Bill Maher Cruelly Mocks Bella Thorne's Anxiety to Her Face - Daily Beast

[FreepFryer]

What a garbage human.

The discrepancy began when Thorne opened up about how she “fell into weed” as a result of her anxiety, which immediately agitated Maher. “What is it with you kids and anxiety?” he questioned. “What is causing all the anxiety?”

Though Thorne attempted to explain that there’s “constant bad, bad, bad everywhere you look,” Maher wasn’t having it. He argued with the actress, saying it was a “disingenuous argument” and that her generation “doesn’t know what’s going on in the world.”

“So how can you be that fucking concerned about what’s going on in the world?” Maher said. “I know what’s going on in the world! I should have the anxiety! I follow it, you kids don’t follow it. You don’t know what the fuck is going on in the world! What are you upset about?”

Later on, he told Thorne that young kids need to get off social media—that’s where the anxiety (and apparently, cancellation) comes from. The real kicker, though, came when Maher continued to blast Thorne’s anxiety even after she had opened up about her father’s death and other childhood trauma.

“I think a lot of the people who are the most anxious have the most privileged lives,” Maher said, prompting a ‘hm’ of disapproval from Thorne. “Look at your life! Everybody wants it. Everybody wants to be you.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-maher-cruelly-mocks-bella-thornes-anxiety-to-her-face?ref=home

[Pachamama]

1. That was really abusive and cruel of Maher

Nothing funny about what he did and said to her and was abusive.

[shanti]

19. And not the first time

that he has said something cruel about someone. Now he's just a grouchy old man.

[PatSeg]

63. He certainly has

and he's been living in his own limited bubble for the past two years or so. Maybe if young people should get off social media, perhaps Bill should venture outside his bubble and meet some real people for a change. His behavior has really become concerning. Intentional cruelty is not a good sign.

[Dorian Gray]

36. HE's always been a jerk

I'm sorry she had to experience it first hand.

[Pachamama]

56. You are correct - he has always been a jerk - but I at least thought he had some limits

I was wrong - and he has become an even bigger and more abusive jerk over time

I hope people will start refusing to become guests and more importantly that people refuse to watch.

[jcgoldie]

2. Bill Maher's an asshole

And he's not even on the right side half the time anymore. Fuck him.

[H2O Man]

70. +1

He thinks he is intelligent. But he is not.

[Joinfortmill]

3. Maher is becoming a grumpy old man. Retire him.

[vercetti2021]

4. I don't Bill maybe it's just

We are fucked in the coming future? The rich have completely fucked our planet and we are gonna deal with the consequences because people like you elected the fuckers that gave the ultra wealthy that power. Also we are on the brink of fascism all over the world. So yeah maybe now we feel kinda anxious about it. Also people don't hide their feelings anymore because mental health is a huge problem now

[SunSeeker]

5. Maher is a misogynist. nt

[tishaLA]

14. I was gonna say. If this had been a guy....

no way Maher would be as hostile and dismissive. He'd still be an asshole, but he has a special venom reserved for women.

And he sounds WAY out of it in that video.

[SunSeeker]

18. Yup. nt

[MuseRider]

35. Exactly

and the main reason I stopped watching him years ago. What a creep he is.

[obamanut2012]

38. And always has been

Never understood why soooooo many DUers love him.

[SunSeeker]

41. When he's not talking to/about women, he can be pretty funny.

He's got good writers.

[gldstwmn]

60. That he is. Bella Thorne is 24. She is not a child.

He just started his podcast so I'm guessing this is how he has chosen to go about promoting it.

[SunSeeker]

61. I know she is not a child. I am responding to Maher telling "kids" to get off social media. nt

[gldstwmn]

62. I was not disagreeing with you?

[greenjar_01]

6. Yeesh

The anxiety! The trauma!

The trauma! The anxiety!

[Beakybird]

7. He's a narcissist with very little empathy.

His writers are funny. Unscripted, he's an ass.

[Cha]

8. Unreal. omg.. how ignorant. He can't begin

to know how anyone else feels about what's going on in the world.. or what private pain that's in their past.

I'm not "privileged" and I'm damn Anxious.. and so are all my family and friends. We talk about it. Some smoke pot and some don't.

💙💛

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. As always, fuck Bill Maher.

[Scrivener7]

10. Why does anyone watch him?

[Ocelot II]

11. I've never heard of Bella Thorne, but whoever and whatever she is,

Maher was a dick to her. He seems to be a dick pretty much all the time these days.

[obamanut2012]

39. She is a young actress

Started as a child, was abused as a child, ED issues, etc.

[Ocelot II]

51. It doesn't matter who she is; and I don't really care. The point is

that Maher is a mean asshole.

[MontanaMama]

12. Maher is ridiculously irrelevant.

A jerk. An asshole and a misogynist. I don’t know why people watch him.

[Polybius]

13. "Later on, he told Thorne that young kids need to get off social media"

Well, he was right there. It causes a ton of problems. We'd be better off without it, but how? It's here to stay, sadly.

[SunSeeker]

20. Telling teens to stay off social media is like telling them to stay a virgin until marriage.

It's just not realistic, and shows little empathy for the teen.

[Polybius]

22. She's not a teen, but I agree, not realistic at all

This BS never happened when MySpace was king.

[jimfields33]

47. She's a 24 year old woman

[JI7]

29. Yes, it's here to stay. BUT some people have decided on their own to stay away for it or

limit it and they all say their lives have changed for the better .

Even simple things like not putting an app on your home page and having it so you have to kind of search for it with extra steps instead of just immediately clicking on it helps in staying away from it .

[Grins]

15. This is what happens when you fuck Ann Coulter.... Sad.

[PinkTiger]

25. Somehow that picture seems iffy,

Because Ann Coulter looks like a man. But, wait! Maybe that’s what Bill likes about her.

[obamanut2012]

40. What the hell kind of comment os this???

Homophobic, transphobic bullshit. Again. Still.

[yardwork]

59. Do you think it's an insult to imply that somebody is transgender?

Do you think it's an insult to imply that somebody is gay?

Being transgender and gay are insults to you?

I'm gay. Should I feel insulted or shamed that you think it's an insult to call somebody gay?

Let me know.

[PinkTiger]

64. I meant no disrespect to any group other than Republican whack jobs

Like Ann Coulter who seems to be the epitome of womanhood in Maher’s eyes.This is not about gender or gayness or any of that. It is about women, and how women are treated and talked about in general.
Maher, who appears to otherwise reject women, seems to revel in her essence. Don’t know whether that is because she is thin, white, anti-women’s rights, anti women in general, or because they smoke dope together. Or sniff cocaine together.
That is what I was referring to. I’m a woman, and I get bent out of shape by Ann Coulter. And she is a public figure and so is Maher, so I can say things about them that I wouldn’t say otherwise.
They put themselves out there for money, so I can be critical.
I apologize if anyone was offended. I meant no slur.

[tirebiter]

16. Fell into weed?

Useless in the real world.

[Hoyt]

17. "I think a lot of the people who are the most anxious have the most privileged lives,"

Certainly not universal, but often true.

[DBoon]

28. the rich have ennui, the middle class anxiety and the poor desperation

said someone whose name I cannot recall

[Hoyt]

30. Can dig that. Don't think the lady on the podcast is in latter two.

[iemanja]

21. Maher again proving he is an ass

Older people get anxiety too, and it's a diagnosable mental illness. Maher is an idiot.

[Crunchy Frog]

23. I wouldn't wish my anxiety disorder on anyone...

Except maybe to let Bill Maher experience it for a month and maybe develop some empathy.

[róisín_dubh]

43. Same.

I can’t make the simplest decisions without “what if” anxiety.
It’s seriously debilitating.

[Crunchy Frog]

66. Mine is almost physically painful.

It's paralyzing. It makes it hard to sleep and hard to get out bed. It's especially bad with the things happening right now in the world and in this country.

[XanaDUer2]

65. I'm constantly anxious

On three meds. It's horrible

[Crunchy Frog]

67. I take meds, and they take the edge off, but not much more.

Horrible is right.

[XanaDUer2]

69. My Xanax helps

But anxiety always seems to creep up on me. I feelya

[Faux pas]

24. I

haven't watched that asshole for almost a year when he started acting like he did on politically incorrect

[Initech]

26. He's been dangerously treading into "old man yells at cloud" territory for a while now.

But this may have crossed the line.

[Carlitos Brigante]

81. I disagree. He's been way deep into that for years. Now I think he's treading

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more into the whole "The intolerant left, left me instead... blah, blah, blah...?. You know, the old Dennis Miller, Dave Rubin grift.

[Initech]

82. I think it's hilarious when they say we're the intolerant ones.

When they spend most of their time talking about how intolerant we are, when it is really they are the ones who are intolerant. Projection, it's all they got.

[LuckyCharms]

27. One of my hot buttons.

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Anxiety can be a real motherfucker. It can disable you. You don't need a god damn reason to have anxiety.

It all comes down to people having no empathy. Not being able to put themselves into the shoes of others. Not understanding how sick people feel, etc.

I've tried to like Bill Maher. I sometimes find him funny and interesting. But cutting through the bullshit, he's a fucking asshole.

[AngryOldDem]

45. Absolutely.

I have the kind that can just come out of the blue. The dread is crushing. I just hunker down, try to control my thoughts, and wait until it passes.

I don’t give a damn what the “context” is here. Maher is a smug asshole, bottom line. He’s only gotten worse because his “humor” can’t cover said assholery anymore.

[Hoyt]

31. Anxiety sucks, I know. But the footage in the video has to be taken in context

of two people on a podcast that are 8 miles high and enjoying the heck out of it.

[W_HAMILTON]

32. I've sort of been over Maher for awhile now.

I think others should do the same.

It's fine. Life's a journey. People change and, unfortunately, sometimes not for the better. Maher has seemed to become even more bitter than usual in his later years and has come across as more of a libertarian asshole (like Joe Rogan or someone like that) getting pissed at stupid manufactured conservative controversies (cancel culture, blah blah blah) rather than legitimate issues.

It's fine to cut him loose.

[quickesst]

33. I've lost track....

.... I thought it was Scarborough's day. Anyway, let's have a look at Bill Maher smoking dope with Bella Thorne in full anxiety distress mode because Bill Maher is so mean. I have a grandson, college graduate, and working full-time to get his career off the ground. He's doing very well, and has put a lot of effort to get this far. If someone has a reason for anxiety, it's people like my grandson who are working their asses off just to find firm ground. Watch the video. Bella Thorne is not suffering from anxiety even if she believes she is. It's the privilege of the rich and spoiled, and while people are wringing their hands, and pulling their hair out over Bill Maher, it's probably not even an afterthought in Bella Thorne's mind at this point. If I'm wrong, I'll admit it, but if I'm right well, I don't expect anything.

https://m.

I use the Dolphin Browser to post videos. One of the simplest things I've ever done on the internet.

[obamanut2012]

48. "Bella Thorne is not suffering from anxiety even if she believes she is"

WTAF

This is some toxic stuff you posted, absolutely disgusting.

Educate yourself.

[quickesst]

75. If anyone ever wonders why..

.. . right-wingers feel so comfortable stepping on Democrats toes?

[LiberatedUSA]

49. The age old question.

Which came first, the anxiety or the justifying smoking weed due to anxiety?

Personally, I don’t think justifications are needed to smoke it either in weed or concentrate form, vape it or eating the edibles; but a lot of people do feel the need to justify their enjoyment of walking around with a THC high by blaming anxiety.

It does make life more enjoyable without the hangovers; especially in these shitty times.

[quickesst]

76. Especially..

.. if you are in an extremely comfortable position to enjoy it, and the means to resolve any problems that might come along with any legal issues that may arise.

[Rob H.]

54. "It's the privilege of the rich and spoiled"

I'm neither of those things, and I have anxiety. What next? You gonna tell people they should just calm down and try not to worry so much? GTFO with that.

[quickesst]

77. No Rob

I am not trying to tell people to calm down, and not worry so much. What would I gain by that? What I am doing is not condemning Bella Thorne, but defending Bill Maher. In my opinion he's exactly right about 90% of the time, and if you want to see a couple of guys taken out of context on a regular basis, and usually without any video or audio proof, then Bill Maher and Joe Scarborough are prime examples.

PS: If you are neither of those things, rich and spoiled, then it's perfectly understandable that you may have anxiety. I just don't think that you or anyone else would feel that much anxiety if you had the means to go anywhere or buy almost anything your heart desires, and oh yeah, be young, beautiful and or handsome to top it all off. I can say without a doubt, life would be a lot less anxiety filled for me, especially if I got to hang out with Bill Maher and smoke a bowl with him.

[beaglelover]

57. Agree with you 100%

[quickesst]

78. Well

.... You are one so far. Thanks, although it may not be the most popular view around here.

[Crunchy Frog]

71. WTF? It's a %$#@ medical condition.

Are you going to try to tell us that "privileged" people can't have diabetes either? And you think you can tell what another person is feeling by looking at a video of them?

[quickesst]

79. Whoa partner

.. I think you took a left turn somewhere back down the road. Memory serves right, this discussion is about anxiety, you know feeling anxious. Hell I've got diabetes, I don't sit around crying pissing and moaning about it, and I could care less if somebody wants to make a joke about it at my expense. I might even laugh along with them. Come back when you find the main road again. I'll go at a slow pace till you catch up.

[obamanut2012]

37. I have loathed him for many years

And do not get why so many DUers and other liberals like him. Especially since he isn't close to being a liberal, and is just a total asshole.

[betsuni]

42. She doesn't know who Freud is.

Interesting conversation. Did anyone actually listen to it or just mindlessly ... oh, nevermind.

[AngryOldDem]

44. Bill Maher can just fuck right off.

Lecturing somebody and telling them they just can’t have a mental health issue? Just fuck that.

Christ — he’s become repellent. Like the old-man-yelling-at-kids-to-get-off-his-lawn repellent.

(Yes, I do take this personally because it’s happened to me.)

[FreepFryer]

46. And for context, Bill joined the tolerant and rational Joe Rogan to bash 'body positivity' yesterday

And have some fun fat shaming en masse. For cash.

Maher is a toxic greedy fuck, it’s gratifying to see people repudiatIng his ever-more-obvious undermining of social responsibility and decency.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bill-maher-and-joe-rogan-gripe-obesity-is-becoming-a-new-minority-group-body-positivity-is-positively-orwellian/ar-AAW9fFM

[Johnny2X2X]

50. Maher lives in an ivory tower

He's incredibly unaware of what's going on in the world.

He's a clown now, he gets driven in the back of a limo through LA and that's the closest he comes to people living real lives.

[Tommy Carcetti]

52. I'll go on record once again saying I never had any use for Bill Maher.

Never.

Always a smug asshole.

Any agreement I have on him on any issues is purely coincidental.

[ratchiweenie]

53. Every day we hear that the planet has crossed the tipping point and he wonders why young people

might be worried. The news is nothing but MAGA hate and he wonders why young people might be worried. I quit watching him years ago because he is a hateful, smug, mysoginist.

[shrike3]

55. I wonder if he knows he sounds exactly like a cranky old man.

"You kids have it good. You don't know the meaning of suffering. Why, when I was your age, I was walking to school barefoot, uphill both ways."

[BlackSkimmer]

58. I must be getting old because I have no idea who she is.

Anyone who goes on Maher’s show however - one would hope they’ve done their research.

[Raine]

68. Same here, never heard of her. nt

[BlackSkimmer]

72. Lol, it's funny. I used to buy People magazine every now and then. Guilty pleasure.

Last time I did, I knew hardly anyone featured in the magazine.

[ironflange]

73. What would he say to a depressed person?

"Oh come on, cheer up!"?

[SmallFry]

74. Bill Maher

Is an asshole. An asshole with an ego. An asshole with an ego and good command of the language.

He uses that command of the language to put on a front that he is an intellectual. Listen to his words. He is not an intellectual.

Considering his highly inconsistent and questionable ideology, bigotry, and abusive personality, it’s kind of impressive what the guy has done with his life. Serious overachiever. Racist piece of shit.

"I'm the last of my guy friends to have never gotten married, and their wives—they don't want them playing with me. I'm like the escaped slave—I bring news of freedom." Maher

Ben Sasse: “Come work in the fields with us.”
Maher: “Work in the fields, Senator? I’m a house ni**er.”

Seven minutes of Bill Maher bigotry.

Yet he predominately dates black women as he says they are the only real women. Most relationships are short with lots of gossip about his treatment of his girlfriends.

[BlueIdaho]

80. Smug POS.

He is disgusting 🤢🤮