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Kingofalldems

(40,398 posts)
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 03:23 PM 5 hrs ago

Wanda Sykes put MAGA Bill Maher in his place:

“Bill Maher stopped me out in the parking lot.”

Wanda Sykes says thin-skinned Maher was mad about her Golden Globes joke saying he should do “a little less” and confronted her about it outside saying it wasn’t funny.

(Fact-check: many people laughed.)

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-06-11T19:17:45.847Z
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Wanda Sykes put MAGA Bill Maher in his place: (Original Post) Kingofalldems 5 hrs ago OP
*Wanda* Kingofalldems 5 hrs ago #1
She's great! Love her mountain grammy 2 hrs ago #32
I do now and have always despised that misogynist.. efhmc 5 hrs ago #2
She's perfect. Passages 5 hrs ago #3
Give him hell Wanda! oasis 5 hrs ago #4
That thin-skinned asshole can dish it out, can't take it. GoCubsGo 5 hrs ago #5
Wanda's on the money with that one. Ritabert 4 hrs ago #6
Message to Bill Maher: calimary 4 hrs ago #7
He's always been garbage Orrex 4 hrs ago #8
Best part was the last part BaronChocula 4 hrs ago #9
Wanda is a comedy genius EncantoCatColony 4 hrs ago #10
What do you call a comedian who can't take a joke? SocialDemocrat61 4 hrs ago #11
Love Wanda 💙 she is great 👍👍 TommieMommy 4 hrs ago #12
I loved all the comments on bluesky! niyad 4 hrs ago #13
Like this one. ananda 4 hrs ago #14
He deserved it! tonekat 4 hrs ago #15
Maher claims to be Icanthinkformyself 3 hrs ago #16
I've always thought a Libertarian is just a Republican who smokes weed MIButterfly 3 hrs ago #22
a decent description of mahar rampartd 2 hrs ago #29
To Be Fair... ProfessorGAC 2 hrs ago #24
He gave to democrats years ago SocialDemocrat61 1 hr ago #33
2024 Was Years Ago? ProfessorGAC 1 hr ago #34
2024? SocialDemocrat61 49 min ago #36
Hit a nerve. paleotn 3 hrs ago #17
Fuck Bill Maher Prairie Gates 3 hrs ago #18
Used to like Bill Maher (like in the 90's) -- now he's unwatchable Blue Owl 2 hrs ago #31
Maher basically became what he claimed to despise. Oneironaut 3 hrs ago #19
Bill Maher is the.... richdj25 3 hrs ago #20
Maher was never "progressive" ... he says right on his show that he's a libertarian FakeNoose 3 hrs ago #21
I love Wanda Sykes and gave up liking Bill Maher years ago MIButterfly 2 hrs ago #23
I think what's happened to him BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #26
She cooked him. BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #25
He seems quite put out when he receives his own gifts in kind Torchlight 2 hrs ago #27
Wanda kicks ass ZDU 2 hrs ago #28
Wanda is awesome themaguffin 2 hrs ago #30
He's been J-9 1 hr ago #35

calimary

(91,192 posts)
7. Message to Bill Maher:
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 04:22 PM
4 hrs ago

If you’ve GOTTA support him, can you please just keep it to yourself? There will be fewer uncomfortable confrontations.

BaronChocula

(4,897 posts)
9. Best part was the last part
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 04:28 PM
4 hrs ago

when he asked if she'd be on his podcast and she said "absolutely not!"

One of my jobs involves monitoring and scheduling multiple tv broadcasts and CNN is frequently within eyesight. When they run that dillweed's show and I see glimpses out of the corner of my eye, I'm often disappointed to see people I respect on the panel. He's just a selfish pig.

A friend once texted me a clip of a segment of the show and I told him I wasn't interested because I couldn't stand Maher. Friend gets offended and said "way to keep an open mind." I informed him that I've been seeing Maher's comedy for over 40 years and even once attended a shooting of "Politically Incorrect" long before I stopped tolerating him.

Icanthinkformyself

(437 posts)
16. Maher claims to be
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 05:10 PM
3 hrs ago

a libertarian. There is no difference between a libertarian, a conservative or Republican. They are thin skinned and their fee-fees are always hurt.

ProfessorGAC

(77,508 posts)
24. To Be Fair...
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 06:08 PM
2 hrs ago

...he is a small "l" libertarian.
He has made comments about the lunacy of the Libertarian party.
He donates to democrats & votes for democrats.
Like me, he's less party orthodox but is clearly anti-republican.

Oneironaut

(6,351 posts)
19. Maher basically became what he claimed to despise.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 05:41 PM
3 hrs ago

He spent the last decade blasting overly serious people who can’t take a joke. That’s what he is now - a whiny, entitled brat who can’t take a joke and who constantly does the equivalent of woke-scolding every week on his show or his podcast.

richdj25

(231 posts)
20. Bill Maher is the....
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 05:44 PM
3 hrs ago

miniature version of of John Fetterman. Two fools, who are betrayers of progressive causes.

FakeNoose

(42,792 posts)
21. Maher was never "progressive" ... he says right on his show that he's a libertarian
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 05:55 PM
3 hrs ago

... which is pretty much the opposite of progressive.

I won't argue with you about John Fetterman, I'm deeply disappointed in him. He WAS a progressive until he sold out to Chump. Maybe his stroke 4+ years ago affected his reasoning ability, or maybe Chump is blackmailing him to vote R, I don't know. But I do know that he'll never be re-elected in Pennsylvania. I'm a PA voter and I supported him in 2022, and even before that time when he ran for Lt. Governor with Tom Wolf.

Not any more, none of the Democrats will vote for him again. The Repukes don't want him either, so don't believe the stupid stories about him "changing parties." It's not happening. He needs to resign as soon as possible and allow Gov. Shapiro to appoint someone who will live up to his (Fetterman's) campaign promises, because he's not doing the job.

MIButterfly

(3,358 posts)
23. I love Wanda Sykes and gave up liking Bill Maher years ago
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 06:05 PM
2 hrs ago

I don’t know what happened to him but he's just not funny anymore. He"s more annoying to me than anything else these days. Wanda Sykes, on the other hand, always makes laugh.

BannonsLiver

(20,949 posts)
26. I think what's happened to him
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 06:29 PM
2 hrs ago

Is that he’s an aging formerly liberal white guy who never got the credit he felt he deserved (which he has alluded to with the Emmy awards) and is aggrieved and resentful about all of that as a result. He’s also in his 70s now and probably knows he’s lost whatever fastball he once had, which for someone in his line of work is problematic. There is a feeling of time having passed him by.

BannonsLiver

(20,949 posts)
25. She cooked him.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 06:23 PM
2 hrs ago

She was a semi regular guest on his show years ago but clearly, like a lot of people, has found his appeal to be very selective as he drifts to the right.

Torchlight

(7,136 posts)
27. He seems quite put out when he receives his own gifts in kind
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 06:32 PM
2 hrs ago

He was the target of something he does for a living, yet cries foul when he's the one at bat and the ball sails efficiently over the plate.

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