Back in 2002, Bill OReilly asked his viewers to boycott Pepsi because the company was working with the hip-hop artist Ludacris.Im calling for all responsible Americans to fight back and punish Pepsi for using a man who degrades women, who encourages substance abuse, and does all the things that hurt particularly the poor in our society, the Fox News host said on The OReilly Factor.MUST WATCH: In 2002, Bill O'Reilly successfully pushed Pepsi to drop its sponsorship of @Ludacris calling him "a man who degrades women" pic.twitter.com/XjuxgQxXyV Yashar (@yashar) April 5, 2017 It worked. Soon after OReillys call to arms, Pepsi pulled all of its ads featuring Ludacris and stopped working with him entirely ' for what reason is still difficult to discern.Flash forward 15 years, and the situation not only seems particularly ridiculous, but just drips with irony.The beverage company recently found itself embroiled in yet another ad-related controversy. This time, however, the ad was actually offensive, making light of political protests depicting Kendall Jenner walking through a protest to deliver a can of Pepsi to a police officer and receive cheers all around. On April 5,Pepsi pulled the ad and apologized.Just days earlier, on April 1, The New York Times published an investigation that found it was, in fact, OReilly who had been degrading women, not Ludacris. All told, Fox News and OReilly had paid out $13 million to five women because of his allegedly inappropriate behavior toward them, The Times found.The revelation would lead to calls for OReillys ouster at Fox News. Asked about the controversy a little over a week later, Ludacris only said that he hoped OReilly could learn from the controversy.Its not my place to judge Bill OReilly the same way he judged me, he said during an appearance on radio show The Breakfast Club. Im thriving in life right now. All I can do is hope that Bill OReilly settles these issues and learns from whatever mistakes he may have made ' and also thrives.But, he added, it is definitely ironic that Pepsi andBill OReilly are under fire right now. OReilly was never able to settle his issues. On Wednesday, Fox News announced that The OReilly Factor host would not return to the network as a result of his treatment of women, leaving him with all the time in the world to go catch the No. 1 movie in America right now: The Fate of the Furious, featuring who else but Ludacris.2002: Bill O'Reilly pressures Pepsi into dropping Ludacris2017: Ludacris is in the #1 movie in America the day Bill gets fired pic.twitter.com/YhKTl5fxpa Eric Haywood (@EricHaywood) April 19, 2017 Ludacris appeared to subtly address the news Wednesday, just 30 minutes after it came out that OReilly was gone.HATE MAY WIN SOME BATTLES, BUT LOVE WINS IN THE END. YOURS TRULY, LUDA Ludacris (@Ludacris) April 19, 2017 Now, I ask you: If thats not a cherry on top,what is' -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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