Bill Maher, Gus Van Sant cast doubt on official account of Jeffrey Epstein’s death
Even Hollywood isn’t buying the Epstein story.
— Overton (@overton_news) December 22, 2025
On Bill Maher’s show, director Gus Van Sant flatly rejected the official narrative surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s death…and Maher didn’t push back.
He agreed.
VAN SANT: “Oh, the death is so interesting, too.”
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Bill Maher welcomed filmmaker Gus Van Sant on his podcast, ‘Club Random with Bill Maher’ on Monday, December 22. During the conversation that lasted almost two hours, the two discussed a variety of topics, including the much-talked-about Epstein files that the DOJ is currently in the process of releasing.
As the conversation progressed, the two talked about Jeffrey Epstein’s time in prison and his subsequent death.
Sant commented on a conspiracy theory questioning the nature of Jeffrey Epstein’s death and said that he didn’t believe it was self-inflicted. He said that he thought “somebody did it,” and Maher agreed.
Bill Maher questions claims of Epstein’s influence
While speaking to Gus Van Sant, the comedian said that it wasn’t proven that Epstein was a “power monger” to rich, powerful men, as described by Sant.
Although Maher agreed that the men who were clients of Jeffrey Epstein were “powerful,” it was not proven who all were involved.
Naming Bill Clinton, Maher said that if he were there, he’d agree that the DOJ had the logs that put him on Epstein Island, but would deny getting more than a massage.
“Maybe that’s all there was to it, we don’t know for a fact,” he added.
Maher argued that Jeffrey Epstein “deserved to go to prison.” Sant said that maybe others, such as Woody Allen, were not involved.
“Prince Andrew. Yes,” Maher claimed.
As the two talked about who all were potentially involved, Maher said that “they’re all dirty dogs,” and that there was at least a “50-50” chance that everyone who visited Epstein Island could have done it.
Bill Maher on the people who appeared in the Epstein files
Maher claimed that men like Bill Gates needed a “friend like Epstein.”
He added that they were not associated with Epstein because he was a “financial genius,” but that he was a “love guru” for them.
Maher asked Sant if he had read the email exchange with Harvard professor Larry Summers and Epstein, and added that it seemed like Summers was asking Epstein for advice about his love life.
