Bill Maher is moaning that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is “very mad” at him — and admits the funnymen may never speak again.
Bill dished about the fractured relationship to his Club Random podcast guest Adam Carolla, who cohosted The Man Show on Comedy Central from 1999 to 2004 with longtime buddy Jimmy.
Without elaborating on the reasons behind the schism, the Real Time host remarked to Adam, “I hope you tell [Jimmy] that I’m sorry that it got bent out of shape. I don’t think I did anything wrong. We can have disagreements.”
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Months earlier, Bill had called out the ABC gabfest guy’s wife, Molly McNearney, for saying she’d iced out Donald Trump–supporting relatives amid the Republican president’s ongoing criticism of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! emcee and other late-night TV yakkers, characterizing some of her pre-election efforts as shortsighted ultimatums, per Entertainment Weekly.
As Globe previously reported, 58-year-old Jimmy’s show was briefly suspended by ABC in September following the liberal comic’s comments about the assassination of conservative Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk, which some called insensitive.
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At the time, the president trumpeted that the network’s move was “great news for America,” and also referred to The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon and Late Night’s Seth Meyers as “total losers.”
Bill, 70, further bellyached to Adam, 61, about the differences between the political right and left in being able to discuss differences of opinion.
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“I don’t just buy into the left-wing bulls**t, and I never stop making fun of the right-wing bulls**t at all,” Bill shared. “I don’t think Jimmy is an a**hole … I think he’s a great guy, and it bugs me that, you know, because of what the latest thing was, that, you know, we may never talk again.”
Peacemaker Adam then suggested the men could make up and added, “You guys should be thick as thieves and on the same page.”
Bill also addressed the Kimmel clash in an earlier Club Random episode, explaining, “I see they’re mad at me. Uh, I’m sorry. I mean, I was being, again, as respectful as I could, but I don’t agree with that point of view. … I hope we’re friends forever, but I don’t know.”
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