Bill Maher Backs Kimmel on Real Time, Cites His Own ABC Clash 24 Years Ago

Add Bill Maher to Jimmy Kimmel’s long list of late-night supporters.

The HBO host opened Friday night’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher with a monologue devoted to Kimmel’s ABC suspension that drew a direct line back to the controversy that cost Maher his own ABC platform two decades earlier.

Noting that Kimmel was taken off the air following his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin, Maher added “It was 24 years to the day that I made comments on ABC that got me cancelled from that network.”

Maher said he disagreed with Kimmel’s characterization of the shooter’s politics, but emphasized that the ABC host had “every right to be wrong.” He framed the matter as a free speech issue, stressing that the First Amendment protects the right to express unpopular views.

Maher would know. On Sept. 17, 2001, he returned to ABC’s Politically Incorrect after the September 11 attacks and got into hot water himself when agreed with guest Dinesh D’Souza’s objection to President George W. Bush calling the terrorists ‘cowards,’ and added that the United States had been ‘the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away,’ noting that staying in a plane to crash it was ‘not cowardly.’

Maher’s remarks that night drew criticism from conservative commentators and led to calls for advertiser boycotts. Maher apologized but the controversy persisted. In May 2002, ABC announced it was canceling Politically Incorrect as part of a move toward “straight entertainment programming” in late night.

As it happens, it was that decision that cleared the way for Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s debut in January 2003. Real Time with Bill Maher launched on HBO the following month.

On Friday, Maher closed by suggesting that Kimmel, like him, could rebound if ABC’s suspension sticks. “If this firing goes for you the way it did for me, you’ll get 23 years on a better network,” he said.

Watch Maher’s complete Friday night monologue at the top of this post.

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  1. Me! says:

    Eat shit and fuck off, Bill Maher! You sold yourself out to Drumpf because you thought you’d be a hero to everyone! If anyone deserves to be cancelled, it’s a shifty sack of shit like you!

    1. Michael Smith says:

      That’s the stupidest thing anyone will read today.

      1. Me! says:

        Spoken like a fucking retard! You and Mucky Boy can take turns mounting yourselves for Drumpf to fuck you with his tiny penis, you miserable cunt!

  2. Mark Anderson says:

    “Maher said he disagreed with Kimmel’s characterization of the shooter’s politics, but emphasized that the ABC host had “every right to be wrong.”

    Kimmel lied. End of Story. Stop with the gaslighting.

    And if it’s a 1st Amendment issue, then surely Roseanne, Gina Carano, Megyn Kelly, and Paula Dean will get their jobs back as well. Because Kimmel, the hypocrite, wanted them all fired for their speech.

    And Kimmel deliberately lying about the politics of the alleged shooter, and doing black-face/black body and killing a Latino woman in a sketch is far worse than what those women did.

    1. Me! says:

      See how predictable Mucky Boy here is, peoples? He keeps on shitting out the same regurgitated right wing talking points that claim Jimmy Kimmel is a liar, and that racist chodes, like Roseanne and Megyn Kelly didn’t deserve to be fired for being their hate filled selves, He also continues to keep repeating that Kimmel’s the biggest racist of all because of what he once did a long, long time ago that was quickly resolved and everyone moved on, except for tiny, smooth brained, racist trailer trash, Mucky Boy, who’s comprehension skills classify him as retarded!

      You’d almost feel sorry for this, except for the fact that he slobbers all over Drumpf’s tiny penis and unwiped ass, because he worships him for allowing him to be his racist hate filled self! So keep on making fun of this mouth breathing loser, peoples, to make him feel shame for being a MAGAt!

      Now watch! As this big fat baby responds to me using the same stupid talking points he keeps on repeating over and over and over again because it’s a predictable suckee boob dumbfuck!

      1. Mark Anderson says:

        Jimmy Kimmel lied about the alleged shooter as being MAGA/conservative where his actual political beliefs are much closer to Kimmel and other left-wing lunatics.

        And the last time I checked, neither Roseanne or Megyn Kelly dressed up in black-face/black body and nor did they kill a Latino woman in a sketch, so that makes Kimmel a racist SOB and lately a lying lunatic that spreads falsehoods. Paula Dean also did something years ago and also apologized, so when is her career coming back?

        What applies to Jimmy Kimmel now applies to what he said about Roseanne several years ago:

        “And ABC, to their credit, didn’t waste any time—they canceled her show today. I’m not a fan of censorship, but this wasn’t about free speech—it was about consequences for saying something vile. You can say what you want, but networks don’t have to pay you to say it. … Actions have consequences, and ABC made the right call.”
        — Jimmy Kimmel, May 29, 2018

        Jimmy Kimmel and his fans should listen to Jimmy Kimmel and adhere to the same principles…otherwise, it’s hypocrisy at its finest.

      2. Me! says:

        See what I mean, peoples? Mucky Boy is SOOOO predictable, using the same right wing talking points he spews out, over and over and over again, because he’s a fucking brain dead imbecile! He even tries to claim Megyn Kelly never used blackface, when she actually DID appear on the Today show in blackface, which led to her losing her job at NBC and being banished into the podcast hinterlands.

        Mucky Boy’s ignorance is SOOOO self evident!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

      3. Mark Anderson says:

        Incorrect. Megyn Kelly was never in a black face on the Today Show – stop with the lying already, Victor the KKK.

        However, if you’re insistent on people being in black face, then surely Kimmel should be fired and so should Joy Behar, yes?

        “Joy Behar and ABC were silent Thursday after an old photo resurfaced of “The View” co-host using makeup to darken her skin for a Halloween costume”

      4. Me! says:

        So not only do we have Mucky Boy here spouting his usual lying bullshit, he still tries to claim that I’m someone else! The predictable patheticness from that fucking retard is so staggering! You can practically set your watch for that white trash loser to say the same shit, over and over and over again!

        Of course the retard’s main point that Charlie Kirk was killed by a far lefty with a trans lover roommate is also full of shit, as NBC News reported, this afternoon, that authorities still have zero evidence Kirk’s killer was what the fuckup and his fellow MAGA trolls adamantly claim him to be. But I’m sure he’ll come up with more howler-monkey-throws-his-shit-around nonsense that he is.

        Just wait for the stupid to come up from him, peoples!

      5. Mark Anderson says:

        “that authorities still have zero evidence Kirk’s killer was”

        So you admit Jimmy Kimmel lied when he said the suspected shooter’s political leanings were MAGA/conservative.

        Why did Kimmel lie then, Victor the KKK?

      6. Me! says:

        Note how Mucky Boy the racist still insists that the shooter is a far left Antifa, and that reports of no new info about the shooters background proves Kimmel was lying! Even though that retarded cunt still adamantly believes that there was no way in the world the shooter could have been a MAGAt! How incredible is it that this trailer dwelling white trash loser thinks he knows what he’s talking about, when, in reality, he’s just playing with his own poo to try and own the libbies! Isn’t he pathetically stupid, peoples?

        And of course, the ugly drooling loser, who called the 44th President “obamababoon” still has the unmitigated gall of accusing others of racism, and accusing others of impersonating someone else. Take a bow, Mucky Boy! You are Drumpf’s favourite sucker, retard!

      7. Mark Anderson says:

        Again, it was the racist lying SOB Jimmy Kimmel who insisted that Charlie Kirk’s killer was MAGA/conservative when there was no proof that he is.

        And will you apologize for lying that Megyn kelly did black-face when it was your hero racist lying SOB Jimmy Kimmel that did Black-face?

        No wonder Victor the KKK loves him so much.

      8. Me! says:

        What’d I tell you peoples! Mucky Boy is SOOOO predictable shitting out his usual lies and projecting his ignorance and racism onto others! Wanna bet the loser will continue shitting out the same tiring lies again, because it really has nothing intelligent to offer? Of course you do, you most definitely wanna place that bet!

        One wonders where this trailer trash loser gets all the stamina in making a gigantic buttplug of itself? Is it a need to feel morally superior to others because his life is one big failure after another? Especially people of color he thinks are inferior to his white trash self and wants to see them painfully under his thumb! No wonder he slobbers all over that fellow fat fuck Drumpf!

      9. Michael Smith says:

        You exhibit all the intellectual and emotional maturity of a third-grader.

      10. Mark Anderson says:

        Again….

        What applies to Jimmy Kimmel now applies to what he said about Roseanne several years ago:

        “And ABC, to their credit, didn’t waste any time—they canceled her show today. I’m not a fan of censorship, but this wasn’t about free speech—it was about consequences for saying something vile. You can say what you want, but networks don’t have to pay you to say it. … Actions have consequences, and ABC made the right call.”
        — Jimmy Kimmel, May 29, 2018

        Jimmy Kimmel and his fans should listen to Jimmy Kimmel and adhere to the same principles…otherwise, it’s hypocrisy at its finest.

      11. Me! says:

        What’d I tell you peoples? Mucky Boy is SOOOO predictable! You’d almost feel sorry for it, if it wasn’t busy trying to gargle Drumpf’s tiny ballsack and clean his unwiped ass with it’s tongue! Right Mucky Boy, you retarded loser?

      12. Me! says:

        You and Mucky Boy are trailer trash toddlers! Eat shit and fuck off you retarded cunt!

      13. User says:

        Oh here we go again. Mark and Victor love bickering with each other so much, they’d make a perfect couple 😆

      14. Me! says:

        Just who the fuck is this Victor you’re talking about?

      15. User says:

        Dude, you literally talk exactly like Victor the Monkey or whatever the hell his name was does. Also Mark here keeps referring to you as “Victor the KKK”.

      16. Me! says:

        Mucky Boy is a retarded MAGAt who spreads his lies around, and tries to gaslight people into believing his worldview! I’m here to remind it that he’s a stupid loser with no life and that he needs to feel shame for acting like that!

        Got a problem with it? Cuz I really don’t GAF!

    2. Me! says:

      Think the retarded racist loser Mucky Boy will try and come up with something intelligent to respond? Or will it just be the same regurgitated talking points that makes everyone laugh at him for being so predictably stupid? I’m guessing the latter!

  3. Michael Smith says:

    “He framed the matter as a free speech issue, stressing that the First Amendment protects the right to express unpopular views”

    It ONLY protects you from being sanctioned by the government, NOT from being fired by your employer.

  4. User says:

    Dude, you literally talk exactly like Victor the Monkey or whatever the hell his name was does. Also Mark here keeps referring to you as “Victor the KKK”.

    1. User says:

      Oops wrong place.