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Rhiannon12866

(261,191 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 07:30 AM Jun 12

Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, June 12, 2026

Real Time with Bill Maher continues its 24th season Friday, June 12th (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/7:00-8:00 p.m. PT), with a replay at 12:00 a.m., exclusively on HBO.

This week features a one-on-one interview with David Sedaris, contributor to The New Yorker, humorist, and author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book The Land and Its People.

This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media; and Hagar Chemali, former spokesperson of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations (UN), co-founder of the Lebanon-Israel Peace Alliance, and host of the YouTube show Oh My World.

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Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, June 12, 2026 (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 12 OP
Heard of 2 out of 3 True Dough Jun 12 #1
NYT Article On Sedaris's NYC Apartment (s) ColoringFool Jun 12 #2
Nope.............. Lovie777 Jun 12 #3
Tv peachpit24 Jun 12 #4
Who is Bill Meyer? Floyd R. Turbo Jun 12 #6
I refuse to watch Bill Meyer maxsolomon Jun 12 #13
Oh! That Bill Meyer!🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Jun 12 #14
Thanks for posting! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 12 #5
It's a disgrace to promote this man on this platform. Happy Hoosier Jun 12 #7
Alert on the post! Perhaps a jury will agree with you! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 12 #10
He does and he doesn't. maxsolomon Jun 12 #15
My thoughts exactly! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 13 #32
A "diSgRaCe!" says the gatekeeper. Oof. themaguffin Jun 12 #19
I've been a Dem voter for over 46 years gulliver Jun 13 #31
Fuck Bill Maher Prairie Gates Jun 12 #8
yeah fuck him!! hookaleft Jun 12 #11
Sedaris was earlier, bizarre.. Panel should be interesting. If given enough time question everything Jun 12 #9
Imagine spending actual time watching that. BannonsLiver Jun 12 #12
Why are so many obsessed about Maher and about the viewing habits of other DUers? question everything Jun 12 #16
There there. BannonsLiver Jun 12 #18
It's unfortunate, but my experience is that it's impossible to Abolishinist Jun 12 #21
Stop me if you've heard this: Floyd R. Turbo Jun 13 #33
yeah, clutch those pearls themaguffin Jun 13 #28
I'll leave that to you and MAGA Bill. BannonsLiver Jun 13 #29
riiiiight themaguffin Jun 13 #30
We'll be watching! Abolishinist Jun 12 #17
David Sedaris really was entertaining, my favorite guest on tonight's show Rhiannon12866 Jun 13 #23
I'm looking forward to Overtime, will Abolishinist Jun 13 #25
Sedaris was on Pod Save America this week as well themaguffin Jun 19 #34
kick question everything Jun 12 #20
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 6/12/2026 Rhiannon12866 Jun 13 #22
Wowzer! Abolishinist Jun 13 #24
As I said, he really was my favorite guest, both interesting and entertaining Rhiannon12866 Jun 13 #26
Chemali was there to protect KT2000 Jun 13 #27

True Dough

(27,671 posts)
1. Heard of 2 out of 3
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 07:41 AM
Jun 12

Chemali is new to me. Will tune in. Thanks, Rhiannon! Congrats on 260,000 (and the extra 263 posts).

ColoringFool

(1,391 posts)
2. NYT Article On Sedaris's NYC Apartment (s)
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 07:57 AM
Jun 12

Inside Humorist David Sedaris’s Two Upper East Side Apartments - The New York Times https://share.google/XJZYoqC5ZeKRRnU9f

Happy Hoosier

(9,725 posts)
7. It's a disgrace to promote this man on this platform.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 08:52 AM
Jun 12

He does not align with our values and routinely denigrates Democrats.

maxsolomon

(39,430 posts)
15. He does and he doesn't.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:21 PM
Jun 12

He aligns with some of my values and not others. I denigrate Democrats sometimes, too (but never on DU!). If I watch his show now, I usually end up yelling back at him.

If you don't want to see Maher "promoted", just block Rhiannon12866. Its the only time he really gets discussed, and most of the comments are "Fuck Bill Maher".

 

gulliver

(14,160 posts)
31. I've been a Dem voter for over 46 years
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 12:05 PM
Jun 13

I say Bill Maher does align with our values. I await anyone with higher seniority and a citation or two to the Dem platform to dispute it.

question everything

(52,639 posts)
16. Why are so many obsessed about Maher and about the viewing habits of other DUers?
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:17 PM
Jun 12

Don't you have other ideas to think about it? How about reading a book? Walking outside, visiting friends?


Abolishinist

(3,110 posts)
21. It's unfortunate, but my experience is that it's impossible to
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 10:02 PM
Jun 12

have an honest one-on-one conversation with a member of the 'FBM' club.

They take advantage of the DU rules, and alert on anyone who allegedly "attacks" them - i.e., asking them a question. At the same time, they are attacking a group of DU'ers who happen to watch a particular TV show.

Abolishinist

(3,110 posts)
17. We'll be watching!
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 02:25 PM
Jun 12

I’m really looking forward to David Sedaris. We saw him in person last month at a sold-out event, very entertaining. He said that although he never pushes his books, he's making an exception for his new one because JD apparently has one coming out this week and he wants to outsell him. He was on stage for around 90 minutes, then took questions from the audience, and stayed afterwards for a book signing. He was wearing a skirt, which he believes more men should do!

Ian Bremmerand Hagar Chemali could be interesting as well.

And of course, his opening and New Rules are always fun.

Thanks for posting!



Rhiannon12866

(261,191 posts)
23. David Sedaris really was entertaining, my favorite guest on tonight's show
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:08 AM
Jun 13

And thanks, I did wonder what he was wearing. And I was glad that he joined Overtime, I wish more of the initial guests would do that.

Abolishinist

(3,110 posts)
25. I'm looking forward to Overtime, will
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:19 AM
Jun 13

check it out tomorrow. So glad to learn he was a part of it!

Abolishinist

(3,110 posts)
24. Wowzer!
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:15 AM
Jun 13

The back and forth with David Sedaris was off the charts good, especially his story about the dog who bit him in Portland!

Rhiannon12866

(261,191 posts)
26. As I said, he really was my favorite guest, both interesting and entertaining
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:20 AM
Jun 13

I could have listened to his stories for the entire show...

KT2000

(22,276 posts)
27. Chemali was there to protect
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:40 AM
Jun 13

the billionaires, or her access to them, it seems. She had a lot of nothing to say and I thought she was going to smack Ian Bremmer in the face with her hands flying all over the place.

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