Bill Maher Urges Audience To Lighten Up, Even As His CAA Partygate Snub Erupts
deadline.comBill Maher tapes his show, which means news that breaks on Friday is usually not mentioned. Such was the case on Friday’s Real Time, as earlier in the day, stories broke that Maher has fired his longtime agents at CAA, allegedly over not being invited to agency head Bryan Lourd’s A-list house party during Oscars week.
Ironically, Maher’s “New Rules” editorial was about the trend toward whining about the small stuff in life. “Being obsessed with your mental heath is bad for your mental heath,” he proclaimed.
He tied it to why President Joe Biden’s approval rating is so low “when things are pretty good.” He cited the modern blessings of next day shopping, stuffed crust pizza, and porn on your phone.
So “cheer the f**k up,” he advised. “Yes, you are on the spectrum,” Maher said. “So’s everyone alive. That’s why they call it a spectrum.” Maher brought up the time Elmo asked on social media how everyone was doing. “People responded like he was the suicide hotline,” Maher noted. “But you think you have it bad – try living your life with a guy’s forearm shoved up your ass.” Earlier, Maher interviewed Eric Holder, former attorney general under President Obama, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, and co-author of Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan.
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