Comedian Bill Maher Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/comedian-bill-maher/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Sun, 04 Jun 2017 08:39:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-CITI-973-FM-32x32.jpg Comedian Bill Maher Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/comedian-bill-maher/ 32 32 Comedian Bill Maher apologises for racial slur on live TV https://citifmonline.com/2017/06/comedian-bill-maher-apologises-for-racial-slur-on-live-tv/ Sun, 04 Jun 2017 08:39:08 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=325221 Comedian Bill Maher has apologised for using a racial slur on live television. The host of “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO used a derogatory term for African-Americans while interviewing Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse. The “joke” prompted a huge backlash, particularly on social media. Maher said he used the slur in the “banter of […]

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]]> Comedian Bill Maher has apologised for using a racial slur on live television.

The host of “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO used a derogatory term for African-Americans while interviewing Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse.

The “joke” prompted a huge backlash, particularly on social media. Maher said he used the slur in the “banter of a live moment”.

“The word was offensive and I regret saying it and am very sorry,” he said in a statement released the next day.

The controversy arose during a segment of the show when Maher was interviewing the Republican Senator Ben Sasse.

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Source: BBC

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