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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill 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 Mondays 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 citys 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. Its very authentic.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-maher-spencer-pratt-jerry-maguire_n_6a1de1c9e4b032392fa570b5
AZProgressive
(30,058 posts)His plans on what to do about homelessness are scary. Not surprised Bill Maher would support him.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,151 posts)That's all you need to know.
Initech
(109,422 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(8,151 posts)But Maher is now a Trump toady.
Just_Vote_Dem
(3,730 posts)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.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,151 posts)When ever people who knew him in the past post, it's never good.
Oneironaut
(6,338 posts)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.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,151 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(27,519 posts)The guy was literally cancelled by conservatives after 9/11 but thinks trans and woke are our biggest problems
SocialDemocrat61
(8,151 posts)and a bigot.
lapfog_1
(32,038 posts)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.
PCIntern
(28,697 posts)absofuckinglutely believable.
Happy Hoosier
(9,685 posts)LR3
(204 posts)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.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,151 posts)awesomerwb1
(5,169 posts)BannonsLiver
(20,929 posts)Meanwhile, hes well to the left of Bill Maher these days. Not even in the same area code, really.
Initech
(109,422 posts)Prairie Gates
(8,542 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(8,151 posts)BH liberal
(181 posts)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!".