Bill Maher Threatened To Quit ‘Real Time’, But HBO Late-Night Chief Is Not Worried: “He Was Joking Around”
deadline.comFans of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher shouldn’t be worried about the comedian quitting his weekly show. He was joking around, according to HBO exec Nina Rosenstein.
On a recent episode of his Club Random podcast, Maher told guest Jane Fonda that he was “sh*tting his pants” over Donald Trump’s second, upcoming Presidency. “It’s hard to believe,” he said. “I mean, I may quit because I don’t want to do another.
I did Trump. I did all the Trump stuff before anybody. I called him a con man before anybody. I did. He’s a mafia boss. I was the one who said he wasn’t going to concede the election.
I’ve done it.” Asked whether she was worried that he might actually leave the show, Rosenstein, who is EVP, HBO Programming, Late Night and Specials, told Deadline, “So many people have asked that.
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