Bill Maher Angrily Lashes Disney Chiefs for 'Caving' on Kimmel

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Source: Daily Beast

Updated Sep. 20 2025 12:38PM EDT
Published Sep. 20 2025 2:30AM EDT


Bill Maher came out swinging against the “hypocritical” cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Friday’s episode of Real Time With Bill Maher—while also saying his fellow late-night host was wrong for what he said about Charlie Kirk.

Kimmel’s show was put on indefinite hiatus on Wednesday after the host made comments about the reaction to the assassination of the right-wing activist.

“The MAGA gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said on his Monday show. Kimmel also described Trump’s response to Kirk’s death—in which the president pivoted immediately to pointing out the start of construction on his new White House ballroom—as “how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.”

“I don’t think what he said was exactly right. I don’t,” said Maher. “We don’t agree on that,” Maher said during his opening monologue, adding, “He shouldn’t lose his job for it.” Maher appeared to take issue with Kimmel’s pushback against right-wing rhetoric, suggesting that Kirk’s suspected killer, Tyler Robinson, was a Democrat.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-maher-joins-maga-in-calling-jimmy-kimmel-wrong-on-charlie-kirk/

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[twodogsbarking]

1. Consider the Sharholders. Yep, that's what they did. See how that works out for you, eh.

[joshdawg]

2. Maher is full of bullshit one more time.

robinson has, so far, been proven that he is not connected with the left in any shape or form.
maher's bothsideism is showing big time here.

fwiw, I gave up watching b.m. a long time ago because of his bothsideism.

[FakeNoose]

8. We all have our reasons for disliking Bill Maher

My reason is that he sometimes pretends to be a Democrat, but then he comes right out and says he's Libertarian.
There's no way he can be both simultaneously, and I BELIEVE him when he says he's Libertarian.

[SunSeeker]

3. It is Bill Maher who caved, defaming Kimmel and having Homan on his show without fact checking him.

On his show last night, Bill Maher asserted that his "friend" Jimmy Kimmel incorrectly said Kirk's shooter was MAGA, and that is what got him canned. But that is absolutely not what Kimmel said. Kimmel said:

"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/09/17/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspended-charlie-kirk-comments/86209499007/

That's it. That is why he was taken off the air. Can someone explain to me how what Kimmel said is "incorrect"? He did NOT say the shooter was MAGA, he said MAGA was trying to say the shooter was not MAGA. That is very different. And it is the truth.

Trump and MAGAts were saying the killer was part of the "far left" before they even knew who he was! They were obsessed with trying to establish that the shooter wasn't MAGA, and using the shooting to score political points. That is a fact. And that is what Kimmel said.

And yet Bill Maher is reinforcing the right wing narrative that his friend Jimmy Kimmel said the shooter was MAGA. Some friend Bill Maher is to Jimmy!


And then on top of that, Maher didn't push back on the lies spewing from his featured guest, White House Border Czar Tom Homan. Homan actually said that 70% of the people ICE detained have a criminal record. That is a brazen lie. It's just the opposite! 70.8% DO NOT HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD. https://tracreports.org/immigration/quickfacts/#:~:text=58%2C766,ICE%20detainees%20in%20FY%202025
But Bill Maher didn't correct him. At all.

[Bengus81]

5. Your that fucking stupid Maher about what Kimmel said? Guess so............

[SunSeeker]

7. He needs to put down the bong and read an actual newspaper. nt

[KT2000]

14. Thank you!

Watched his show and agree with your take.
Bill even started the conversation with Homan with a dig at Democrats. Then he listened attentively to all the lies that Homan spewed. He may have thought he was edgy when he asked Homan if they aren't going too far.

And Manchin: Both sides do it. Talk about someone living in a bubble

The good news was that Alex Wagner knows how to talk to people when they try to talk over her as Bill did. She got him to shut up.

[tonekat]

18. Watching it now, I am dissapoint.

Homan is using drama and lies. The right wing sites are very happy with this interview.

"Just go scream at Congress!" Homan said. Oh sure, they'll act on it. Does he think people sending letters, editorials, and protests mean they like his approach?

[aggiesal]

4. Bill Maher is Irony Deficient. He had dinner with Mierda47 ...

'PEOPLE WANT A DADDY': Bill Maher offers rare praise for Donald Trump after White House meeting
https://torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrity/bill-maher-offers-rare-praise-for-donald-trump-after-white-house-meeting

[twodogsbarking]

6. Some might say that Bill will never find anyone or anything he likes as much as himself but I question if he likes him

self. But, heh, thanks Bill.

[Prairie Gates]

9. Fuck Bill Maher

[travelingthrulife]

10. Bill Maher is lying. Bill Maher is finally out of the MAGA closet.

[LittleGirl]

11. I hate watch him now

Homan is one sick monster.

[tonekat]

12. He likes to think he's above the fray.

It just makes him look like he is scared to choose a side.

[SunSeeker]

13. As someone said, "The only thing in the middle of the road is a yellow line."

[Montauk6]

15. Makes perfect sense...

I can't be the only one who shifted to my just-cancelled Disney bundle that included Disney, HULU, AND HBO Max.

[cab67]

16. He helped Trump win the election...

...and now he's upset at what Trump's administration has been doing?

I haven't taken this hypocrite seriously for years.

[Martin68]

17. Maher's just worried about his own job.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

19. The ol' Bill Maher ain't what he used to be.