Bill Maher Slams ‘The View’ Hosts as ‘Not the Best Advertisement for Women’
Bill Maher is not a fan of The View, even though he says he “loves” hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar.
The Real Time host shared his thoughts on the long-running ABC daytime talk show on the latest episode of his Club Random podcast, where he spoke with guest Drew Barrymore. After Barrymore invited Maher on her own self-titled daytime talk show, the HBO star told her how he appeared on The View last year.
“I’m friendly with some of the ladies on The View and I love them, but, like, that show’s a lot,” he said, per Fox News Digital.
Barrymore shared that Behar was recently a guest on her show, to which Maher responded, “I love Joy,” before revealing it’s The View‘s talking points that he isn’t a fan of.
“I love Whoopi and Joy, those are the two I really know,” he continued. “And I did [the show] like a year ago, and I liked everybody, but I don’t know if they’re really, at this moment, the best advertisement for women.”
He added, “They say some things that are just not helpful to, like, say, elections.”
Maher appeared on The View in May 2024, where he and co-host Sunny Hostin clashed over the Israel-Palestine war. After Hostin said Israel is killing innocent civilians, Maher pushed back, saying Israel has a right to fight back against the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
“That’s what happens in a war. Here’s a way to stop that, stop attacking Israel,” he stated.
This isn’t the first time Maher has slammed The View. On the July 28 episode of Club Random, Maher spoke with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen and addressed Goldberg’s claims that Black people are as oppressed in America as women in Iran.
“That is something that, again, is infuriating about the far left, I would say,” Maher said. “Call them whatever they want. Not the woke, the stupid woke, like Whoopi Goldberg, love her, but when she said a couple weeks ago that being Black was the same as being a woman in Iran, it’s like, yeah, in 1920, but not today.”
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He plays both sides of the table i thought it was weird that he kept saying he gave a piece of his mind to trump at their dinner if he would have said that once I might have believed it but after the 10th time he said it was hard to believe
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I love the View ladies. They are bold to cover what the news are cowards to show. Ones don't like them because they are thick skin. They can dish it and take it. A lot of people don't have this gift.
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free speech👍🏼👍🏼
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Who are you kidding? Thick skin? They neither have thick skin or are able to take what they dish out. Whenever there is another voice, dare I say another view, they have a complete meltdown. The very title of the show tells you they live in an echo chamber.
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Absolutely. They have not had one republican guest on their show in the entire year. They're racist, and they care about their view and no one else's. They are not equal or balanced. They're just karens
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As a elderly man I think Bill should take a long look in the mirror, he is out of step with a lot of categories of people, especially his frail attempts to attack woke people like most of the caucus people.
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DEI, woke, CRT these are terms that white folks used to divide all Americans. It is Trump‘s scare tactics! Moreover, I am so sick and tired of white folks trying to tell a black person a black person what racism is…that’s so insulting! it used to be affirmative action now it’s all these other terms such as DEI and woke and CRT and the list goes on. I will give that to the Republicans. They do know how to message and it works plus, you also have to remember they got a network the propaganda machine called Fox News. What a blank joke.
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Do you really think that?
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Maher employe excellent comedy writers. When he doesn't have them to lean on, it really shows.
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I used to watch Bill Maher's show, but no more. His overall conduct and words lately seem more like a publicity stunt than anything else.
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he lost my support when he went over to Trump's side
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It’s people like Goldberg that won’t let racism die
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So racism is whoopee‘s fault? When will Americans accept the fact that this country has been built on racism and continues to be racist! that’s the bottom line get over it America is racist.
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No, it’s people that’s leading this country at this time that’s keeping not only racism alive, but women’s rights at risk, and some many other things detrimental to human rights. The View actually gives a side lots of people don’t want to hear. If you don’t like it, change the channel.
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the view women are haters and racist need to be removed
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nope its the Racists like trump & his Kkklan/admin....
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Noooo…it’s people who are comfortable in their place in a racist society, and they don’t want anyone to rock their boat. They don’t have a problem with racism, they have a problem with people pointing OUT racism. Speaks volumes.
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Makes sense to me!
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I used to like Maher but he’s lost his mojo, he’s not even funny anymore now he just comes off as whining and sniveling about everything…
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Goodman. You are insulting. You are a racist. Where is the uproar when blacks are killing each other like roaches. Fix yourselves before you blame everyone else for the problems your people have created for themselves. Must be tough now that you won't be able to freeload off the government anymore.
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Mass shootings are usually done by who? One on one, color on color or mass, dead is dead.
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Bill is correct. The View is unwatchable for normal Women that don't have TDS. They're all full of hate and seem to have severe psychiatric disorders.
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Like, lots of similies Bill.
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Black people are the most racist people in America. The view is a far left show and this who support it are far left racists just like the blacks. Know your place in this country and everything will be better.
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In what history book did "THE" Black Americans invade countries, enslave indigenous people, wipe out cultures via diseases and cruelty or auction each member of a family to the highest bidder?
Trump University is not a real university and KKK WHITES (dunce hats) do not stand for Kind-Knowledge-Keen.
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What's real is that your people have gotten everything handed to them just by using violence and crying racism. Gravy train is empty fools. You've been exposed
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To paraphrase a saying, "If ignorance is bliss, you must be in Eden!"
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I love the way folks say things behind the social media curtain that they wouldn't dare say in a public forum where their names and faces would be exposed. The very few comments that I have made on social media were and still are comments I would make anywhere, anytime, anyplace. What say you tiredoftheblacks? You wouldn't dare and you know it with the exception of being in a crowd of like minded folks like you.
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BTW, just exactly where is my/our place? I've been looking for it ever since we were dragged here. Remember, we didn't choose America. America chose us. This country was for the Natives until they were tricked, bamboozled, led astray and slaughtered by a group of people who came from Lord knows where. Only Natives are Americans. Everyone else is Italian American, Polish American, Irish American. But that is not how they're classified. Only one group..African American. Alas, I don't have very many Fs left so I have to choose carefully to whom or what I give one to.
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Bill is 100% correct. The View should be canceled. Maybe if they were out of work they could actually see what is happening in the world instead of making stuff up
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Are you crazy. The KING of making stuff up is the nut job who told us he asked his uncle, an MIT professor what it was like teaching Ted Kazinsky (who went to Harvard). This uncle died in 1985. We didn't even know about Ted Kazinsky until 1994. And you've got to love his story about labs with transgender mice!! Please tell me why anyone says stuff like this. Is he crazy or just a compulsive liar???
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that's why u Anonymous?
View is brutally honest & not afraid to censor opinions, being afraid if the whiny orang toddler getting his feeling hurt...don't like it, don't watch it- change to Fox news if that's what u wanna hear.
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May you should stop watching
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Faux first. ALL of it!
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