Bill O'Reilly Tells Juan Williams He's Better Off After Getting Fired by NPR (VIDEO)

Juan Williams comments Monday on "The O'Reilly Factor' (weekdays, 8 PM ET on Fox News) about how he feels nervous when he sees men in Muslim garb at airports got him fired from NPR, and have thrust him into the national spotlight. On Thursday, he returned to 'The Factor," where O'Reilly offered him words of encouragement.

"This is good for you," O'Reilly said about Williams' firing.

"What?" Williams responded, incredulously.

"You're going to get a big book contract to write about what you can and can't say in America," O'Reilly explained. "Number two, you're going to get to host 'The Factor' tomorrow night . . . number 3, everybody likes you now . . . number four, Congress in going to de-fund NPR and they are going to lose all their public money."

Williams seemed genuinely distraught by the firing, and O'Reilly's words seemed to cheer him up.

And O'Reilly didn't even mention the new three year, $2 million contract Fox News gave Williams in the wake of his dismissal from NPR -- which would put a smile on any man's face.