I understand that the Western medical establishment is rather cozy with the pharmaceutical industry, so I understand that their only idea about solving this is a pharmaceutical response. The people who didn’t do that have blood on their hands. It’s not a rarefied or weird point of view to say that if people would up their vitamin D levels, up their zinc levels, stop eating sugar, get a proper amount of sleep, stop overeating and day drinking, which is what went on during this pandemic, they would have a much better chance. I’m just saying that is a lifestyle, you know? So, the fact that America, the medical establishment, never even attempted to get people to live a healthier lifestyle as a response to this pandemic is a giant scandal to me. Now, I’m not saying they deserved to die. I mean, 78%, this is just the CDC fact, 78% of the people who died or went to the hospital were obese. We should, of course, protect the vulnerable, but it was mostly a disease of the very old, which every disease is a threat to, and people who have comorbidities, which mostly is due to lifestyle.ĭEADLINE: Yeah, you’ve always been quite strong about that in terms of people taking care of their health and the way they can do it. Now, some people can’t help that they’re not in good health. It was never that virulent a threat, I thought, to people who were in good health. I’m sure many people feel different, but that’s me. I was always scared of the reaction to it, and as this has played out that only proved to be more true for me. So, heading back to a new season this week, what’s your feeling about the pandemic in 2022? Covid saw Real Time filming from your backyard for a while in 2020 and even go dark last year for a spell when you tested positive. There’s good in both.ĭEADLINE: It’s an understatement to say there hasn’t been a lot of good news the past couple of months around the ongoing pandemic with the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

With the Rolling Stones, you’re just going to feel like they’re letting it rip. Just like to continue with your music analogy with the Rolling Stones that’s a raw sound, you know, they’re not overproduced, whereas like the Beatles most of their stuff is like very perfectly completed in the studio. MAHER: Yeah, like I say, there’s some virtue in both of them. I mean, that’s sort of the beauty of it too, you know, it’s a little less polished and that can be great too.ĭEADLINE: One thing I always loved about Politically Incorrect was it always felt like you were a little bit on the knife’s edge, as was the show itself. You’re just kind of throwing sh*t up against the wall and seeing what sticks. And when you do an everyday show it’s a different animal. But you know it keeps me off the streets, and I’ve always enjoyed the process of putting a show together over a whole week to be able to make it the best possible show.Īs opposed to my first show in the ‘90s, Politically Incorrect, which was an everyday show. You know I’m just coming off a vacation so it kind of lands with a thud like, wow, I forgot this takes a lot of work every week. Because there’s never any just doing f*ck all on my show, I mean, I work really hard on it. So, I wanted to ask you, looking back now, what does 20 seasons of Real Time feel like to you?īILL MAHER: Not bad.

And they’re asking the clearly unimpressed drummer about his career and the band, and at one point Watts looks at the camera and says, “Work five years and 20 years hanging around,” f*cking around or something like that. Looking back over the years, currently longest running late-night host on the air, Maher also noted the shifts he’s observed in the increasingly ravaged body politic since Real Time premiered in 2003 when George W Bush was in the White House.ĭEADLINE: Years ago I saw a documentary about the Rolling Stones and they interviewed the late great Charlie Watts outside some airplane hangar or something on a video shoot. In that vein, the multi-Emmy nominated satirist spoke with me about his 2024 fears and the progress, or lack thereof, in the fight against the pandemic. 'Real Time With Bill Maher' Season 20 Gets HBO Premiere Date & Promo

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