Bill Maher made some controversial comments defending the abruptly retired “Hardball” host Chris Matthews and slamming overreactions to the coronavirus spread. “A friend of mine lost his job this week — Chris Matthews.
Wanted to give him a shoutout because I will miss him and a lot of other people will, too,” the “Real Time” host said Friday. “MSNBC used to run this thing, ‘This is who we are.’ Well, I didn’t like who you were this week and I don’t think a lot of people who work there like this either.
I think this cancel culture is a cancer on progressivism.” Matthews announced his retirement on air Monday and apologized for making inappropriate comments to women on his show.
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