Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 9/12/2025

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4. Bill Maher's comments

"Look, I might drink a little more than usual today," Maher told guest Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. "Because I don’t know when this is airing, but this is a s--- day. A guy who sat there – Charlie Kirk – got shot today, and I can't stop thinking about it."
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Neither can I," Corgan replied.
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And we shouldn’t," Maher continued, "And if you're on the other side of the political divide, and you don't care because the wrong team guy got shot – f--- you. You're what's wrong with this country."

"As I always say to my woke friends, we voted for the same person – you’re just why she lost," Maher said.

"They’re the people who don’t want to talk," Maher said. "Charlie Kirk was always willing to engage – I talked to him here. Say what you want about right-wingers, but they’ll talk to you. The left has more of a, ‘I won’t talk to you. You’re deplorable. I can’t break bread with you.’ Right-wingers don’t have that attitude."

"Now again, I didn’t vote for them. Charlie Kirk and I certainly don’t agree on much politically. But he sat here. He’s a human being. He’s not a monster."

"And a husband, and a father," Corgan added.

"Yes. And I liked him – I like them all. They’re all nice people when you meet them in person. Nobody’s as crazy as they’re made out to be," Maher said, stressing that both sides must take responsibility for their own extremists if political violence is to be stopped.

"Violence has to be off the table," Corgan agreed, warning that peace should never be taken for granted and pointing to countries still plagued by sectarian political violence.