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misanthrope

(9,336 posts)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 04:57 PM Nov 26

Bill Maher admits his cowardice [View all]

without realizing that is what is he is doing.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/bill-maher-says-stopped-cheap-030650390.html

“I’ll tell you this, I’ve never said this publicly, but it’s true,” Maher recalled. “We went into the little merch room after the Oval Office. And he started yelling at me about the bit I did many years ago about the orangutang.”

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Since that meeting, Maher noted there have been “no jokes about his weight, no jokes about his hair, his makeup,” etc. Maher made it clear that digs about First Lady Melania Trump were off the table, too.

-SNIP-

Maher shared that his writers recently pitched a joke about the president’s hand, but he said that he shut the bit down. “I’m 70. That could be my hand tomorrow,” Maher stated. “So I’m not making fun of physical deformities and that stuff.”


Maher gave in to the bully.
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Bill Maher admits his cowardice [View all] misanthrope Nov 26 OP
And there it is. 2naSalit Nov 26 #1
Now that is a true coward NotHardly Nov 26 #13
Disappointed MustLoveBeagles Nov 26 #2
He sure as Shit Did. Not just a "bully" But Cha Nov 26 #3
He violated that every show since meeting. Silent Type Nov 26 #4
So Maher is lying SocialDemocrat61 Nov 26 #7
Stopped watching Maher some time ago PJMcK Nov 26 #5
most every outlet of american media has left MFer's clown costuming off the table. not just maher. maxsolomon Nov 26 #6
I stopped watching Maher a very long time ago LetMyPeopleVote Nov 26 #8
Bill Who? twodogsbarking Nov 26 #9
The only pain people like Maher will ever feel is exactly that. paleotn Nov 26 #11
He, at times, seems to demean people for his own delight. That is weird. twodogsbarking Nov 26 #14
Bill Maher is all about Bill Maher and very little else. paleotn Nov 26 #10
Proves Maher is and always has ben a total phony. I used to think he was intelligent and funny. What really offends me Martin68 Nov 26 #12
He's always been a weasel. No surprise that Hassler Nov 26 #15
Why are people surprised that Maher is a POS? iemanja Nov 26 #16
Fuck Bill Maher Prairie Gates Nov 26 #17
keith olbermann has talked about him on his podcast. he doesn't like him at all. lol nt orleans Nov 26 #18
Would that be the same Keith Olbermann who made disgusting comments about those fundraising for childhood cancer? Abolishinist Nov 27 #29
yeah yeah yeah that "same" keith olbermann. you don't like him. i do. give me a fucking break. orleans Nov 27 #31
Maher is his own biggest fan Dave Id Nov 26 #19
To be honest, they aren't "his" jokes misanthrope Nov 26 #25
Not making fun of Tr*mps physical deformities is a very OK policy ... TomWilm Nov 26 #20
Physical deformities and grooming choices are two different things. Iggo Nov 26 #23
Bill Maher only thinks of Bill Maher Chicagogrl1 Nov 26 #21
In that meeting, Bill Maher was a useful idiot for Donald Trump Martin Eden Nov 26 #22
The most powerful man in world in the most important DEMOCRACY in the world ToxMarz Nov 26 #24
He *might have* seemed *fresh* in the late '80s or whenever he showed up, but Jack Valentino Nov 26 #26
He just said he's no longer doing his commedy routine on the road womanofthehills Nov 26 #27
If he were still making money for stand up SocialDemocrat61 Nov 27 #28
He's always been Faux pas Nov 27 #30
Why are there daily Bill Maher updates on DU, and none for anyone else? Greybnk48 Nov 27 #32
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