Is Bill Maher a snowflake? He says he may quit Real Time because he doesn’t want to cover Trump anymore

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Television personality Bill Maher, who hosts the popular show Real Time With Bill Maher, shared his thoughts about potentially stepping away from his role during a pre-election Club Random podcast episode. Speaking with actress Jane Fonda in a conversation that reportedly happened over a month ago, Maher expressed his weariness regarding President-elect Donald Trump.

โ€œIโ€™m shiiting my pants,โ€ Maher said. โ€œItโ€™s hard to believe.โ€

Bill Maher At the LA Confidential Magazine Pre-Emmy Party, Key Club, West Hollywood, CA 09-17-05
Bill Maher At the LA Confidential Magazine Pre-Emmy Party, Key Club, West Hollywood, CA 09-17-05. Photo credit: depositphotos.com

โ€œI mean, I may quit,โ€ Maher continued. โ€œBecause I donโ€™t wanna do another โ€“ I did Trump. I did all the Trump stuff before anybody. I called him a con man before anybody. I did, โ€˜heโ€™s a mafia boss.โ€™ I was the one who said he wasnโ€™t gonna concede the election. Iโ€™ve done it.โ€

Maher mentioned heโ€™s โ€œseen this fucking shitโ€ when Fonda inquired about Trumpโ€™s attitude toward the host.

โ€œHeโ€™s very hostile to me. He tweets about me every week,โ€ Maher said.

Bill Maher at the induction ceremony for Bill Maher into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood, CA. 09-14-10
Bill Maher at the induction ceremony for Bill Maher into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood, CA. 09-14-10. Photo credit: depositphotos.com

In late September, Trump took to Truth Social to comment about witnessing โ€œfake laughterโ€ while watching โ€œLow Rated Bill Maher.โ€ A week prior, Trump had posted that โ€œthe ratings-challenged Bill Maher, on his increasingly boring show on HBO, is really having a hard time coping with TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.โ€

โ€œEvery week, he accidentally watches my show and then, โ€˜low ratings loser,'โ€ Maher said, mimicking Trumpโ€™s speaking style. โ€œBut, I mean, I just, Iโ€™m bored with it.โ€

When Fonda recommended that the host โ€œfind a new thing to do and not do Trump,โ€ Maher explained that thereโ€™s โ€œno other thingโ€ since Real Time centers on political discourse.

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