bill maher
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Judge of Characters: It’s a Bad Week to Be a Bill
This was not the week to be a Bill. Or maybe it was a worse week to be Rudy, otherwise known as Keshia Knight Pulliam. Not only did she show up to court in support of Bill Cosby this week, but she said, “The man that I’ve known as a child was funny and witty…
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Comedian Jay Mohr Likes the N-Word, Too
Bill Maher isn’t the only white comedian who thinks it’s funny to throw around the n-word. Just take a look at a few recent tweets from that guy who used to be in movies, Jay Mohr. Earlier this week, Mohr had some interesting reactions to an old video of rapper Boosie BadAzz talking about the…
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Bill Maher’s Fate Up for Debate
Critics of Color Assess Comic’s Use of N-Word New Ebony Owners Blame Johnson Publishing Investigation Confirms Worst Fears About Prisons Mug Shots Both Public Service, Tools for Extortion ‘Don’t Put Your Hands on Me’ FCC Expected to Permit Still More Consolidation Chicago Sun-Times Advocates for Undocumented Qatar Crisis Threatens Crown Jewel: Al Jazeera NABJ Launches…
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Apparently, Free Speech Is a White Privilege
Less than 48 hours after an egomaniacal, snooty, three-toed, sloth-looking wet diaper joked about being a “house nigger” on Friday’s episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, white supremacists armed with bats, bricks and cans of Pepsi rioted in Portland, Ore., at what they deemed a “free speech rally.” The day after the “Portland Purge,”…
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Anne-Marie Johnson to Bill Maher: ‘Just Stop, Be a Little More Clever’
Anne-Marie Johnson knows all too well about Bill Maher using the n-word, and after his failed joke last week, a video featuring her appearance on his old show went viral. Johnson is now speaking out about her own experience with Maher’s use of the word and offered the comedian some timely advice. In an interview…
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Bill Maher’s Ex-Girlfriend Speaks About His Use of the N-Word
In 2003, Bill Maher was in a relationship with model Coco Johnsen, and although it only lasted two years, after it ended Johnsen filed a lawsuit against Maher for $9 million. Johnsen stated that Maher promised to marry her and didn’t follow through. So of course it makes sense for Johnsen to speak about Maher’s…
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#NeverForget: Bill Maher Once Questioned a Black Woman’s Blackness Over the N-Word
Friday’s moment when TV host Bill Maher uttered the n-word was not the first time he crossed the line where race is concerned. Long before Real Time With Bill Maher was a thing, Maher once talked over, insulted and questioned the blackness of veteran black actress Anne-Marie Johnson, all while arguing that white people should…
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Five Perfectly Practical Reasons Why Y'all Need To Stop Inviting Every Random-Ass White Person To The Cookout
Invariably, as the controversy over Bill Maher’s house nigga continues to persist, a peripheral conversation about Maher’s mythical cookout-invitee status has occurred. According to some of y’all—and by “some of y’all” I really mean “some of y’all”—Maher has done enough in his career to warrant enough of a benefit of the doubt to still score…
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Ice Cube to Appear on Bill Maher’s Show to Discuss the N-Word
Although Ice Cube was scheduled to appear on Real Time With Bill Maher this Friday before Bill Maher poorly dropped the n-word during last Friday’s show, Cube says he’s not canceling and will appear solely to discuss the corpse-looking commentator’s use of the word. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) was supposed to appear, too, but canceled.…
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Bill Maher Apologizes for Calling Himself ‘House Nigger’ on Live TV
Updated Saturday, June 3, 2017, 3:56 p.m. EDT: Ol’ Bill Maher has come out with an apology after calling himself a “house nigger” during the most recent installment of his Friday-night show. Apparently, last night was a “particularly long night” for Maher because of his words, although it took him until almost 4 p.m. the…