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SocialDemocrat61

(8,151 posts)
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:11 AM Yesterday

Bill Maher Goes Full Rom-Com On Reality TV Villain Running For L.A. Mayor

Bill Maher Goes Full Rom-Com On Reality TV Villain Running For L.A. Mayor
Spencer Pratt seems to have won over the famously contrarian comedian, who called the aspiring politician "very authentic."
By Kelby Vera

By the end of a chummy interview on Monday’s episode of the “Club Random” podcast, comedian Bill Maher seemed smitten with reality TV star Spencer Pratt, the insurgent candidate for Los Angeles mayor.

The pair spent an hour bonding over their gripes about taxes, unhoused Angelenos, the city’s nightlife and Mayor Karen Bass, before a clearly charmed Maher dropped one of the most iconic lines in rom-com history on his guest.

“You had me at ‘hello,’” Maher said, quoting the romantic climax of the 1996 Tom Cruise/Renée Zellweger classic, “Jerry Maguire.”

“You have the exact right impatience with this shit,” concluded Maher. “It’s very authentic.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-maher-spencer-pratt-jerry-maguire_n_6a1de1c9e4b032392fa570b5
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Bill Maher Goes Full Rom-Com On Reality TV Villain Running For L.A. Mayor (Original Post) SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday OP
From what little I heard of Pratt is not good AZProgressive Yesterday #1
He's a republican SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #6
And he's endorsed by Trump. Initech Yesterday #11
Yup SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #13
I read the bio of Sam Kinison by his brother Bill Kinison Just_Vote_Dem Yesterday #2
Not surprised SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #8
We're all waiting for the "The left left me!" Grift from Bill Maher to begin. Oneironaut Yesterday #3
He is a broken record SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #9
He's half way there. Or more so Hassin Bin Sober 23 hrs ago #19
He's a rich white man SocialDemocrat61 14 hrs ago #20
keith Olbermann tells the quite believable story of meeting lapfog_1 Yesterday #4
That is a great story, well told, and PCIntern Yesterday #15
As if we needed more evidence Maher is an asshole... NT Happy Hoosier Yesterday #5
It's a mystery how some people here still support him LR3 Yesterday #14
I know SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #16
Stop watching his show awesomerwb1 Yesterday #7
Gotta love the pissing and moaning about Rick Wilson on this forum BannonsLiver Yesterday #10
Oh that's fucking gross. Fuck Spencer Pratt. Initech Yesterday #12
Fuck Bill Maher Prairie Gates 23 hrs ago #17
Cheers SocialDemocrat61 23 hrs ago #18
Maher can't see through... BH liberal 14 hrs ago #21

AZProgressive

(30,058 posts)
1. From what little I heard of Pratt is not good
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:14 AM
Yesterday

His plans on what to do about homelessness are scary. Not surprised Bill Maher would support him.

Just_Vote_Dem

(3,730 posts)
2. I read the bio of Sam Kinison by his brother Bill Kinison
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:15 AM
Yesterday

Maher does not come off well. Apparently he was hired as a writer on Sam's short lived tv show and managed to alienate just about everyone by basically being himself.

Oneironaut

(6,338 posts)
3. We're all waiting for the "The left left me!" Grift from Bill Maher to begin.
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:28 AM
Yesterday

The part where he turns into an outright Fascist who supports Trump, bigotry, and xenophobia, and blames the left for it. He knows where the money is.

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,519 posts)
19. He's half way there. Or more so
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 12:33 AM
23 hrs ago

The guy was literally cancelled by conservatives after 9/11 but thinks trans and woke are our biggest “problems”

lapfog_1

(32,038 posts)
4. keith Olbermann tells the quite believable story of meeting
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:29 AM
Yesterday

Bill Maher at Cornell when they were both going to school there. Bill Maher was a dick then, remains a dick today.

Bill is a MAGA that likes to smoke dope... i.e. a libertarian.

LR3

(204 posts)
14. It's a mystery how some people here still support him
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 03:15 PM
Yesterday

I don't know if their perception of him in stuck in 2002, but he has proven to be a libertarian asshole willing to lick rightwing boots for a long time now.

BannonsLiver

(20,929 posts)
10. Gotta love the pissing and moaning about Rick Wilson on this forum
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 12:24 PM
Yesterday

Meanwhile, he’s well to the left of Bill Maher these days. Not even in the same area code, really.

BH liberal

(181 posts)
21. Maher can't see through...
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 09:16 AM
14 hrs ago

the cloud of pot smoke that engulfs his head. He has become just another rich, loud-mouthed bubble boy who whines about paying taxes and bleats "Woke! Woke!".

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