After a week of mixed signals — including emphatic “fake news” denials from the White House — Bill Maher is setting the record straight about his upcoming honor.
During Friday night’s Real Time With Bill Maher on HBO Max, the longtime host wasted no time addressing the confusion surrounding his selection as the next recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Acknowledging the “back and forth,” Maher cut through the noise with a joke: “We have reached a compromise. The compromise is that I am going to get it and then I’m going to give it to [President Donald Trump]. Everybody’s happy. I just want things to work out.”
As it turns out, things have worked out — at least officially. The Kennedy Center confirmed Thursday that Maher will indeed receive the 27th Mark Twain Prize at a June 28 ceremony, with a Netflix release to follow. The
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