“Real Time” host Bill Maher criticized Hollywood liberals Friday for not mentioning the Sept. 10 assassination of Charlie Kirk at the Emmys.
“The left does have this bad attitude of go no contact,” Maher said during a panel discussion. “I mean, at the Emmys, would it have killed someone to get up there, since they all want to talk about their politics, would it kill somebody to get up there, not give a speech about how much they liked Charlie Kirk, just to say, ‘We had a political assassination this week. And that’s wrong.’
“They would have been booed off the stage because he was on the wrong team. So, you’re not even allowed to say that.
“Could you imagine if a left-wing person was assassinated that week? The whole show would have been about that,” Maher added.
Sunday’s 77th Primetime Emmy Awards did not mention the murder of the Turning Point USA co-founder, which happened just days before the event. Emmy host Nate Bargatze had said he planned to avoid political topics.
“I know there’s heartbreaking stuff that’s been happening right now, but I want this night to be an escape, and I think that’s why I was brought on,” he told Entertainment Weekly.
While Kirk was not mentioned, there were several political moments at the Emmys.
When accepting her award for best supporting actress in a comedy, “Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder ended her speech by saying, “F— ICE and free Palestine!”
Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego also criticized Congress for defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting during a segment honoring the organization, which drew boos from the audience.
In a red carpet interview with Variety, actor Javier Bardem explained the keffiyeh scarf he wore to the event.
“Here I am today, denouncing the genocide in Gaza,” Bardem said. “I am talking about the IAGS, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, who study thoroughly genocide and has declared it is a genocide. That’s why we ask for a commercial and diplomatic blockade and also sanctions on Israel to stop the genocide. Free Palestine.”
