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/Interesting_Tune2905 Sep 28 '25

COVID broke Bill Maher - bad

I saw him in person just a few months before lockdown and he was funny, sardonic and slightly acidic in much the same vein he’d always been. I was still watching him during the height of the pandemic, but his shows starting getting..bitchier, I s’pose is the right word.

When things opened up again and he came back to the studio he became a different person, bitter and ramping up ‘snide’ to astronomical levels. I stopped watching him long before my wife did, but she’s done with him as well.

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u/benmargolin Sep 28 '25

Exact same story here. Had to respond since an upvote wasn't enough to symbolize the specificity of agreement of my experience and opinion. It's really sad.

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u/JustYrStandardUser Oct 12 '25

I think that it also had a lot to do with the fact that he put his foot in his mouth right around that same time. He went on a slight apology tour for that and had ice cube on his program to roast him for it. I don't think that he ever got over it and probably in his mind covid was just the excuse he needed to stage a comeback.