Bill Maher Goes Full Rom-Com On Reality TV Villain Running For L.A. Mayor

[SocialDemocrat61]

Bill 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 Monday’s 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 city’s 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. “It’s very authentic.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-maher-spencer-pratt-jerry-maguire_n_6a1de1c9e4b032392fa570b5

[AZProgressive]

1. From what little I heard of Pratt is not good

His plans on what to do about homelessness are scary. Not surprised Bill Maher would support him.

[SocialDemocrat61]

6. He's a republican

That's all you need to know.

[Initech]

11. And he's endorsed by Trump.

[SocialDemocrat61]

13. Yup

But Maher is now a Trump toady.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

2. I read the bio of Sam Kinison by his brother Bill Kinison

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. Not surprised

When ever people who knew him in the past post, it's never good.

[Oneironaut]

3. We're all waiting for the "The left left me!" Grift from Bill Maher to begin.

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]

9. He is a broken record

[lapfog_1]

4. keith Olbermann tells the quite believable story of meeting

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]

15. That is a great story, well told, and

absofuckinglutely believable.

[Happy Hoosier]

5. As if we needed more evidence Maher is an asshole... NT

[LR3]

14. It's a mystery how some people here still support him

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]

16. I know

[awesomerwb1]

7. Stop watching his show

[BannonsLiver]

10. Gotta love the pissing and moaning about Rick Wilson on this forum

Meanwhile, he’s well to the left of Bill Maher these days. Not even in the same area code, really.

[Initech]

12. Oh that's fucking gross. Fuck Spencer Pratt.

[Prairie Gates]

17. Fuck Bill Maher