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SocialDemocrat61

(7,660 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:35 AM Mar 28

Bill Maher, 70, Sucks Up to Trump After Kennedy Center Award Chaos

Bill Maher, 70, Sucks Up to Trump After Kennedy Center Award Chaos
After a messy back-and-forth over the Mark Twain Prize, the late-night host opted for praise over payback.
Olivia Ralph

Bill Maher is suddenly playing nice with Donald Trump—even after the president tried to stop a coveted award from making its way to the late-night host’s trophy case.

On Friday’s episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, the 70-year-old host addressed the week-long mess over his Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. While the comedian acknowledged the White House’s efforts to torpedo the honor, he then seemed to shrug it all off.

“I just want things to work out. I’m not looking for a fight, and I’m not mad that he did this,” Maher said in his monologue.

“Me and the president, we have a complicated relationship… this has been going on a long time, so him trying to block me from getting it? I respect the move.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/bill-maher-sucks-up-to-donald-trump-after-kennedy-center-award-chaos/
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Bill Maher, 70, Sucks Up to Trump After Kennedy Center Award Chaos (Original Post) SocialDemocrat61 Mar 28 OP
Yep, Trump has dirt on Maher. sop Mar 28 #1
Don't think he was friends with Epstein, but... SocialDemocrat61 Mar 28 #7
"so him trying to block me from getting it? I respect the move." Jesus Christ, have a little dignity. ck4829 Mar 28 #2
What is it about Trump that makes displacedvermoter Mar 28 #4
Good question. It is pathetic. ck4829 Mar 28 #5
Simple SocialDemocrat61 Mar 28 #8
He has some kind of Kompromat on them johnnyfins Mar 28 #13
All of them? displacedvermoter Mar 28 #15
Seems like yesterday that he was doing his new rule complaining about how too many black people win Oscars. BannonsLiver Mar 28 #3
In recent weeks his "new rules" SocialDemocrat61 Mar 28 #10
I Watched It ProfessorGAC Mar 28 #6
I agree! tableturner Mar 28 #16
He thinks he has a relationship? randr Mar 28 #9
Since Maher's opting to not turn it down Zambero Mar 28 #11
Twain would never have been such a suck-up SamuelTheThird Mar 28 #12
Maher will now replace the... mercuryblues Mar 28 #14
I despise both of them. nt City Lights Mar 28 #17
Who cares what this idiot does or thinks? LetMyPeopleVote Mar 28 #18
Do people still watch that show? ananda Mar 28 #19
I agree Eddie Haskell 60 Mar 28 #20
Yes they do. Here's a pic of them. SocialDemocrat61 Mar 28 #21
What a clown D_Master81 Mar 28 #22

sop

(18,677 posts)
1. Yep, Trump has dirt on Maher.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:46 AM
Mar 28

I'm guessing Bill's been abusing young girls for years, and Bondi's got the pics in the Epstein pedo files.

ck4829

(37,778 posts)
2. "so him trying to block me from getting it? I respect the move." Jesus Christ, have a little dignity.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:52 AM
Mar 28

Bill Maher has apparently joined the war effort because if any Iranians see this, they might die a little bit inside from the cringe. I know I did.

displacedvermoter

(4,564 posts)
4. What is it about Trump that makes
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:59 AM
Mar 28

millionaires, billionaires, sports stars, politicians and celebrities great and small grovel before this cheesy, lazy, syphilis ridden bully?

Does he put the whammy on them?



displacedvermoter

(4,564 posts)
15. All of them?
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 11:21 AM
Mar 28

That is a lot of dirt digging. Does Trump have Roy Cohn on a ouija board gathering shit?

BannonsLiver

(20,609 posts)
3. Seems like yesterday that he was doing his new rule complaining about how too many black people win Oscars.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:57 AM
Mar 28

I guess that passes for entertainment with some folks.

SocialDemocrat61

(7,660 posts)
10. In recent weeks his "new rules"
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:06 AM
Mar 28

has attacked and even slandered elected democrats. Yet there are those who claim to be democrats who've repeatedly stated that "new rules" 'is always fun'.

Zambero

(9,990 posts)
11. Since Maher's opting to not turn it down
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:16 AM
Mar 28

He will never live it down. At this point in history, normalizing and sucking up to MAGA will leave an
indelible stain that won't be washed away with time. Nothing that he's said or done before or after will matter.

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,999 posts)
18. Who cares what this idiot does or thinks?
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:05 PM
Mar 28

Maher sucked up to trump because Maher is no longer relevant. Maher ceased being funny a long time ago. Giving Maher this award is an insult to the memory and legacy of Mark Twain

Eddie Haskell 60

(104 posts)
20. I agree
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:46 PM
Mar 28

Maher supports war only if the genocidal ethno-state of Israel can continue their Greater Israel project by double-tapping rescue workers at bombed schools, places of worship, and hospitals.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-says-hes-on-a-historic-and-spiritual-mission-endorses-vision-of-greater-israel/

D_Master81

(2,588 posts)
22. What a clown
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 02:07 PM
Mar 28

Maher going full MAGA as the President’s approval rating circles the drain is a disaster of a choice that makes no sense outside of blackmail.

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