Bill Maher Defends Megyn Kelly Over ‘Cancel Culture’: ‘We Were S**tcanned’ – By Lydia Smith (Newsweek) / Jan 25 2020
Bill Maher defended Megyn Kelly when she appeared on his show for the first time, blaming “cancel culture” and the “woke” left for her being dropped from NBC.
The former Fox News and NBC host appeared on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday night.
Among a number of issues the pair discussed, they criticised “cancel culture”—referencing their personal experiences of being dropped by major television networks.
“I was s**tcanned by ABC, you were s**tcanned by NBC,” Maher said.
“When that happened, I was angry for you, because this cancel culture… when they do polls, they find, like, 80-90 percent of the people in this country hate this s**t. Even liberals hate this s**t,” he said.
“This is one reason why Trump got elected, because people hate political correctness so much that they’ll even take it in the mouth of a werewolf when he’s not politically correct.”
Megyn Kelly parted ways with NBC after making controversial comments about blackface
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Maher continued: “I mean, you even apologized for something that I didn’t think was that awful. It’s like, why couldn’t you just say, ‘OK, I was a little inartful at how I expressed that, my bad, let’s move on with our lives.’ No. Instead you have to go away for all time. Who are these perfect people who have never made any mistake?”
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