewinsky in her Partition video, O' Reilly slammed Beyonce's decision to show explicit footage of having sex in a car.
Rusell Simmons, hip hop mogul, was on the receiving end of O' Reilly's rant, according to UK MailOnline.
O'Reilly claimed that the video "glorifies having sex in the back of a limousine."
"Teenage girls look up to Beyoncé, particularly girls of color. She's an idol to them," he continued. "I'm saying: Why on earth would this woman do that?"
"Why would she do it when she knows the devastation that unwanted pregnancies - and fractured families - why would Beyoncé do that?" O'Reilly questioned.
According to UK MailOnline, "The 64-year-old host of the 'The O'Reilly Factor' insisted to Simmons that Beyoncé has 'an obligation to protect children' and not to put out 'exploitative garbage.'"
When the video and music was referred to as art by Simmons, who co-founded Def Jam Recordings in 1983, O'Reilly became confused.
"Bill, if you think that art that comes out of a community is the cause of the struggle-"
"That's art?" O'Reilly interrupted.
"Yes, absolutely," Simmons responded.
"Beyoncé in the back of a limo having sex and referencing Monica Lewinsky is art?" O'Reilly shouted.
"She's a brilliant artist," Simmons attempted to explain. "And she's not only appreciated by people of color, as you know, she's really one of the top artists in the world to people of every color."
Beyonce's husband Jay Z and Kanye West were also not spared by O' Reilly who referred to the duo as "gangsta rappers."
"You have to attack the fundamental disease if you want to cure it," O'Reilly said.
"You're going to have to get people like Jay-Z, Kanye West - all these gangsta rappers - to knock it off."
