Bill Maher Asks Senator John Fetterman The Hoodie Question

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It was near the end of his one-on-one interview with Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman that Real Time host Bill Maher asked the question that people have been requesting for weeks – “What’s the deal with the wardrobe?” Fetterman, who was instrumental in getting a stuffy Senate to relax its dress code, came to Maher’s show adorned in his trademark hoodie and shorts.

He also brought a receipt on a previous Maher joke about how Fetterman dresses like a guy whom the airlines lost his luggage. “I’m not making a statement,” Fetterman calmly related. “I am into comfort, and I don’t have to iron, and it’s hard to find suits,” the latter quip a reference to his 6-foot, eight-inch frame. “I never understood why anyone thought that was interesting.” Denying his role in changing the dress code, he noted, “More people seemed concerned about me wearing a hoodie on the floor than Senators taking bribes.” Maher was clearly enamored with his guest.

Right at the top, he noted how Fetterman speaks “so freely. You speak like (the politicians) out of office, and its a beautiful thing.” Fetterman has had publicized bouts with a stroke and depression.

Maher wondered whether that played a part in allowing him to speak so freely. The Senator acknowledged that it does. “That’s not reckless.