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Bill Maher on “The View”
Bill Maher, HBO star, appeared on ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday in an interview that launched the two, Maher and co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck, into an awkward five-minute exchange of words and confrontation.
Hasselbeck, caught Maher in a crossfire about one of his jokes she found inappropriate… and you know her…she’s not one to bite her tongue.
The show which began with a short discussion on the Penn State sex abuse scandal in which Maher said, “Any institution where there’s no women around, like the church or football, you need women as a moderating influence. When men are just among men, they do stupid things. That’s just the truth.”
Maher’s statement got an applause from “The View” audience however… Hasselbeck quickly brought up a joke Maher told about her and CBS correspondent Lara Logan nearly a year ago, questioning whether the HBO host’s moral code when it comes to commenting on women’s issues.
This question was in regards to an episode which aired on “The Real Time with Bill Maher,” on Feb.04, while the Egyptian protest were taking place in Tahrir square. Maher made a joke about Hasselbeck and news correspondent Lora Logan “New rule: now that Hosni Mubarak has released Lara Logan, he must put her intrepid hotness on a plane immediately. In exchange, we will send Elisabeth Hasselbeck.” On Feb. 15th, the world would learn about the brutal and horrific sexual assault against Logan which occurred just three days prior on Feb. 11th in Tahrir Square. The assault hadn’t occurred when Maher made the joke.
Over a week later, on Feb. 15, the public would learn that Logan had suffered a brutal sexual assault on Feb. 11 in Tahrir Square. When Maher told the joke, he could not have known that Logan had been raped.
Regardless of the timeline, Hasselbeck began Tuesday’s show by reading the joke back to Maher. She ask him if he still stood behind it. “Would you say that again, if you’re so supportive of women?”
Maher’s reply…”If I had a crystal ball and knew I was coming here and had to spend my whole segment talking about it, no I wouldn’t.”
On Tuesday evening during an interview with Dave Letterman on the “Late Show with Dave Letterma,” Maher said his appearance on “The View” made him “feel like a teenage boy at Penn State.”
ater Tuesday evening, Maher appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman” and said his appearance on “The View” made him feel “like a teenaged boy at Penn State.”
Guess there is no love lost between those two!
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