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\u201cReal Time\u201d host Bill Maher reacted to the news that he will be receiving the Kennedy Center\u2019s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor after White House communications director Steven Cheung had called the prospect<\/a> \u201cFAKE NEWS.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI just want things to work out, and also I say thank you. I\u2019m not looking for a fight, and I\u2019m not mad that he did this. You know what, me and the president, we have a complicated relationship. Goes back to the orangutan lawsuit,\u201d Maher said, referring to a lawsuit<\/a> Trump filed in 2013 when the comedian joked the now-president was the son of an orangutan. \u201cThis has been going on a long time, so him trying to block me from getting it, I respect the move.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Maher encouraged Trump to \u201ckeep the game going, baby,\u201d alluding to a series of <\/a><\/span>insults<\/a> Trump threw his way in a lengthy <\/span>TruthSocial<\/span> post last month. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI\u2019m all about engagement, disengagement gets you nothing,\u201d Maher said. \u201cEven though I see that we\u2019re back to him calling me a \u2018jerk\u2019 and I\u2019m a \u2018lightweight ratings loser.\u2019 Get it off your chest, big man, I\u2019m totally fine with it.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Maher said he added Trump\u2019s latest insults to his list of disparaging things the president has called him over the years. According to Maher, Trump signed that list during his visit to the White House last year. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cSo I would just like to say as a low ratings lightweight, and a rather dumb guy, and a pathetic bloated sleazebag, a dummy, a terrible student, a nervous failing comedian and someone who is sick, insane, very sad, totally shot and a crazy maniac. I am honored to accept the Mark Twain award. Thank you very much,\u201d Maher said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n