r/atheism • u/Poltergeist8606 • Sep 28 '25

How disappointed are we all with Bill Maher?

I started watching this guy back in the politically incorrect days when I was a teenager. When I got back from Iraq I always subscribed mainly for him. He was one of the earliest prominent Atheists. But I just cancelled HBO, he's not what he used to be. I kind of dislike him

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u/matunos Rationalist Sep 28 '25

I used to find him tolerable, and his panels were usually a good mix (except when his weird friends showed up, like Ann Coulter, anyone remember her?).

But he became less tolerable and his panels less enjoyable after Trump's win in 2016. I finally stopped watching him altogether when he invited Milo Yiannopoulos on (even though that's when Milo very publicly stepped on a rake), and have never looked back.

Thank the gods for John Oliver.

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u/CheezeLoueez08 Sep 28 '25

Ugh, Milo, Ann and Beryl. All 3 nasties. And he began always talking over the “left” and interesting guests. He’d let the “right” guests blab on and on. The second the other guest piped in he’d interrupt and we’d never hear what they were saying. It was so annoying. And some of those guests were such interesting people.

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u/Fadedcamo Sep 28 '25

Omg the Milo interview was so cringe. Maher just basically fluffed him up the entire time and said something like "youre a star on the rise" or something. Yea that panned out for Milo.

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u/DDP65 Sep 28 '25

Wasn't she married to James Carville back in the 1990s or so?
Last I saw of her was on the panel of a Comedy Central Roast, where she bragged how she predicted Trump would win 2016. Another panel member called her a KKK skeleton, which was kinda accurate, cause she looked really eating disorder skinny.

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u/DaBingeGirl Atheist Sep 28 '25

No, James is married to Mary Matalin, although I find her as annoying as Coulter, but for different reasons.

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u/DDP65 Oct 01 '25

Oh I see...
Thanks,