Why Bill Maher And Larry David Are No Longer Friends<\/p>\n
It might be hard to imagine that comedic genius Larry David<\/a> and the perpetually annoying “comedian” Bill Maher<\/a> were once friends, but life is full of surprises. To wit \u2014 here’s a pic of them chumming it up back in 2016 at a Vanity Fair party.<\/p>\n Let’s get back to the “annoying” part for a minute. Earlier this year, Bill \u2014 who, for better or (mostly) worse, has trafficked in political comedy for his entire career \u2014 visited the Trump White House and lavished some praise on its chief occupant.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can hate me for it, but I\u2019m not a liar,\u201d Bill said on his show Real Time With Bill Maher about his meeting with Trump himself. \u201cTrump was gracious and measured and why he isn\u2019t that in other settings, I don\u2019t know and I can\u2019t answer, and it\u2019s not my place to answer. I\u2019m just telling you what I saw and I wasn\u2019t high.\u201d<\/p>\n One person who wasn’t impressed by Bill’s comments was Larry (no, not me), who wrote a satirical essay for The New York Times<\/a> called “My Dinner With Adolf” that functionally criticized Bill’s sentiments and his decision to visit the White House. ” Here I was, prepared to meet Hitler, the one I\u2019d seen and heard \u2014 the public Hitler,” he wrote. “But this private Hitler was a completely different animal. And oddly enough, this one seemed more authentic, like this was the real Hitler. The whole thing had my head spinning.\u201d<\/p>\n Somewhat unsurprisingly, Bill responded to Larry’s essay last month on another episode of Real Time. \u201cThe people who got all butt-hurt because I had dinner with [Trump]. You know, \u2019cause he\u2019s Hitler. Except he\u2019s not,\u201d he said. \u201cSo unhelpful and dumb.\u2026 Every year, I used to ask Larry David to do Real Time and he\u2019d always say, \u2018Bill, I can\u2019t, I\u2019m not smart enough about politics to do your show.\u2019 Yeah, I get that now.\u201d<\/p>\n It doesn’t stop there: During a recent interview with The Free Press, Bill ended up addressing the current state of his relationship with Larry after he was asked if the things he’s said and done publicly has cost him friendships. “Fuck yeah,” he replied.<\/p>\n