In the season 22 finale Real Time with Bill Maherthe host took aim at Donald Trump's much-derided Cabinet picks, even pausing at one point to laugh heartily while implying that the jokes write themselves.
“Do I really have to write jokes for this?” Bill Maher said with a chuckle.
At the beginning of his final episode of the year, Maher began with an inappropriate joke referencing Trump's “Access Hollywood” tape: “Republicans, man, when they take power, they grab it by the crotch. They don't do that. They ain't in power yet.” “They just won the election. Really, big changes in the House. They elected the first transgender person to the House, so the Republicans immediately banned her from going to the bathroom. Yes, thank God the adults are back in charge.”
“Immediately, Lindsey Graham volunteered to check for bars,” he said. Maher continued the clip, noting Graham's redundant compliments — in which he described Trump's naming of former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to the AG after Matt Gaetz's withdrawal as “a grand slam, a landing, a hole-in-one, an ace, a hat trick, a slam dunk, an Olympic gold.” . “Medall Pick” – “Because nothing says ‘I’m straight’ like overcompensating with a sports metaphor.”
Regarding Gaetz's withdrawal, he joked, “Republicans said, 'Yes, he's so despicable, even to us,' which I respect.”
“Then there Fox and friendsPete Hegseth, nominee for Secretary of Defense. He's been accused – again, just accused – of having non-consensual sexual relations that are, he says, consensual. So again, we don't know. She wasn't there. I wasn't there. We don't know, but it raises the question, has anyone ever had sex with someone from Fox News and liked them? He said.
Concluding his opening speech before the show, he joked: “I'm not saying this crew won't be good at their jobs, but they will be the first Cabinet to be asked to stay on.” [outside] 500 feet to the school. Did you know that useless sexual harassment seminar we all have to do at work? “We finally found an office that needed it.”
As Deadline previously reported in March, HBO has renewed the show through the end of 2026. During the show, Maher said he would return as host in the new year on January 17, with his own comedy show. Does anyone else see this? It will air a week ago on HBO.
