Bill Maher Defends Bashing Jimmy Kimmel's Wife for Trump Ultimatum to Her Family: 'They're Mad at Me' [View all]
Comedian Bill Maher defended bashing late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s wife for sending her family a pre-election “ultimatum,” warning relatives not to vote for President Donald Trump, and lamented that Kimmel being “mad” at him was proof of a liberal-woke “schism” in the Democratic Party.
Maher had mocked Kimmel’s wife, Molly McNearney, on HBO’s Real Time on November 21 after she disclosed on a podcast that she had severed ties with members of her family over their support for the president. McNearney, who works as a co-head writer and executive producer of her husband’s ABC show, also revealed that she had warned family members that a vote for Trump felt like a vote against her family.
At the time, Maher said he could list “100” reasons not to vote for Trump but would “never present it” as an ultimatum. Instead, he urged Democrats to examine why “77 million Americans didn’t want to trust you with taking power.”
Reflecting on the fallout on Sunday, Maher told pundit Ana Kasparian during a sit-down on his own Club Random Podcast that Kimmel and his wife were angry at him, for which he apologized before doubling down on his stance.
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That's not an apology Maher.
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