People are saying Bill Maher's monologue rebuking pedophilia in Hollywood, gender identity politics might be his best takedown ever



Bill Maher delivered a scathing rebuke of the sexualization of children – whether it happens in Hollywood, at Disney, or during a drag queen storytime. The powerful monologue by the liberal talk show host is being heralded as his best takedown ever.

During this week's "New Rule" segment, Maher delved into the "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids" TV docuseries that explores the working conditions of child actors at Nickelodeon in the 1990s and 2000s. Producer Dan Schneider was accused of misconduct and placing children in sexualized scenes on television shows. Schneider has denied all of the allegations.

Maher prefaced his diatribe by admitting that he "doesn't like kids," but believes that it is "every adult's job to protect them."

After watching "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids," Maher noted, "Nickelodeon — it wasn’t a studio, it was Neverland Ranch with craft services."

"It is just scene after scene, clip after clip of the child stars of their day being subjected to obviously inappropriate, highly sexualized degradation,” Maher stated.

Maher said the docuseries is the "talk of the town" in Los Angeles because it not only exposed a "dangerous workplace," but also highlighted "hypocrisy."

Maher pointed out that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis accused Disney of promoting the sexualization of children due to the company's stance against parental rights in education legislation.

The "Real Time with Bill Maher" host said DeSantis was "dismissed as a hick and a bigot" for calling out Disney for the sexualization of children.

Maher asked, "But why would a kids’ content factory like Disney be all that different than the one at Nickelodeon?"

He cited a a 2014 report from CNN that found that at least 35 employees of Disney had been arrested for child sex crimes.

Maher spoke about former Disney child star Alyson Stoner – who "narrowly survived the toddler to trainwreck pipeline."

Maher added that former child star Cole Sprouse told the New York Times in 2022 that the Disney Channel heavily sexualized female actresses from an early age.

He highlighted how Brian Peck — who was convicted of sexually assaulting a Nickelodeon child actor in 2004 – was hired by Disney to work on a children’s show after serving his time in prison for child sex crimes.

"For pedophiles in Hollywood, it’s a small world after all," he said.

Maher then complimented Florida's Republican governor, "DeSantis wasn’t wrong. We’re so tribal now, the left will support child f***ing if the wrong party calls it out."

Earlier this month, DeSantis signed five bills into law enhancing criminal penalties for child-related sexual offenses and cracking down on online grooming of children.

Maher blasted Instagram moms who are "practically OnlyFans-ing" their young daughters to "build social stardom."

He then stated that drag queen storytime might not be the best thing for children.

"Not that there’s anything wrong with being a drag queen, but maybe it’s time to admit that sometimes drag queen story hour is more for the queen than the kids," he stated.

Maher brought up the time a Texas gay bar hosted a "Drag the Kids to Pride" event where drag queen dancers provocatively gyrated in front of children as young as toddlers. As Blaze News previously reported, "There are neon signs at the gay bar that read 'It's not gonna lick itself' and 'I licked it so it's mine.'"

He continued, “When I see a 5-year-old tipping at a bar under a sign that says 'It’s not going to lick itself,' do I have to pretend that’s cool in order to keep my liberal ID card? Sorry, I can’t do that."

Maher declared, "I've said it before, wokeness is not an extension of liberalism anymore. It’s more often taking something so far that it becomes the opposite."

He proclaimed, "At a certain point, inclusion becomes promotion. And contrary to current progressive dogma, children aren’t miniature adults wise beyond their years — they’re morons."

Maher asserted that children are “gullible" and only want to please grownups.

"That’s why endlessly talking about gender to 6-year-olds isn’t just inappropriate,” Maher added. "It's what the law would call ‘entrapment,’ which means enticing people into doing something they wouldn’t ordinarily do."

He pointed out that LGBTQ activists are pushing gender identity politics to children in school.

The host aired a clip of a Walt Disney Company executive producer boasting about implementing a "gay agenda" in children's content.

Maher's impactful monologue was applauded by conservatives, some saying it was his best diatribe ever.

BlazeTV host Steve Deace: "A week ago, Maher admitted abortion was murder and he was fine killing kids. A week later, he delivers one of the best takedowns of grooming kids ever seen."

Women's rights activist Riley Gaines: "'But at a certain point, inclusion becomes promotion.' One of the most powerful monologues we've seen. Watch as liberal media & progressives come after Bill Maher for daring to say this out loud."

Editor Curtis Houck: "Oh my goodness. Bill Maher has had some incredible final New Rules in recent years, but this might be his best and most important. A must listen and then one of those share with ten friends."

Gun advocate John R Lott Jr.: "Bill Maher correctly describes what is happening today with the sexualization of children as entrapment. This is a powerful discussion by Maher."

Country music singer John Rich: "Never thought I'd repost Bill Maher but this is worth watching. When a lifelong liberal is now calling out the perverse war on children, we are making some progress."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk: "Wow, Bill Maher hits the bullseye."

Legal expert Brett L. Tolman: "This is incredibly powerful. It took courage for Bill Maher to say what so many on the right have been warning about the 'woke' agenda and the harm to our children it is causing."

Radio host Chris Stigall: "Perhaps the most important monologue you’ll watch Bill Maher deliver."

Director Robby Starbuck: "This is the single most impactful, honest monologue Bill Maher has ever done. I give him a lot of credit because this is considered sacrilegious to talk about in his party now."

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'You're not a freedom fighter because you want to keep eating donuts': Bill Maher warns that fat acceptance is exacerbating America's obesity epidemic and 'rewriting science to fit ideology'



Bill Maher warned that fat acceptance is toxic and is only exacerbating America's obesity epidemic.

In the latest episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher," the HBO host blamed the current culture of body positivity for celebrating unhealthy obesity.

"There's a disturbing trend going on in America these days: rewriting science to fit ideology or just to fit what you want reality to be," Maher declared.

"We've gone from 'fat acceptance' to 'fat celebration.' That's new," he added.

"To view letting yourself go as a point of pride? We used to at least try and be fit and healthy, and society praised those who succeeded," Maher noted.

"Now the term body positivity is used to mean 'I'm perfect the way I am because I'm me,'" the liberal talk show said. "It's Orwellian how often positivity is used to describe what's not healthy."

Maher rhetorically asked, "Let me ask you this: Have you ever seen a fat 90-year-old?"

He noted that the term "healthy at any weight" is an "unchallenged lie that people tell themselves so they can go on eating whatever they want."

Maher labeled the obesity epidemic as a "full-blown catastrophe."

Maher cited a 2019 article from the New York Times titled "Our Food is Killing Too Many of Us" that stated, " Poor diet is the leading cause of mortality in the United States, causing more than half a million deaths per year."

He pointed out that obese people had "horrible" outcomes during the COVID pandemic because of weakened immune systems.

"'It's literally a national security issue now," Maher said on Friday night. "Military recruitment is down by the most since the end of the draft, because, mainly, 17 to 24-year-olds are too fat to fight."

Maher blasted allies and supporters of the fat celebration movement, "You can make believe you’re fighting some great social justice battle for a besieged minority, but what you’re really doing is enabling addicts – which I thought we decided was bad."

He continued, "Companies like Nike, Sports Illustrated, Victoria’s Secret, companies that are specifically about fitness, nevertheless promote people who are plainly not into fitness."

Maher referenced how singer Adele was attacked for losing weight, and some people accused her of "fat-shaming."

Maher lampooned cards created by a body positivity website that are to be used during a doctor visit. The cards read: "Please don't weigh me unless it's (really) medically necessary. If you really need my weight, please tell me why so that I can give you my informed consent."

Maher slammed body positivity advocates, "You're not a freedom fighter because you want to keep eating donuts."

"Somehow 50 years ago, this country looked entirely different," he said, and then joked, "You don't think it was a struggle for them? You think cake wasn't delicious in 1969?"

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "From 1999 –2000 through 2017 –March 2020, U.S. obesity prevalence increased from 30.5% to 41.9%. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%."

The CDC stated, "The estimated annual medical cost of obesity in the United States was nearly $173 billion in 2019 dollars. Medical costs for adults who had obesity were $1,861 higher than medical costs for people with healthy weight."

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Bill Maher hammers liberals who say masculinity is always toxic. 'Real Time' host praises males defending Ukraine, points out how 'the world still needs grown-ass men.'



Bill Maher laced into liberals who attack men for having supposed "toxic masculinity." The "Real Time with Bill Maher" host used Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and men taking up arms to defend Ukraine from the Russian invasion as examples of how masculinity can be anything but toxic.

"If there's one thing we've learned from the crisis in Ukraine, it's that everyone loves, and the world still needs, grown-ass men," Maher began his rant.

Maher noticed that American women are obsessing over Zelenskyy, who the New York Post and Forward labeled as a "sex symbol" earlier this month. Maher stressed that progressives can't consider Zelenskyy a sex symbol while also denouncing masculinity as toxic.

The liberal talk show host jokingly hypothesized, "Could it be that as much as women may want to create the perfect man there's always going to be a little bit of toxic mixed in with our masculinity and no amount of training will turn us into your favorite 'Twilight' character."

"Masculinity is like coffee even when you decaffeinated, there's still a little caffeine in there," Maher quipped.

"Now there's certainly no denying that there has been a lot of toxicity associated with men throughout history, oceans of brutality, all of which is horrible, and some of which is why our species still exists on earth," Maher acknowledged.

"There are brave women fighting in Ukraine, but the images of people fleeing all seem to be women and children while every able-bodied man in Ukraine is sticking around to fight and maybe die," Maher noted. Ukraine has prohibited most Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 from fleeing the country, forcing them to defend against the Russian invasion.

"It's not always a great advantage being a man and toxic though we may be," he proclaimed. "We do sometimes come in handy."

"Turns out after 200,000 years, there's still a lot of 'Another tribe is coming to kill us.' And when that happens, you want a little big d*** energy," Maher said of military conflicts.

Maher remarked that for years he has been told that "women just want a man who listens" and "won't try to fix their problems. He dared, "Put that to the test sometime. Go over to her house tomorrow and fix her radiator. I bet she loves it."

"When there's a noise downstairs, someone has to go into the dark and most women still want a man to do it," Maher joked. "And if he doesn't, or can't or won't, it's not sexy."

The HBO host shared a study that American adults having sex hit a 30-year low. He highlighted a study that one in four adults in the U.S. haven't had sex in the past year. Maher also pointed out how sperm counts of U.S. men have been drastically declining over decades.

Maher questioned the manlihood of today's American male, and suggested it could be because of the constant lecturing about toxic masculinity.

"It's the result of having it drilled into us in recent years that masculinity is itself toxic and scary and unevolved," he proposed. "And women don't like it and the ones who think they do they really don't. And if you think you do, you're wrong, too."

"Even the act of just asking a girl out is now seen by many younger people as overly aggressive," he said. "There's a feeling that the attributes traditionally characteristic of men are inherently problematic. Which sounds a lot like men are born wrong."

Maher lashed out at the Obama administration for using a man who became known as "pajama boy" to try to "sell Obamacare to a skeptical nation."

Maher ridiculed the marketing of Obamacare, "This is what they put out as an image of the perfect man. The only thing he loves more than affordable health insurance is his therapy cat and 'Emily in Paris.' That ad might as well say, 'Ask your doctor if chemical castration is right for you.'"

Regarding the "pajama boy" campaign, there was a Politico opinion piece at the time titled: "Pajama Boy, An Insufferable Man-Child."

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"You could win the battle and lose the war if you harangue men into becoming less like us and more like you," Maher stated.

"Women aren't attracted to these girly men they've created," Maher declared. "The guy you whipped into total sensitivity isn't sexy to you anymore."

Maher joked, "There's a special place in a woman's heart for a man who learns to suppress his masculinity, it's called the 'friendzone.'"

Maher then lambasted men for "sulking" and "complaining" about not being able to be with a woman.

"Girls don't want to have sex with you unless you put in a little effort," Maher exclaimed. "So put in a low effort. Yes, stupid lazy f***s."

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