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Bill Maher named the three celebrities he believes are mostly above threat of cancellation during an interview with actor Armie Hammer, someone whose career imploded after multiple women accused him of abuse in 2021.
Accusations against Hammer stood out from others in the #MeToo era thanks to a flood of alleged messages women revealed where it was heavily suggested the actor harbored a “cannibal” fetish. No charges were brought against Hammer by the Los Angeles District Attorney due to “insufficient evidence.”
Maher joked at one point during his Club Random interview with the actor, “You’re kind of a sick puppy in a few ways.” He also joked someone told him he should retitle his podcast “Club Rehabilitation.”
Hammer joined Maher this week for the latest episode of his podcast and the conversation immediately went into celebrities being “cancelled.” After Hammer faced accusations, he was dropped from the movie Shotgun Wedding and the miniseries The Offer.
Maher revealed he’s often told on the road he’s one of the celebrities who can’t get cancelled, an idea he dismissed.
“I’m not just white, male, heterosexual, but old,” Maher said.
He did, however, reveal the names of three people he believes are above the “woke” ruckus.
“I’ll tell you three people who would have to something beyond outrageous to get canceled: Beyonce, Michelle Obama, and Oprah Winfrey,” the comedian said. “I’m not saying you couldn’t cancel them or that they are in any way, any of them, the type of person who ever would do something horrible, because they’re not, which is part of the reason why they’re so lionized. They are great people.”
Maher added that he knows “for a fact” one of those women is a “potty mouth,” though he didn’t elaborate further.
“I know for a fact and I’m not going to say which one, but I know one of them, from a very close source, is at least a potty mouth,” he said.
“I think I know which one this is,” Hammer said.
“It probably is all of them,” Maher said, laughing.
Hammer claimed during the interview that he’s now “broke,” but “happier” than ever. He said he entered rehab and he’s now sober.
“I experienced an ego death, a career death, a financial death – all of these things, right? And [Carl] Jung talks about this,” he said. “Joseph Campbell talks about this. You’ve got to die, and once you die you can then be reborn. A phoenix isn’t going to rise if there’s no ashes.”
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