Invoice Maher on ‘Actual Time’ exit rumours
Invoice Maher just isn’t going wherever from Actual Time.
Throughout a current interview with CNN, comic and political skilled addressed the swirling rumors about his retirement from his long-running HBO present, Actual Time with Invoice Maher.
At 68, Maher made it clear that his departure just isn’t taking place, and any choice to go away wouldn’t be voluntary.
“I don’t know where this started about I’m getting rid of Real Time,” Maher mentioned to CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Friday, Jan. 10. “They’re going to have to drag me off of that show.”
Maher, who has been internet hosting Actual Time since 2003, is gearing up for the present’s twenty third season, which premieres on Friday, Jan. 17.
His feedback got here in response to hypothesis fueled by his earlier remarks on the December 2024 episode of his Membership Random podcast, the place he talked about to visitor Jane Fonda that he “may quit” Actual Time.
The suggestion stemmed from his reluctance to give attention to one other presidential time period below Donald Trump.
“I may quit because I don’t want to do another. I did Trump,” Maher mentioned to Fonda.
“I did all the Trump stuff before anybody. I called him a con man before anybody. I did. He’s a mafia boss. I was the one who said he wasn’t going to concede the election. I’ve done it.”
When Tapper revisited these feedback, Maher swiftly interjected to make clear his stance.
“No,” he mentioned, denying any plans to stop the HBO present. He defined his earlier remarks as frustration about doubtlessly having to revisit Trump-centric content material.
Maher did, nonetheless, verify his choice to step again from his stand-up comedy routine after 4 many years.
“I am stopping doing stand-up, just because I’m tired of touring, just because I’ve been doing it for 40 years,” he defined, noting the calls for of the craft. “You can’t do it a little bit. Stand-up is like being a boxer. You have to be in training.”
Regardless of his love for stand-up, Maher expressed the necessity for a break, notably from the grueling journey and workload that comes with balancing stand-up and Actual Time.
He emphasised that his exit from stand-up doesn’t equate to leaving his tv profession behind.
Clarifying his podcast feedback additional, Maher reiterated, “What I was saying was that I didn’t want to do another Trump term… because I’ve already done all the jokes about Donald Trump.” Nonetheless, he acknowledged {that a} Trump presidency would inevitably present new materials.
In the end, Maher expressed his hope for recent political narratives in America’s future. “I hoped for some new characters,” he concluded, hinting at his want for a shift within the political panorama that would encourage new comedic content material.