Bill Maher exposes the Left's intolerance as he reveals Jimmy Kimmel is 'very mad at me'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Bill Maher has pulled the curtain back on his ongoing feud with Jimmy Kimmel, slamming the Left's intolerance in the process.

Maher opened up about his strained friendship with his fellow late-night star during a recent episode of his “Club Random” podcast, where he sat down with Kimmel’s former “The Man Show” co-host, Adam Carolla.

Bill Maher reveals his gripe with the Left

Maher told Carolla that Kimmel is angry with him these days.

“Jimmy Kimmel, he’s very mad at me. And I know you’re close to him. I hope you tell him that, you know, I’m sorry that he got bent out of shape. I don’t think I did anything wrong. We can have disagreements,” Maher told Carolla.

Maher used the moment to take a swipe at what he sees as a kind of hypersensitivity among the left wing.

“This sort of difference between the right and the left, it bugs me so much,” Maher continued, noting how Democrats struggle with tolerating ideological differences within their group far more than Republicans.

"My tribe is supposed to be the left, but these are the people who just can’t talk to you unless you’re exactly there,” he said during the podcast.

"Whereas the Republicans, they always f**king come to my show. John Kennedy from Louisiana was on last week, took his beating like a man, like they all do, and we came across lovingly and smilingly and happily, and we can disagree," he continued.

Maher stressed that disagreement doesn’t have to mean total shutdown, pointing to his own dynamic with Carolla as proof that ideological differences don’t have to kill a conversation. He also made clear that his brand of comedy doesn’t play favorites, insisting he skewers all sides.

The comedian said he didn’t just automatically buy into “left-wing bulls**t,” and that he never stopped making fun of the “right-wing bulls**t” either.

Jimmy Kimmel's feud with Bill Maher

The friction traces back to comments Maher made in November about Kimmel’s wife. She had revealed that she emailed her conservative relatives with multiple reasons not to vote for President Donald Trump and said the effort cost her personal relationships with family members who supported him.

Maher publicly mocked the move, something that appears to have rattled his friendship with Kimmel.

Maher said at the time, “She says she’s lost relationships with relatives because she wrote them an email before the election with 10 reasons why they shouldn’t vote for Trump, and some still didn’t obey."

Maher insisted he tried to smooth things over, even acknowledging he might sometimes come off sharper than intended, especially when discussions veer towards politics.

“Jimmy, I’m sorry, like, I think he’s one of the nicest guys. I did a mea culpa when we exchanged emails, not about what he was complaining about, but just saying, like, sometimes I am a little brash about me when they compare me with the other late-night guys, and I’m like, I’m not like you guys,” Maher said. “I’m not. You could all exchange your monologues, all of you, and no one would know the difference in tone. OK?”

Still, Maher suggested the damage may be lingering. He later admitted the dispute could permanently alter their relationship.

“And like, if that’s not good enough for you, then I think you’re the a**hole. And I don’t think Jimmy is an a**hole. I think he’s a great guy, and it bugs me that, you know, because of what the latest thing was, that we may never talk again,” Maher added.

Old ties, new tensions

Maher has revisited the dispute in other recent appearances, suggesting the fallout still weighs on him. During a December episode of “Club Random,” he again addressed the situation while speaking with “The Young Turks” host Ana Kasparian.

“And I was as kid-gloved as I could. And I see that they’re mad at me. And I’m sorry. I mean, I was being, again, as respectful as I could, but I don’t agree with that point of view,” he said during the conversation with Kasparian.

Maher also noted his longstanding respect for Kimmel and pointed out the odd professional overlap that has linked their careers for years.

“I love Jimmy. I always have. I don’t know him that well, but he’s a great guy. And we have a connection, like, we were both fired by ABC. And he took my — I had that timeslot. So, like, it’s so interesting, the same ABC — I mean, Disney executive — canned us both. It’s interesting, the connections," he recalled.

Meanwhile, Kimmel himself dealt with some backlash recently. The late-night host was briefly suspended by Disney in September after making distasteful jokes about Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter, though his show returned just days later.