Overview

• On his Club Random podcast with Drew Barrymore, Bill Maher said the co-hosts of The View are “not the best advertisement for women” despite his friendship with Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar.
• Maher cautioned that some of The View’s on-air remarks are “not helpful” and risk undermining Democratic electoral prospects.
• He reiterated his July rebuke of Whoopi Goldberg’s comparison of Black Americans’ treatment to women in Iran, labeling it an example of the “stupid woke.”
• The remarks represent the latest public escalation in Maher’s long-running critique of the show’s political commentary.
• The View has yet to respond officially, and reports that the show was told to soften its anti-Trump commentary remain unverified.