{"id":336779,"date":"2025-08-11T21:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T21:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336779\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T21:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T21:59:14","slug":"bill-maher-claims-the-view-is-not-the-best-advertisement-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336779\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher claims The View is not \u2018the best advertisement for women\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"sc-1uza6dc-1 huxBsk\">Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/bill-maher-dr-phil-trump-ice-raids-b2804830.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Maher<\/a> has shared his candid thoughts about the hosts of the hit daytime talk show, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/the-view-hiatus-joy-behar-trump-cancel-b2795578.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The View<\/a> &#8211; and it doesn\u2019t sound like he\u2019s a big fan. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/bill-maher-laura-loomer-trump-lawsuit-b2803305.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 69-year-old TV host<\/a> reflected on his appearances on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/arnold-schwarzenegger-the-view-immigrants-trump-b2771805.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The View<\/a> and interactions with hosts of it, including Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar, during Monday\u2019s episode of his podcast, Club Random. The View has become a frequent target for those on the right who bash the hosts for being too liberal or taking too many shots against Donald Trump. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/the-view-donald-trump-bob-iger-b2756163.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports say the show<\/a> has been told to tone down the anti-Trump talk. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Whoopi and Joy, those are the two I really know,\u201d he told his guest, Drew Barrymore. \u201cAnd I did [the show] like a year ago. And I like everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher then shared his take about The View hosts\u2019 tactics on the air, claiming: \u201cI don\u2019t know if they\u2019re really, at this moment, the best advertisement for women.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>After Barrymore said the show was \u201cformatted\u201d a certain way, Maher continued his arguments about the ABC show hosts. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey say some things that are like not helpful to say elections,\u201d Maher, who appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/bill-maher-the-view-israel-gaza-jews-b2549069.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The View<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/bill-maher-the-view-israel-gaza-jews-b2549069.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> in May 2024<\/a> \u2013 where he was asked pointed questions about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/icc-arrest-hamas-netanyahu-qatar-b2548591.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel\u2019s war in Gaza<\/a> \u2014 added. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bill-maher.jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bill Maher took a shot at The View saying it is not \u2018the best advertisement for women\u2019\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Bill Maher took a shot at The View saying it is not \u2018the best advertisement for women\u2019 (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Real Time with Bill Maher host has previously slammed The View. During a July episode of his podcast, he criticized Goldberg for the remarks she made about Iran. During a June episode of The View, Goldberg argued that living in the United States as a Black person is comparable to the oppression that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/fox-news-whoopi-goldberg-iran-racist-b2773458.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citizens of the Iranian regime face<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Maher later claimed that Goldberg\u2019s comments were an \u201cinfuriating\u201d thing \u201cabout the far left.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall them whatever they want. Not the woke, the stupid woke, like Whoopi Goldberg, love her, but when she said a couple weeks ago that being Black was the same as being a woman in Iran, it\u2019s like, yeah, in 1920, but not today,\u201d Maher said on his podcast in July. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-view-(17).jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Reports say The View has been told to tone down the anti-Trump talk.\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Reports say The View has been told to tone down the anti-Trump talk. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p>During his appearance on The View in May, host Sunny Hostin asked Maher <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/gaza-israel-netanyahu-al-jazeera-journalists-palestine-latest-news-b2805257.html\">about Israel&#8217;s war on Gaza<\/a>, questioning if he was \u201cconcerned about the innocent civilians that have been collectively punished and murdered, largely children and women?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you at all concerned about the fact that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/icc-arrest-hamas-netanyahu-qatar-b2548591.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Criminal Court just today issued a subpoena for Bibi Netanyahu<\/a>?\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>Maher responded that he feels the ICC\u2019s position is \u201cridiculous\u201d because: \u201cThey were attacked and they are defending themselves.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He argued that \u201cHamas needs to be destroyed because they are a terrorist organization who say openly that they want to commit genocide on the Jewish people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Maher acknowledged that he doesn\u2019t have a solution for the situation, Hostin asked him again whether he was concerned about the loss of innocent lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, everybody is,\u201d he responded. \u201cBut that\u2019s what happens in a war. Here\u2019s a way to stop that: Stop attacking Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[77,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-336779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115012381267134594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}