Bill Maher Slams Trump and Fox News for Their Racist Aretha Franklin Tributes
The ‘Real Time’ host also addressed the ongoing Omarosa-Trump soap opera.
Marlow Stern
08.17.18 11:34 PM ET
“Not such a good week for the president,” Bill Maher announced at the top of Friday night’s Real Time. “He lost his one black friend.”
Yes, the comedian began the latest edition of his HBO program by addressing the soap opera that’s captivated the media’s attention: Omarosa’s roaring rampage of revenge against her former employer, President Donald Trump.
The reality-TV villainess turned senior White House aide to Trump is promoting her new tell-all book Unhinged, and has been dropping Easter eggs—in the form of tape recordings of private conversations with the president and various other White House officials.
“Let’s not forget that Omarosa did defend Trump a million times, lied for him. After the election she said all his detractors would have to bow down before Donald Trump.
I don’t care, she’s our asshole now,” said Maher. “I’ll take anything I can get. Gladly. But really, this is where we are? Where the reality-show people are now the reality?”
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