During his closing monologue on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that “Celebrities don’t know about the real world.” And told them that “being talented, which you are, isn’t the same as knowing things or having the credibility to advise people on their politics. You rail against privilege, but you avail yourself of the greatest privilege of all, to remain clueless.”
Maher said that while celebrities have every right to speak their mind, they shouldn’t. He added that most celebrities — with the exception of Bruce Springsteen and some others — don’t seem to be in touch, and “being talented, which you are, isn’t the same as knowing things or having the credibility to advise people on their politics. You rail
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