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Bill Maher Explains Why He Stopped Taking ‘Cheap Shots’ at Trump After President ‘Yelled’ at Him

Bill Maher stopped cheap shots at Trump’s appearance and family after a White House meeting but continues to criticize Trump’s policies and actions.

  • On Monday, Bill Maher said he stopped making personal digs at President Donald Trump after a one-on-one White House meeting earlier this year, a change he described on Club Random With Bill Maher with guest Lara Trump.
  • Maher recalled the confrontation when President Donald Trump yelled at him in a merch room adjacent to the Oval Office over the orangutan comparison, and Maher defended it as satire responding to Barack Obama’s birth certificate demand.
  • Maher instituted a 'no cheap shots' approach, barring jokes about President Donald Trump's weight, hair, makeup, and First Lady Melania Trump, and rejecting Maher's writers' pitch about the president's hand.
  • Maher said he remains in contact with President Donald Trump, confirming they are text buddies despite limits on personal digs and flak from the left for the visit.
  • Maher said the change was meant to bridge political divides by enforcing Maher's informal 'no cheap shots' policy to avoid unnecessary digs between left and right.
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The Wrap broke the news in United States on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
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