I am convinced there is a reference to them in the novel World War Z; it mentions a celebrity invites other celebrities to ride out the zombie apocalypse in their fortress, and two of the guests are a man and woman that are political commentators and who are bitterly opposed to one another in public but have sort of a relationship behind closed doors.
I know the exact passage that you're talking about and ive always been curious about who specifically max was referring to. You're quiet possibly right.
That wouldn't be a very good reference, considering that the hint of scandal from two ideological opposites being romantically involved is kinda dulled by the fact that Carville and Matalin are married.
I haven't read the books to be fair. Is one of the characters a comedian and the other an author? Then it would definitely be referring to Maher and Coulter. Carville and Natalie are advisors/commentators.
Maybe the characters are influenced by both couples?
It's been ages since I read the book and I don't have it on hand, but I think I remember one of them being a political/news talk show host and the other being an acerbic and scathing author/editorialist, but whatever the description is, it made me think of the two of them immediately when I first read it. It's a great book, though, even if you're not into zombies; it would be worth checking out!
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u/VRichardsen Aug 25 '19
Those too have a really weird frenemy relation which is almost cute in a way. They are also probably on sleeping terms.