Bill Maher says audiences hungry for mocking ‘wokeness’

By Matthew Miller

Published October 6, 2021 7:58pm ET

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Bill Maher says audiences hungry for mocking ‘wokeness’ — EXCLUSIVE - Bill Maher speaks on stage at the 2014 Television Academy Hall of Fame on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Calif. | (Frank Micelotta/Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP)

HBO Real Time host Bill Maher commented on the political diversity of his audience and said some on the left have an affinity for mocking “wokeness.”

“For the first time in my life, I am playing to a mixed audience,” Maher said Tuesday on The Joe Scarborough Podcast regarding his stand-up comedy. “I was in Nashville about a month ago, and the audience was about 60-40 liberal to conservative.”

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