US EditionBill Maher Says Woke Hollywood Will “Never” Give Him An Emmy
Wanda Sykes critiqued Bill Maher’s MAGA outreach and Ricky Gervais’s anti-trans jokes while presenting the stand-up comedy award at the Golden Globes.
- On Jan. 11, Wanda Sykes used her Golden Globes appearance to take pointed swipes at Ricky Gervais and Bill Maher while presenting Best Performance in Stand‑Up Comedy on Television.
- Sykes framed her jokes around representation by saying a 'queer Black woman is up here doing the job of two mediocre white guys' while referencing Ricky Gervais's past anti-transgender jokes and Bill Maher's outreach to MAGA and dinner with former president Donald Trump.
- Cameras found Maher unimpressed as Sykes, in support, said `No, I love you, Ricky, because if you win, I get to accept the award on your behalf` at the Golden Globes on Sunday.
- The category, which included Brett Goldstein, Kevin Hart, Kumail Nanjiani, Sarah Silverman, and Bill Maher, resulted in Ricky Gervais, who was absent, winning the award, with Maher attending, at the Golden Globes on Sunday.
- The exchange highlights broader debates about comedy and politics, feeding into disputes over Bill Maher's controversies and Ricky Gervais's past anti-transgender jokes, critics and observers note.
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Bill Maher Says Woke Hollywood Will “Never” Give Him An Emmy
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Bill Maher says he never wins awards because 'woke' Hollywood hates he can 'speak freely'
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‘Do Less!’ Bill Maher Glares at Wanda Sykes as She Mocks Him at Golden Globes
Bill Maher glared at comedian Wanda Sykes as she openly mocked him at the Golden Globes on Sunday, telling him to “do less” in 2026. Sykes was presenting the award for Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television when she pointedly opened up on some of the nominees. “There’s some people pissed off that a queer Black woman is up here doing the job of two mediocre white guys,” she said, before adding: “But first I want to give them some love.…
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