Bill Maher Says Harrison Butker Backlash Shows What Makes Him ‘F*cking Hate The Far-Left Assh*les’

Comedian Bill Maher said that the condemnation of Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker exemplified why he despised the far- left during a Monday episode of “Club Random.”

Butker faced backlash in 2024 for suggesting to female graduates at Benedictine College that they should value marriage and motherhood over a career. Maher, on his podcast, particularly took issue with speakers subsequently calling out Butker at the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (ESPY) Awards.

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“I defended him,” Maher said. “And I remember starting out saying, ‘I have nothing in common with this guy. He’s a super Christian. He’s all about the family and the wife and having kids and blah blah blah.’ And all he was saying was … ‘Shout out to the ladies who want to have kids.’ It’s like, okay, that’s your view.”

“And then … people got on stage went like, ‘Everybody here should be like happy to be here except for you.’ And they literally pointed him out by name in the crowd,” he added. “It’s that kind of thing that makes me fucking hate the far-left assholes who do that and their fucking bad attitude.”

Maher added that Butker was entitled to his opinion and noted that many Americans share similar views.

“I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you … Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world,” Butker said during his