{"id":2163534,"date":"2025-11-18T03:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T03:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2163534"},"modified":"2025-11-18T03:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T03:51:56","slug":"i-could-get-shot-by-the-left-or-the-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-could-get-shot-by-the-left-or-the-right\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I could get shot by the left or the right&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Don&#8217;t expect <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/bill-maher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bill Maher;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bill Maher<\/a> to do stand-up comedy any time soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Real Time<\/em> host opened up about his reasons for quitting stand-up during a conversation with guest Patton Oswalt on Maher&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UlR7LyQh9wM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:podcast, Club Random;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">podcast, <em>Club Random<\/em><\/a>; chief among them was his safety amid a polarized political climate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I feel like it was a great choice, because I don&#8217;t want to be out there in this country in this political atmosphere,&#8221; he told Oswalt. &#8220;I could get shot by the left or the right. I mean, it&#8217;s just, it&#8217;s a good time to not be out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Plus, Maher pointed out, he released his 13th HBO special, <em>Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?<\/em>, earlier this year, and he said, &#8220;I feel like that&#8217;s a good body of work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking of his specials, &#8220;I felt they basically got better as they went along, and I feel like the last one was the best one, which is a good way to get off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Rick Kern\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p> Bill Maher performs in 2013<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Maher also said &#8220;a number of things&#8221; have contributed to his decision, including getting &#8220;tired of the travel, obviously,&#8221; and getting &#8220;tired of being twice as funny as people who were selling twice as many tickets as me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He added that part of that is &#8220;because I&#8217;m on TV every week&#8221; with his HBO show, which he&#8217;s hosted since 2003, but, he added, &#8220;not that I didn&#8217;t sell a lot of tickets and, you know, do great theaters, but I didn&#8217;t sell arenas and some people did&#8230;frankly, are not that great. But, you know, when the audience is 35 to 45, they don&#8217;t want to see somebody 70.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Maher&#8217;s new comments echo <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/bill-maher-retire-standup-this-year-8644104\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:what he told Jerry Seinfeld;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">what he told Jerry Seinfeld<\/a> in May 2024, also on his podcast. &#8220;That leads me to something I feel nervous about telling you&#8230;. After this year, I&#8217;m going to stop doing [standup],&#8221; he told Seinfeld at the time. &#8220;I could go back. I don&#8217;t want to make a big announcement or something. I&#8217;m doing a special at the end of the year. It&#8217;ll be my 13th for HBO. That&#8217;s a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with\u00a0our\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Still, despite telling Seinfeld he planned on being done with stand-up comedy, he admitted that he was hesitant to make any official declaration because of how significant the medium has been to his career over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;After 40 years, that&#8217;s why I don&#8217;t want to make an announcement like, &#8216;This is my final&#8230;,'&#8221; he said. &#8220;I might change my mind. It might be like cutting off a limb, and I have to go back to it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/bill-maher-says-he-had-to-quit-touring-due-to-politics-11851526\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t expect Bill Maher to do stand-up comedy any time soon. 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