While talking about Whitney Houston’s history with drug and alcohol abuse on his Fox TV series The O’Reilly Factor this week, commentator Bill O’Reilly stated, “Whitney Houston wanted to kill herself.” He added, “Nobody takes drugs for that long if they want to stay on the planet. She follows in the footsteps of Elvis, Janis Joplin, Michael Jackson and scores of other entertainment figures. The hard truth is that some people will always want to destroy themselves, and there’s nothing society can do about it.” However, he said Whitney had plenty of help on her downward spiral, criticizing the doctor who prescribed the medication, claiming he “had to know she was a drug addict. Everybody knew that.” He called Whitney’s death “awful” and said she was in his prayers.