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Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision that follows similar pauses over the weekend by “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “The Talk” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”

Maher last week said he would bring his show back into production, but on Monday said he’ll wait because talks are scheduled to begin between producers and writers on Wednesday.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Controversial opinion, I hate Bill Maher. He seems like a giant, egotistical tool that screams tryhard.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lol it’s a pretty standard opinion, actually. Maybe one of the most shared opinions across the American political spectrum.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I guess I have crappy friends then, damn.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes you do. Democrat or Republican, everyone with sense hates Bill Mahr.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think you can have sense and still find him a little entertaining. He’s definitely a bit full of himself, but I enjoy hearing someone talk shit a little shit about the left.

Guess I did get a little tired of him, haven’t watched his show in like a year. But I wouldn’t say I hate him.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

He's a disgusting individual who regularly courts the fascist alt-right while making statements where we routinely attacks average people.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I've hated him for platforming conservatives for years while offering the weakest counter-points to their sophistry. He thinks he's Jon Stewart, but lacks the discipline and hard work that goes into preparing for interviews with hostile guests.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I remember him having Rand Paul on and he didn't call him on any of his bullshit at all. That was when I stopped watching.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

i stopped when he had milo y on and complained about being cancelled. and then it came out milo y is in favor of kids getting groomed and molested in gay clubs.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago

I never thought that was a controversial opinion. I second that

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've yet to meet anyone that likes Bill Maher. He just seems so... douchey.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

He's definitely a douche. And that's probably too kind of a term (shit stain is more accurate). To put it simply, it wouldn't surprise me if tomorrow the same allegations being thrown at Russell Brand were thrown at Bill Maher.

And even if they were false, it just goes to show how little I think of his quality as a person that that wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

That's not controversial? It's known that he's taken a pronounced, pandering turn to the right and is not redeemable.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

I don’t hate him, but there is a lot of ego and vanity on the guy. And he’s far less clever than he thinks he is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

It’s not controversial. Anybody with the level of success he’s reached has a trillion trolls and haters. You can’t make everyone like you… especially when you speak your mind about everything.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Desperate old scab TERRIFIED of becoming irrelevant (too late).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

idk what people find interesting about TV. Most of it is just mind-numbing shows

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I listen to his show as a podcast. I miss out on the imagery some of the bits require, but it’s still a great listen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

It's really not

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

glad that he produces interesting content

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He doesn't, he used to. He's a joke now.

He realized that the crowds at the sad casinos he does his "comedy" at were aging rapidly. They increasingly wanted a "different" kind of "humor" and he's as desperate as they come. So he sold out any morals/decency he had as a person so he can stay in the "spotlight" - even if that spotlight is aimed wrong and is housed at the smaller, more rundown theater in the Central Oklahoma's third largest casino with a C from the health department that just had a big hepatitis outbreak.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Ohh no, poor Bill can't sit there smelling his own shit on TV.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

He didn't balk. He was ready to go until people were mad about it. Fuck that guy, and fuck this headline for making it sound like he cared.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It sounds like they're preparing to sack the BTL workers like last time so this is going to be a thing over the next few weeks.