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By ALEX HAMMER, US MEDIA CORRESPONDENT<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 16:07 EDT, 20 October 2025 | Updated: 16:07 EDT, 20 October 2025 <\/p>\n

Bill Maher has revealed why he doesn’t tend to host A-listers on his hit HBO show Real Time.<\/a><\/p>\n

‘You know, the show[business] people, this is not the show for them,’ he said during a conversation with\u00a0celebrity news journalist Billy Bush on his Club Random podcast.<\/p>\n

‘Not putting them down, but you have to like know s**t. And celebrities mostly do not feel the need to know s**t,’ Maher added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘And then there’s many who don’t know s**t, but it doesn’t stop them from speaking,’ he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bush, the host of Access Hollywood from 2004 to 2016, added: ‘Because you can’t just be known for memorizing words that someone else wrote and spitting them back into a camera. It’s gotta be something more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘And I think a lot of them get into trouble that way.’<\/p>\n

The pair had been comparing their connections within Hollywood<\/a>, when Maher commented that most people incorrectly assume he’s close with certain celebs.<\/p>\n

Maher went on to elaborate on why he prefers ‘pundits, governors, senators, congressmen’ as guests.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Bill Maher said he does not like host A-listers on his hit HBO show Real Time due to their lack of knowledge<\/p>\n

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Maher is seen here with actor Michael Douglas on Real Time last year<\/p>\n

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Robert De Niro is seen on the show in March 2024<\/p>\n

‘Celebrities, they’re just a different breed. They’re loaded with talent. Talent is different than, you know, knowing thing,’ he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘And you know, thinking ain’t their best thing often.<\/p>\n

Maher added that ‘there’s many exceptions to that.’<\/p>\n

The host has welcomed the likes of Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, and Alec Baldwin on Real Time in recent years.<\/p>\n

Arnold Schwarzenegger – once the governor of California – appeared on the panel-style program on Friday.<\/p>\n

The show, which sees three guests duke it out over current events, has been on the air for nearly 23 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maher’s podcast, meanwhile, launched in 2022.<\/p>\n

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