HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher defended himself Friday night after critics spent part of the week equating his past jokes -- likening President Donald Trump to an orangutan -- to Roseanne Barr's Twitter post about a former adviser to President Barack Obama. Many of the critics called for HBO to fire Maher, just as ABC fired Barr despite this year's success of her rebooted "Roseanne" comedy series. “One, Trump is an orangutan,” Maher said. “And four, I’ve already been fired by ABC,” Maher said, referring to his "Politically Incorrect" program, which aired from 1993 to 2002. In an incident last year, Maher apologized after he was criticized for calling himself a “house n----r” on his HBO show.

Source: Fox News June 02, 2018 09:55 UTC