{"id":493242,"date":"2026-02-20T21:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/493242\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:35:10","slug":"bill-maher-apologizes-to-jimmy-kimmel-amid-rift-but-doesnt-think-he-did-anything-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/493242\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher Apologizes to Jimmy Kimmel Amid Rift, But Doesn\u2019t Think He \u2018Did Anything Wrong\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Maher is moaning that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is \u201cvery mad\u201d at him \u2014 and admits the funnymen may never speak again.<\/p>\n

Bill dished about the fractured relationship to his Club Random<\/a> podcast guest Adam Carolla, who cohosted The Man Show on Comedy Central from 1999 to 2004 with longtime buddy Jimmy.<\/p>\n

Without elaborating on the reasons behind the schism, the Real Time host remarked to Adam, \u201cI hope you tell [Jimmy] that I\u2019m sorry that it got bent out of shape. I don\u2019t think I did anything wrong. We can have disagreements.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Months earlier, Bill had called out the ABC gabfest guy\u2019s wife, Molly McNearney, for saying she\u2019d iced out Donald Trump\u2013supporting relatives amid the Republican president\u2019s 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Globe previously reported, 58-year-old Jimmy\u2019s show was briefly suspended by ABC in September following the liberal comic\u2019s comments about the assassination of conservative Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk, which some called<\/a> insensitive.<\/p>\n

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At the time, the president trumpeted<\/a> that the network\u2019s move was \u201cgreat news for America,\u201d and also referred to The Tonight Show\u2019s Jimmy Fallon and Late Night\u2019s Seth Meyers as \u201ctotal losers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill, 70, further bellyached to Adam, 61, about the differences between the political right and left in being able to discuss differences of opinion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t just buy into the left-wing bulls**t, and I never stop making fun of the right-wing bulls**t at all,\u201d Bill shared. \u201cI don\u2019t think Jimmy is an a**hole \u2026 I think he\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peacemaker Adam then suggested the men could make up and added, \u201cYou guys should be thick as thieves and on the same page.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill also addressed the Kimmel clash in an earlier Club Random<\/a> episode, explaining, \u201cI see they\u2019re mad at me. Uh, I\u2019m sorry. I mean, I was being, again, as respectful as I could, but I don\u2019t agree with that point of view. \u2026 I hope we\u2019re friends forever, but I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

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