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The best of Real Time with Bill Maher season 16, part one

By Matt Moore

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 11: Comedian Bill Maher speaks onstage at the 2011 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Barbra Streisand held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 11, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 11: Comedian Bill Maher speaks onstage at the 2011 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Barbra Streisand held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 11, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) /
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Jim Carrey, September 7

Jim Carrey made his Real Time with Bill Maher debut this season. There is always something a little bit different about Maher when he is joined by a comedian. Then again, Carrey seems to bring out something else in people no matter the setting.

Maher opened the segment praising Carrey’s acting career for films like Cable Guy and The Truman Show. That led into how those movies predicted the way of the world in 2018, quickly hitting the “fake news” buzz word.

It was probably for the best that Maher waited until season 16 to get Carrey on the show. The actor has become increasingly political in his public comments and artwork. He has been an outspoken critic of President Trump via his Twitter account. The actor explained how he has channeled his anger through the artwork.

Carrey continued to hit on Trump’s lies as the panel discussed the president’s apparent disorder as he spirals of out control. And this conversation was months ago. Carrey had this quote to summarize the president:

"We have a president who started out when the country was together and had a wonderful leader, and (Trump) is tearing us limb from limb. He’s a car salesman, he’s a used car salesman, and he didn’t make America great again but he did turn back the odometer."

A lot of people did not appreciate Carrey’s political views or him making a point to show off his Nikes following Colin Kaepernick’s commercial. Plenty suggested that Carrey was throwing away half his audience by pushing his liberal political views. It doesn’t seem likely that Carrey cares about that for a second.

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