New Rule: Leave Matt Damon Alone | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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Bill gives some advice to Matt Damon, who is often caught in cancel culture quicksand: stop hunting for good will, you’re not gonna find much in this country.
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[@sevenfights]

I'm a black, "old" millennial from Boston, Ma and yes, that was a word we used OFTEN. Then I grew up. Give the guy a break. We're only human.

[@sevenfights]

@Uhh Sure it was for context. You're reading into it too deeply. Did you get the point or not?

[@08billw]

I get it. Lived in Boston as well but I wonder why not the same energy for da baby? Why was Matt not asked to apologize or lose work? I notice how LGBTQ is soft on Matt Damon for his admitted comments but not for other non A listers. The media has a way of telling us who we should demonize and who we should leave alone. It's wicked lame.

[@sevenfights]

@@08billw the difference being, Matt Damon was talking about his past and DaBaby is wildly ignorant today. He is a grown man, today, in "modern time". That dude is a train wreck. He needs to do better if he ever wants to be a crossover artist. I came up this these ideas on my own. If you watch what DaBaby does . . . You don't need the media to form an opinion. I can't speak for the LGBTQ community tho.

[@08billw]

@@sevenfights I hear you my issue is they did the same thing to Kevin hart for old jokes. Dababys comments was not directed to any protected group during a performance but he was canceled. Matt comments are problematic but he can skate? Its just hypocritical lets keep the same energy for everybody.

[@sevenfights]

@@08billw I agree. Matt Damon is Wyte 🤷

[@laneybop1728]

I always appreciate when Bill stands up for what is right no matter what side!

[@mikewhite4560]

Isn't OBJECTIVITY what it's ALL ABOUT? Oh, & MONEY......

[@jasonbowman9521]

He's getting better with age. I didn't use to like him but he sees the truth that wokeness is now out of control. And at times he is genuinely funny.

[@jennifercarillio8403]

👍agree

[@A.G.P.115]

#cancel Twitter

[@ViFabulous]

@@jasonbowman9521 Or maybe you're coming around and realizing Bill was never the evil, liberal mouthpiece Fox, etc accused him of being? My oldest brother, 68yo and far right republican who used to be a hippie, now regularly shares Bill's videos. While I chuckle from afar, perhaps some people have come to realize this is who Bill has ALWAYS been! Welcome to the bright side.

[@performancetesting1]

I haven't always agreed with Bill Maher's opinions, but one thing I like about him is he seems to at least strive for the truth, which is more than I can say for a lot of TV political commentators. He seems like someone who could not only convince others, but who is willing to be persuaded himself. Those are essential traits to any honest dialog.

[@sandcastledx]

@Jaques Studly what does that even mean?

[@damnjustassignmeone]

@Jaques Studly How much is it if I just want to buy one unit of truth? I think that’s all I can afford.

[@damnjustassignmeone]

@Jaques Studly Or I’d gladly pay you Tuesday for a truth-burger today.

[@Nate-kd5yf]

@damasviews I almost responded something rude in defense, but you are right.. he is hit and miss sometimes and I find myself questioning some of his views. This is a good piece though, especially for those who tilt left who don’t agree with the over-saturation of cancel culture that’s causing people to walk around scared of pissing people off.

[@alvarny77]

@damasviews he's definitely wrong on socialism and the Palestine issue

[@pamelahomeyer748]

Thank you Matt Damon for speaking up about how Society has changed and how you have learned. I think he's wonderful. I didn't know about his little confession there but I think he's wonderful

[@chinabuzz]

"What have you done, Vox headline writer?" Fuck yeah, Bill.

[@zinedino.fficial2030]

Only cringey liberals can enjoy this crap

[@russelconor8704]

@@zinedino.fficial2030 nope, I'm conservative and love Maher for more than 20 years now. maybe you are young and you don't know who Maher is. also, you seem angry for no reason. if you don't like Bill, why are you here?

[@wild360]

This zinger summed up twitter activism perfectly! We need more true liberals calling out the far left for being useless hate mongers.

[@nyctom08]

@@russelconor8704 he's either an idiot extremist or a Russian troll. Not sure which but I'm leaning towards the former.

[@chbuddah86]

@@nyctom08 Found the Vox writer.

[@TheJetsetter]

Even as a center-right person I appreciate that Maher is still largely a sane person... and still funny most of the time.

[@puttervids472]

Me too.

[@xTHExDONx]

@AG 2021 If all Liberals were like him we would be living in the utopia they seem to always talk about, instead we live in the most divisive time in modern history.

[@masterphillips]

He got a little close to the edge a while back but he's coming back and swinging in the right direction again

[@ememememem592]

@AG 2021 that’s fair. A lot of us act like the memes made about us and it’s embarrassing. I’ve considered no longer identifying with them.

[@WCGreeny]

@AG 2021 I can't police all liberals, some liberals get very angry at me, a liberal. You just deal with it. I do think Maher is a bit too lonely a voice on this though.

[@astrid.00.7]

"Oh Matt, always getting in trouble for saying perfectly reasonable things..." I love you, Matt Damon.

[@mattdamon7923]

Hello my beautiful great fans, thanks for your love and support,I know you are a bit nervous that am replying to your comment feel free to contact me in the Hangout app with my email. [e-mail]

[@kab1200]

it's not reasonable.

[@addex1236]

@@kab1200 what that people don't need to know an actors sex life that he stopped saying a gay slur people should be hired for merit instead of skin tone Jesus Christ what's unreasonable about of any of that

[@kab1200]

@@addex1236 he's too old to still be using that derogatory term. I never said he needs to be canceled. Get real.

[@sdaniel6194]

Thank God for Bill Maher..We need him more then ever in the fight against insanity.

[@JaysusEscobar]

"Stop hunting for goodwill, you won't find much in this country." Damn, that's so real...

[@kevindavis3234]

"Stop hunting for good will." Took me a few seconds, but that was a great line. 🤣🤣🤣

[@kylestubbs8867]

Ah… maybe that’s why he’s doing it. I won’t explain it here, but…they had an interesting way of telling which producers actually read the script.

[@vadimastprojects8770]

Really? I thought it was obvious, given what put Damon on the map in the first place.

[@kevindavis3234]

@@vadimastprojects8770 It is obvious, I was just a bit slow getting it. When he said it, I knew the wording was odd and that there was a joke in there somewhere. I had to think about it for like five seconds and then I laughed. 🤣

[@seanyshepfit]

"The verdict was in and he was sentenced to be on Ellen" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@swisscheeseplease97]

That is a pretty tough punishment.

[@shatner99]

Very good!

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

I hear he's going to write a book about his experience called the Gulag Degeneris.

[@yngir268]

i peed a little

[@hellofaname]

Much like how Eminem was sentenced to perform with Elton John.

[@AutonomousVII]

This reminds me of a time when you could watch a show disagree with some, most or even all of the host’s political beliefs and still laugh and enjoy the show…

[@hmanuel7138]

Was Johnny Carson liberal or conservative?

[@vertderferk]

I applaud Bill Maher for continually slapping this country with some real truth.

[@slobodanjevtovic7102]

At least HBO allows these kind of skits. I love that Bill is going after woke police but he doesn’t go after the Democrats enough

[@RH-xs8gz]

The level of sanctimonious self-righteousness in this country is astounding.

[@RH-xs8gz]

@Uhh Sure what the hell are you blabbering on about?

[@clubgop]

@Uhh Sure so it’s bullshit. No one is talking about history class. You know it, I know it. Absolute dishonest shit.

[@Romanceguru]

As long as we are always learning and growing, that’s what matters. No one is perfect. I agree with Bill on cancel culture.

[@ozzy5146]

Yeah but you're probably a liberal. when are you and Bill Maher going to understand that you vote for cancel culture?

[@gingerface1898]

@@ozzy5146 what a stupid ass thing to say, people on the right are always saying how not *everyone* on the right is racist, which is true and it’s a very small group of people (the left can be racist too), but you have to be a tool to not see a double standard in thinking that *everyone* on the left is pro-cancel culture. I’m a liberal who leans left and yet I’m very against cancer culture when it’s not blatant xenophobia or racism, like Mel Gibson shouting "the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world” at a cop. And also, I’m very intrigued to hear you explain how people “vote” for cancel culture.

[@joejosker1171]

@@gingerface1898 you do realize that cancel culture is a tool of the left. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen on the right, but it is almost always a liberal trying to cancel people based on their feelings getting hurt.

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

"BE BETTER REEEEEEEEEEEEE" "Okay guys, I'm being better now" "I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU THO REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" "Wai... What? Then why would I ever change then lmao?"

[@danielunderwood3198]

@@joejosker1171 I see it this way the left need to reign in these morons who expect someone to be perfect from birth. Meanwhile the right needs to reign in the religious right. Many of whom want the freedom to tell everyone what their moral beliefs should be. All based on an interpretation of a two thousand year old religion. We will recall our cultural warriors when the right finally says enough to the religious extremists in this country. Cancel culture is horrific, so is cultural theocracy. Neither should be entertained in a free society and yet here we are for some reason.

[@maxtew6521]

Bill creating moments like this out of controversy act as a way for all of us to come together. I don't always agree with him, but my hat's off to him for these opportunities.

[@chris_favreau]

Ironically, the audience laughs while quietly deleting their social media posts 🙄

[@asraarradon4115]

No. They laugh, then get on their social media to perpetrate the very injustices just discussed as if a single word never got through.

[@markb20]

The easiest way to identify these hypocrites? They are the co-workers, in-laws, neighbors or even your roommate, who either think they know everything, or never admit they're wrong about anything. And I'm beginning to think there's some kind of unwritten law that requires everyone to have at least one person like that in their lives till the day they die. Have a nice day!

[@yj_chew]

"Merit first is not synonymous with racism" Bill Maher

[@a.m928]

Unless the merit is being white or "not being black".

[@Nashawkeye]

Merit does matter and is where the pendulum is swinging towards.

[@DonnaBrooks]

1:49 When Bill said, "What have you done, VOX headline writer?" my eyes got big & I jumped out of my seat, snapping my fingers & pointing & saying, "YES, YES, YES!!" I am so sick of the purity police on the Left, their arrogance, & their virtue signaling!! I have challenged people many times on YT & FB for their lack of contributing anything to society in favor of condemning others, but nobody's going to listen to me. I'm a liberal who has lived long enough to have some appreciation for good people who grow throughout their lives & I've lived enough history & studied enough history to have some perspective on how human values change. I'm glad Bill is here to speak for those of us who are drowned out by the woke police on the Left & the authoritarians & professional haters on both sides of the political spectrum.

[@reflectsonlife]

Bill you've outdone yourself. An especially well made, well produced and clever New Rule segment full of puns, turns of phrases, clever visuals, and your usual brand of centrist insights.

[@reflectsonlife]

@Uhh Sure lol gotta agree on the whiny - which i euphemistically called "centrist".

[@mtkoslowski]

Long Live Maher. You’ve kept me in laughs for years! 😂

[@nicoledeloncrais5940]

Seriously bill is NEVER wishy washy! And a breath of damn fresh air 👏. I may not always agree with you, however I can only respect your commitment to calling things out, including yourself. Thank you 😊

[@joylillard3705]

Matt is a great actor and a stand-up person. Thanks, Bill for your astute assessment.

[@digitalspecter]

Pushing crypto scams isn't really something a stand-up person would do...

[@Joe_Comino]

Loved him in Team America

[@alanv3185]

I'm more conservative when it comes to policies but I still enjoy watching Bill Maher. The first time I watched Bill was when Colion came on to debate about guns. Wish more liberals were like this. Matter of fact, I wish there weren't any far sides on the left or right.

[@therealgaragegirls]

Same here. Same. Here.

[@n0namesowhatblerp362]

Isnt it crazy how there are only two political sides then, when most of us would want something in the middle.

[@Westcoastrocksduh]

Me too man

[@poohbeartube]

@@n0namesowhatblerp362 It is all so when someone calls a politicians office and asks if ______ works here, the person answering the phone can honestly say "Well, they're on the payroll." Seriously, though the system is never going to significantly change. Maintain the status quo and the illusion of choice, that's what the owners want.

[@FOWST]

I think the two sides have more common ground than most people realize. Yet the somehow manage to seperate the population into team guns and team abortion.

[@hunkerdown2344]

Matt Damon was on the Hot Wings challenge on KZbin and had such an honest answer to the question why doesn't hollywood make good movies anymore. He simply stated that streaming services killed DVD sales and without that 2nd wave of profits movies could count on, the studios are even less likely to take risks. It was a straightforward answer that made complete sense without blaming a pandemic.

[@proof.17films]

Damon is wrong on that count. Films from original screenplays are being released in theaters and on streaming every year; that's fact, not opinion. Great films, whether original or adapted, are released every year by Hollywood yet many of them aren't being seen enough due to the minority of mass appeal blockbusters like the Marvel films. Original films deserve support and to not be stigmatized by labels like "Oscar bait", but cinema has always flourished and up to the present. Hollywood isn't dead.

[@kevinlakeman5043]

Hollywood makes good movies. They will make good movies thirty years from now. People were saying the same rabble about the film industry in the 80's and 90's. There were people saying Hollywood wasn't 'making them like they used to' in the 60's.

[@andrewhobbins1915]

Technology is wiped out many businesses and jobs or has diminished revenue of many as well. People have become hermits and socialization is at a all time low which hurts the cinemas. Crime is so high people feel unsafe in social situations with mass shootings.

[@TheJustinJ]

@@andrewhobbins1915 I see more Movies now than ever before. Prolly 'cause I'm single now, and women grow to hate movie theaters after the second or third date. Unfortunately, there just aren't any good movies out. Avatar II was meh, i did see the original again in 3D to recap. Top Gun was great and James Bond was truly awful: I went from stoked to see it and wanting to buy the entire Daniel Craig bond set when it came out to never ever ever giving the franchise a single penny as long as i live: Bond dose not give up and quit. And Q was always a perceptive genius. And M competent. Now they are all the opposite: Ded.

[@claytonreid996]

@@proof.17films For the record, OP did a shitty job saying what Damon was actually talking about. The question was more about why passion projects/slower dialogue heavy movies have taken a backseat to the gaudy, extravagant $100M+ movies, not that they don't exist. His answer is exactly what OP said, and he specifically brings up Behind the Candelabra, which is a very niche audience and was still a $25M budget, but is only ever going to make like $5M maximum on box office, and so DVD was necessary for movies like that one in particular or something like Shawshank Redemption which flopped in theaters but is now considered top 10 all time. It's not that good movies don't exist, it's that the majority of movies are very much copy-paste plotline cliches and stick the "hottest" name you can in the starring role, and you make profit regardless if the movie is good or not. But, I hate ppl saying there are no good movies out there when Parasite, Us, Midsommar, the Menu, Top Gun Mav,...etc came out in the last 3-5 years. There are plenty of good ones, but the market is definitely oversaturated with lazy, money-grabbing nonsense.

[@topethYt]

Finally someone is talking about it!! I've been supporting Matt since day one!

[@zel3888]

Interestingly, when they tried to cancel Matt for saying there are degrees of bad sexual behaviour, it was frigging Minnie Driver (his love-interest co-star from Good Will Hunting) that got rabid on Twitter telling him to "shut the F... up". I lost all respect for her after that point.

[@ronblack7870]

they have bad history. he dumped her and she found out in the media.

[@tricivenola8164]

Wow, Zel, I just wrote a very similar comment about Driver. Glad I'm not alone.

[@TheAmateurEditor]

@@ronblack7870 Actually, there's been a few stories on this. Apparently, Damon broke up with her but she refused to accept it and borderline stalked him (constant calls to him, friends and family, showing up where he would hang out etc) and even went around their professional circles still claiming to be with him. Damon had to publicly 'dump' her so that everyone everywhere would know that it wasn't him being unable to commit or wanting to cheat/play the field, but instead she was getting dangerously close to criminal proceedings. If this version is true, it would certainly explain why she still holds a grudge against him, even though both are married and have families. You certainly don't hear him harping on about any of his ex's.

[@billburr6060]

You, a complete nobody, lost all respect for someone freely speaking? Communist!

[@BlastinRope]

@@billburr6060 being able to form your own individual opinions is basically stalinism

[@cardinalgin]

"... sentenced to appear on Helen ... " ! 🤣🤣🤣 and : " Stop hunting for goodwill, you're not gonna find much in this country."

[@Travisharger]

We’ll all do a lot better in this country the minute we realize that it’s much easier, cheaper, an more profitable for these shit journalists to write quick outrage articles based on some celebrity’s imperfect tweet, which will garnish millions of clicks and shares btw; than it is to do months of actual research into something worthwhile for society but will barely get any notice. Market solutions are great for somethings but terrible for providing us with the news we need.

[@markplain2555]

By extension. Who would have thought that a "Market Solution' (drama for the sake of clicks) would contribute to a political divide. Then again CNN and Fox are entertainment first news second. . How long until we get tired of the news drama and turn away. What will be the next attraction to clicks?

[@SullyFox]

Everything's a tabloid now. Journalistic integrity in this country is extinct.

[@scarpfish]

I have a suggestion. Turn it off. The news. Social media. All of it. If we stop engaging with this crap, the advertisers will notice and abandon ship. If we can't shut it off because we're hopelessly addicted to the false power of outrage and manufactured drama, then we're part of the problem.

[@tracystevens6930]

I mean I agree that it sucks that so many people turn to these totally sensationalist news channels as their only source of news, however 1. There are definitely some more reliable news sources that you can turn to for less sensationalist information, especially if you read multiple opposing publications(that part is really key to get a varied and complete perspective. 2. Unfortunately the alternative to market based news source is far far worse. Government controlled news has been extremely dangerous everywhere it appears and I can't imagine it ever really existing in a free society

[@tracystevens6930]

@@scarpfish agreed! People focus too much on all this stuff. And letting what some TV man says poison your relationships with friends and family is quite sad:(

[@daveken9936]

I still use it, will continue to use it and proud to do so.

[@Micscience]

I don't always agree with Bill Maher but his new rules are legendary. He has a gift.

[@scanspeak00]

The slightly uneasy, obligatory laughter from the mostly woke audience is hilarious.

[@gustavlarsen3527]

It's kinda scary to witness actual brainwashed people's reaction

[@McLKeith]

@@gustavlarsen3527 When you look in a mirror, you must be really scared.

[@ellenwuzhere]

I thought it sounded real.

[@op3129]

his audience (in aug 2021) is staff ... (by his own admission three weeks ago) that "uneasy, obligatory laughter" isn't "woke" so much as "financially obligated" (I'd say "tied" ... given reality) for that "uneasy, obligatory laughter"

[@davidday8352]

@@McLKeith WHAT EVER SNOW FLAKE

[@frhythms]

"Department of Justice, Bureau of Wokeness" ... "locked up in Wokeatraz" ... "sentenced to appear on Ellen" ... LOL. Bravo, Bill !

[@vinnym5607]

It doesn't take much, does it?

[@richardmantell2246]

Hello beautiful woman How are you doing today Hope all's well with you?

[@norcodaev]

Haha, that’s so true about Daniel Day Louis. Such an incredible actor, but you never, ever hear anything about him.

[@russelconor8704]

the same with Christian Bale, this is why I love them both!

[@guyfuntyme6050]

Yup... I know nothing of DDL's private life nor do I want to... I actually don't want to know about ANY celebrities private life... that's why its called that... plus we all have better stuff to do. Go plant a tree. Go clean a beach. Go feed homeless families. Go adopt a pet. Go do good.

[@stephaniedixon6423]

Amen, brother. We still love Matt Damon. We just keep getting algorithmed out. Godspeed, Bill.

[@kathleenmccrory9883]

Matt Damon is an honest and decent man. He's also a great actor.

[@chedelirio6984]

So basically Liam's Law is: "DON'T tell your redemption arc story. We're not interested." Why do I get the feeling those who say that would, if you did keep quiet, then if/when they found out of your past misdeeds, condemn you harshly for having kept it hidden?

[@IceWolfLoki]

No don't tell a redemption story if you have a good public image as it will damage that image, people love redemption stories if you have already damaged that image.

[@the_creed7969]

Che Delirio You’re absolutely right. That’s the thing about people who criticize on bad faith. There is no winning. They’ll always find something to berate you for, even if it’s the exact opposite of something else they’d berate you for.

[@ToJoAudio]

a monologue that not only identifies a problem but secretly points out where its all coming from well done bill maher 👍👍

[@XYZ-bi9eb]

another brilliant new rules segment. you nailed it again, Bill! thanks.

[@martinwalker7202]

Thanks Bill, brilliant!

[@bobalmond8257]

The fact I am reluctant to publicly agree with you lest I be labeled intolerant or some ‘Ism is telling Your “bad faith argument “ point is brilliant. It is like an intellectual equivalent of a flop to draw a foul on your opponent. I may disagree with you on other issues but I continue to watch your show because any of those doesn’t render you wrong on everything you say. Folks should remember no progress is made without compromise and no compromise is made without listening to the other side’s argument.

[@billburr6060]

What are you trying to teach a fucking class?

[@bobalmond8257]

@@billburr6060 no. I’m commenting on the video in the comments section. Actually was praising him. Was there something in my comment you found to be incorrect? I felt it was something that would be helpful to others. It is also something he puts forth himself: disagreeing shouldn’t equal hating.

[@akashs8819]

it feels so good to see bill being sad.i want him to feel like this for a hundred years.

[@mikestarks8464]

Thank you Bill!! I appreciate your honesty / exposure on stupidity and illogical idiocracy among the well known and elite. Keep going brother!

[@amy10n45]

Goodness gracious, Bill, all this reasonable thinking, common sense talk, a huge breath of fresh air! Thank you. And no we don’t always have to agree but jeez louise, it is getting so ridiculous.

[@stephenchen856]

"Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." James Kimmel.

[@thomasmichaelschwarz9741]

Matt, the majority loves you! You are a good actor and - more important - a good human!

[@vonhumboldt1985]

Hear, hear ! Maher hits the nail on the head as usual :)

[@vstar7196]

Matt rocks! Can’t wait to see his next film.

[@christianforbes5145]

I hadn't watched Bill Maher until recently. I'm glad I do now. Helps me feel sane. I am still so confused. When I look up the definitions of the words 'woke' and 'feminist' I fit the bill. But everything I hear and see in life and online about wokeness and feminism I get sick to my stomach. We need to change the definitions to better suit the reality of today. Oh.. and apparently i'm transphobic now because I wouldn't date someone that was trans. Not to mention fat and ugly so what the eff? I got high standards bro!

[@JamesG12]

People are so petty today. A pathetic society.

[@mangymako]

This show just keeps getting better and better. Glad he is the only guy on TV with the guts to speak the truth these days. He won't fold to the woke.

[@greghh2223]

Bill is always complaining, but sometimes he demonstrates that there's a lot to complain about. This is a great segment. And note that the ultimate effect is to defend a good guy.

[@justicematters5447]

Bill is a dinosaur, he is the equivalent to the old man yelling at the young kids to get off his lawn.

[@justicematters5447]

@@DadWithAnIpad LOL, agree to disagree. Yes people go to far, but that does not mean they should not have a voice.l Regardless of what you believe.

[@freeindeed8416]

@@justicematters5447 Man y’all are insufferable

[@justicematters5447]

@@freeindeed8416 lmfao, why because you don't like that the new generation is more connected and actually knows how to use technology to there advantage. Bill is a dinosaur and he is mad that the newer generation is kicking his ass in ratings that is why is complains about everything.

[@freeindeed8416]

@@justicematters5447 The fact that you think I or Bill care about that proves your insuperability. I’m sure you have some trivial injustice to protest so I’ll let you be.

[@michaelmacintyre9643]

Where I would consider myself to be a Canadian conservative, I have to agree with Bill here. I may not agree with Bill or Matt’s politics, but for Pete’s sake, cut Matt some slack, like those angry at him have never said or done anything inappropriate.

[@TheJosephPrice]

By American standards, you’re a moderate.

[@michaelmacintyre9643]

@@TheJosephPrice true, but as a whole, I believe in God, family and country, and may the Good Lord help those that threaten my family or country.

[@frednegus7017]

Incredibly clever monologue. Truly excellent wit .

[@plausiblequotes7643]

New rule, Matt Damon must always be referenced by his Team America puppet. “Mat… Da…mon…” -Mat Damon Puppet

[@dystopian2153]

Thank you 👏👏

[@bh613]

Where does the hand go or are they strings? Who do you want telling you what to do?

[@plausiblequotes7643]

@@bh613 Mat… da… mon?

[@mattm8932]

God, that was funny 😆

[@brandysmith3647]

That's awesome

[@masterblaster5170]

I like how the audience doesn't know what to clap for so they clap for everything...

[@rafetizer]

There might be an applause sign. Not sure on that one. To be fair, these things are typically more engaging when you're there in-person. (to whatever extent)

[@tyeberiusmcintyre1879]

love or hate bill, the audience is the worst part of the show. the way they clap essentially at random disappoints even bill a lot of the time

[@BenFrankarts]

@@tyeberiusmcintyre1879 just more proof there is no applause sign. Also, I’ve been to a couple of live tapings. There are no signs. Only a producer who asks us to give a standing ovation when he first appears so the audience can get screen time. That’s it. Common practice.

[@cfunkmike]

Lol a greeting your teenage son says to his friends in Chipotle. I'm 40 and me and my friends still greet each other the same way 🤣🤣🤣

[@Kanelle88]

My advice to Matt Damon, keep saying what you want and ignore the melodramatic idiots calling you out over nothing. I don't want people like you silent, people like you give me faith in humanity.

[@Garandmasthumb]

America has gone so woke Bill is now officially a conservative.

[@LMAODOODZ]

Meh, leftists and progressives want nothing to do with the woke bs

[@liam_7564]

@@LMAODOODZ are you kidding me. You must be joking if you say leftists don’t want wokeness

[@liam_7564]

@@LMAODOODZ *wokeness

[@LMAODOODZ]

@@liam_7564 Read the room then the comments.

[@gabe1146]

He isn't conservative at all, he's just doing his job calling out the idiots on his side. Something republicans need to start doing more.

[@juliesans6711]

Thank you ! The younger generation and their over sensitive pearl clutching ways simply don’t get that in the 70 s and 80s that word was said a lot. With no mal intent

[@marcopolo9146]

Of course there was “mal intent”. It was homophobia pure and simple and then we grew up.

[@vipertact]

It's the way of the world, the pearl clutchers were on the right, now they're on the left, in 25 years it'll swing back. Who knows what even younger generations will come up with.

[@ThatLongHairMetalGuy]

@@marcopolo9146 Was it really homophobia? Of course I've heard the occasional asshole use it in a derogatory, sometimes downright hateful, way towards somebody who's gay... but 99%+ of the time I've heard it used, it's just friends calling themselves it. That's how a lot of us born in the 70s and 80s identify our friends, they're the people we can call shit that we would get our asses kicked for if we said it to some random person on the street. Does that sound like homophobia to you? If it does, maybe you should ask your mom for a dictionary for Christmas.

[@ricomajestic]

@@marcopolo9146 In most cases there was no mal intent and was mostly used against straight men back in the 70s and 80s. In many cases it was meant as a put down of your friend's manhood and masculinity to imply that he wasn't "manly" enough. It was not directed at gay people.

[@ALSeth-Storyteller]

"Stop hunting for good will.." missed that reference to Good Will Hunting the first time i watched

[@John-ej2oj]

How?

[@ALSeth-Storyteller]

@@John-ej2oj How? How d'you them apples?

[@tallenpelegrin7026]

The whole thing was really good, Bill. But the ending was a home-run. Oh, and good luck Matt.

[@mattdamon7923]

Hello my beautiful great fans, thanks for your love and support,I know you are a bit nervous that am replying to your comment feel free to contact me in the Hangout app with my email. [e-mail]

[@bjoe631]

If you are reading this, know that you are worthy of anything you desire. Most times it amazes me greatly how I moved from an average lifestyle to earning over $63k per month, Utter shock is the word. I have understood a lot in the past few years that there are lots of opportunities in the financial market. The only thing is to know where to invest…

[@maryelvis3172]

I agree with you and I believe that the secret to financial stability is having the right investment ideas to enable you earn more money, I don’t know who agrees with me but either way I recommend either real estate or bitcoin and stocks.

[@nyreggie-isb23]

I keep wondering how people earn money in financial markets, i tried trading bitcoin on my own made a huge loss and now I'm scared of investing more.

[@bjoe631]

@@nyreggie-isb23 That won't bother you if you trade with a professional like *Mr Gary Mason Brooks* my consultant. I found him on a CNBC interview where he was featured and reached out to him afterwards. He has since provide entry and exit points on the securities I focus on. I basically follow his trade pattern and haven’t regretted doing so.

[@nyreggie-isb23]

@@bjoe631 You allow people to trade for you? that's interesting, I would love to learn, hope it’s safe?

[@susanhaynes679]

Wow I'm a bit perplexed you guys are discussing about Gary Mason Brooks , I once met him at a conference in California 2019, just before the pandemic. I can testify that he’s very good in trading..Highly recommended....

[@JC-bf9zm]

In this cold, vast, universe, there aren't many things that warm my heart as much as the idea that 7 octillion atoms came together to form Bill Maher. Thank you, universe.

[@sodsod2348]

You're gay !! Lmao

[@jamie_d___]

Bills the future . This thinking is how America 🇺🇸 heals . We need you America 🇺🇸 beautiful free lady of the west . God bless from Australia

[@The_Kayak_Guy.]

I believe Matt Damon is a good dude but none of us are perfect. I’ll still going watch every single film he makes, cause he’s a bad ass.

[@xhagast]

He was hysterical in Dogma.

[@cornpop442]

Any apologies or dissenting opinions in Hollywood is quickly punished and cancelled. So sayeth the Shepherd So sayeth the Flock

[@leatherneck969]

I wish more people would have this outlook.

[@wiredranchvideo]

I love seeing the great Donna Brazile! Nice job slipping Hillary the questions - if anyone SHOULD be cancelled, DB is on top of the list!

[@AnAZPatriot]

He keeps getting in trouble for the same reason they ALL get in trouble. They apologize. That's gives them power to keep coming after you. Stop apologizing, and the ridiculousness will stop. In fact, reverse it, and start mocking those who would demand an apology.

[@richcampus]

Bill Maher, a hedge against the woke with a touch of James Lindsay. Thanks Bill.

[@richcampus]

@EKGsandPianoKeys Totally agree!

[@marge9563]

You are the best Bill. Please run for president.

[@yuzuchuhai880]

Thanks for keeping things in perspective, Bill - and reminding me again why I'm a true (i.e. classical) liberal - not one of these nutcase, far left wokesters.

[@bimonsolivar8898]

"If you speak the truth, you have reality on your side." - Jordan Peterson

[@brutustantheiii8477]

And yet another one of his gems

[@vincenzobonadonna4556]

I will always be grateful for true centrists

[@kushal4956]

well i disagree with matt on that. growing up as a gay kid. whenever i watched a celebrity come out as gay, it sort of added a normalcy to it. especially when ellen came out, gay people feel safer when they know that there are others like them out there but criticising him for the other stuff was ridiculous.

[@kevinc8955]

It’s not better for the actor though, which is his point. Actor’s job is to blend seamlessly into the role they are playing, and that’s very difficult when there is a spotlight on your personal life for whatever reason...sex life, substance abuse, unpopular political opinions, etc.

[@RocStarr913]

An actor ultimately is an individual trying to make money like everybody else in this world. It is not their job to be avatars for minority groups. Don’t forget that Ellen DeGeneres came out during a time when that really was still seen as a financial liability and risk and threatened at the time to end her career. The only reason it’s much easier now to be gay in screen entertainment is because streaming has given that industry more options and financial leeway to create entertainment that can attract more niche audiences.

[@kushal4956]

@@kevinc8955 actors come out by choice. why is coming out a bad thing?

[@kushal4956]

@@RocStarr913 yeah n Ellen did that by choice n she did play a part in increasing the acceptance of lgbt people. i don't blame people for not coming out, it's their choice but there's nothing wrong if they want to come out

[@kevinc8955]

@@kushal4956 I don’t think it’s wrong per se, and it’s their choice. But I imagine it creates a distraction which was Damon’s point. I’m not sure Spacey would have had the career he did had he come out. It’s tough for many in the audience to separate the actor from the role they are playing.

[@artanddesign8561]

F*ckin right on Bill!!! Truth!!!

[@theargument9422]

The media starts these controversies. They report, “Twitter is a buzz” then Twitter starts buzzing when it was complete sleep and didn’t even know about the event

[@ge2623]

Ya know what else BUZZES?.......A dildo.

[@theargument9422]

@@ge2623 Bees. Doorbells, too? I don’t get the joke.

[@Malepresentingtimelord]

Ketamine isn’t just for horses

[@ge2623]

@@theargument9422 My bad I should have re-worded it. One of those serve a fun, useful purpose.

[@gabe1146]

This is 100% true. All manufactured outrage for profit.

[@LordSlag]

This isn't about Matt being late to the party, it's about his combination of skin color and sex.

[@HotPinkst17]

It is also authentically about a younger generation trying to implement higher ideals while not really understanding how normal homophobia was in the 80s. You didn't have to have any opinion about gays to to have been inundated with a homophobic culture and thereby shaped, molded and conditioned to refer to things you are critical of as 'gay' or to use 'faggot' as a casual put down. It was mostly unconscious common parlance, watch Eddy Murphy RAW and you see the casual accepted homophobia is absolutely mainstream. Now transphobia is on the borderline of taboo and mainstream. Though benefitting from previous cultural struggle and advances led by gays, the trans community has yet to escape mainstream vilification. Ideals are well and good but demonizing an entire culture is something both sides do to help them feel more righteous. Matt may be a symbol for both sides, it seems like neither entirely understand the innocence of belonging to a culture with some evil tendencies or cycle of hate renewing itself in the form of people separating into camps that won't communicate well together. Though we advance and there is progress, our root humanity is often unaddressed so old problems take on new forms. Discrediting white male voices is just blowback in a storm of injustice. Imagine a lot of collective trauma would have to be healed before we all started treating each other fairly regardless of superficial excuses not to.

[@tentcater4710]

Bingo , it’s the big elephant in the room!

[@bboygaf3384]

@@HotPinkst17 You are exactly who he is talking about. Glad you watched the video. Hope we can all be as righteous as you one day.

[@HotPinkst17]

@@bboygaf3384 I don't think I understood what you said, pardon. I'm what?

[@ozzy5146]

@@HotPinkst17 Too many words. Libtard blah blah blah.

[@dyrnacht]

Well done Maher, and your line at the end was perfectly written. It makes me sad.

[@liamhinson501]

I’m a moderate Republican and I’ll happily and enthusiastically stand with anyone who calls out woke people on both the left and right. (Woke people do exist on the right, just ask Candace Owens)

[@powysdewhurst]

How is Candace Owens woke?

[@GulfbeachMateo]

@@powysdewhurst She embodies right-wing performative outrage and pearl clutching.

[@powysdewhurst]

@@GulfbeachMateo Ok.

[@McLKeith]

"I am not sure Daniel Day Lewis even exists off screen." Bill Maher sometimes gets things tighter than other comedians.

[@janbarrett4544]

This was my favorite line!

[@elonmudd]

I love Bill I never thought I'd say that but this dudes awesome

[@mandude4490]

“Time to finish this cup of coffee and take a shit” -god

[@jeroenbosems1989]

He's so good when he's a voice of reason that everyone left right centre can agree with. We this kind of arguement being the status quo instead of all the screaming and bickering

[@stephendverner]

I like Bill more and more. Spits truth.

[@theredbirds3896]

Everytime I'm about to leave you reel me back in with a New Rule like this. The audience is so confused on when to laugh and when not to.

[@norachamberlain5187]

Once again such a great perspective. ...

[@dannykay455]

He's not a homophobe, Liberace gave it to him good.

[@Jones-ke6bt]

Seriously, what have these "journalists" done? spend all day on twitter?

[@jasonconard7102]

Bill proves everyday people can have different views on politics and still be able to say what is right. I don't agree with all of his views but he is a perfect example of what America is and would welcome him into my home for dinner any day it would be great conversation. Keep up your good work

[@midnightrider8105]

On point sir!!!! 👍👍👍

[@13mrservon]

Bill's uber-liberal audience was REALLY struggling to clap their hands together for that bit 😆

[@boboloko]

If you see the world in black and white terms, it’s hard to understand that liberals are just as annoyed by woke culture as people on the right. If you see things in shades of gray, you’re not surprised at all

[@joelbizzell1386]

They sure seem to be doing it a lot.

[@4estdweller4ever]

“Online hall monitors of righteousness!!!!” Yaaassss. People are so lame!!!!

[@cpthornman]

I like to hope Maher has been going after the far left more because he realizes this kind of behavior is what got us Trump.

[@kevinc8955]

Bingo.

[@mgeek1]

Racism is what got us Trump.

[@RocStarr913]

@@mgeek1 That, too.

[@kevinc8955]

@@mgeek1 Some if it. Some of it was sexism. But most of it was economic protectionism. I refused to vote Hillary because of her economic policies that directly attacked the industry I work in. I didn’t vote Trump, but me not voting in PA was part of what gave him the presidency. I don’t regret that either. Biden kept Trump’s H1B restrictions in place. Democrats need to learn to protect the American worker. They were becoming too corporatist under Bill, Obama, and Hillary.

[@mogznwaz]

Yes exactly. A lot of liberals voted for Trump for exactly that reason.

[@nickgeorgiou7770]

Never apologize to anyone or admit anything

[@courtneyawalsh]

One of my favorite life moments ever was seeing Matt & Ben win the Oscar for Good Will Hunting. From Beantown myself, I have always felt these boys are my heart and soul brothers. I root for them. I get them. That film was as woke as it gets. Robin Williams was stunning and yes: he seems to love his non-Hollywood wife. Context is important.

[@brainflash1]

Meanwhile "Rap God" has over a billion hits on KZbin.

[@lisalima7430]

I want that banging "Jail" door slam available to me at All times!

[@carlfreeman2822]

Literally was a common playground word growing up. I called all my friends that, turn's out it was fitting for one of them.. :)

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

You found out when he made out with you or exposed himself to you?