Bill Maher had another one of his rare moments of clarity this weekend. While discussing recent revelations about child grooming and abuse in the entertainment industry, Maher admitted that Ron DeSantis had a valid point in going after Disney.
Will wonders never cease?
FOX News reported:
Maher unloads on the left: ‘Will overlook child f—ing,’ says ‘DeSantis wasn’t wrong’ in Disney fight“Real Time” host Bill Maher closed his show Friday night by linking the left’s indoctrination of gender ideology of children to “entrapment.” He also called out Disney’s battle with Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying “DeSantis wasn’t wrong.”The HBO host condemned, “The left will overlook child f—ing if the guy from the wrong party calls it out.””As one of the few people in the public eye who’s gone through life and never had kids, someone has to tell me why am I always having to defend them?” Maher exclaimed at the top of his monologue. “I don’t even like kids, but I also think it’s every adult’s job to protect them.”Maher addressed the widely talked about docuseries “Quiet on Set” on the culture of sexual misconduct that occurred at Nickelodeon, saying while it was the “talk of the town” in Hollywood, it also “exposed hypocrisy,” pointing to the left’s attacks towards DeSantis for cracking down on the “creepy stuff” at Disney involving children.”The reason we find pedophiles in the Boy Scouts and the rectory and kids TV is that’s where the kids are!” Maher shouted. “DeSantis wasn’t wrong. But we’re so tribal now, the left will overlook child-f—ing if the guy from the wrong party calls it out.”
You can watch the segment below:
The ‘Quiet on Set’ documentary series that Bill Maher talks about in the video is quite disturbing. I’ve watched a few episodes, and it’s shocking what went on at Nickelodeon back in the day.
This USA Today article is from March, when the series began:
Why ‘Quiet on Set’ documentary on Nickelodeon scandal exposes the high price of kids TVThere are some things worth sacrificing for art and entertainment. The well-being of children is definitely not one of them.But increasingly, we are discovering that in the high-stress, high-profit and highly unregulated world of TV and filmmaking, children aren’t well.In the new Investigation Discovery documentary series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids’ TV” (streaming on Discovery+ and Max), former child actors allege a variety of abuses and toxic behavior on the sets of classic Nickelodeon children’s TV shows, from “All That” and “The Amanda Show” to “Drake & Josh” and “Victorious.” From claims of racism and bullying workplaces to truly horrifying accounts of alleged sexual assault, the documentary suggests there was darkness behind all of Nick’s bright green slime…”Quiet on Set” focuses on TV shows made for kids featuring kids, in the heyday of Nickelodeon in the 1990s and early 2000s. Many are from producer Dan Schneider, who would eventually be ousted by the network in 2018 after allegations of inappropriate behavior surfaced.
If you decide to watch it, proceed with caution.
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