Bill Owens Walks Off ‘60 Minutes’ — Trump Drama, Editing Wars, And A Big Ol’ Mic Drop!

Bill Owens Walks Off ‘60 Minutes’ — Trump Drama, Editing Wars, And A Big Ol’ Mic Drop!

Whoa. Stop the presses. Bill Owens — yeah, that Bill Owens, the big boss at 60 Minutes — just resigned. And not quietly either. He basically slammed the door on his way out, and we’re here for the drama!

Owens, who’s been steering the 60 Minutes ship since 2019 and clocked nearly four decades at CBS, called it quits after what he says was a total loss of editorial independence. Translation? Too many hands in the cookie jar telling him how to run his newsroom.

The real tea? The blow-up comes hot on the heels of a messy lawsuit from Donald Trump, who’s fuming over an interview segment with Kamala Harris. Trump claims the show edited her “word salad” response into something that sounded way too polished — allegedly tilting the narrative just a little too nicely for Team Blue.

And Owens? He’s not about to eat humble pie for anyone.

“The company knows I will not apologize for anything we have done,” he declared like a total boss, according to The Express Tribune. “The edit is perfectly fine; let’s put that to bed so we can get on with our lives.”

Mic. Dropped.

But this isn’t just TV beef. There’s a bigger picture: Paramount Global (CBS’s parent company) is trying to merge with Skydance Media, and having Trump’s FCC breathing down their neck over this could get real sticky. Settling the lawsuit could grease the wheels, but Owens wasn’t down to play politics with his journalism.

CBS News prez Wendy McMahon gave him a classy shoutout for his integrity (aww), and word on the street is Tanya Simon — Owens’ right hand — might be next in line for the throne.

So what’s next for Bill? No clue. But after 37 years, one thing’s clear: the guy just made his own headline — and it’s one heck of a season finale.