Bill Maher recently came under fire from celebrities, comic book writers, artists, and fans alike for his derogatory remarks about both adult comic book fans and Stan Lee just days after he died.
POW! Entertainment responded with a statement in which they branded Maher's comments "disgusting," but during a recent interview, the HBO host claimed to be unaware of what people were saying about him because he "doesn't follow every stupid thing people lose their shit about" on social media.
"But talk about making my point for me: Yeah, I don't know very much about Stan Lee and it certainly wasn't a swipe at Stan Lee," Maher said, with King interjecting to say, "You would have liked him. He was a really nice guy."
Maher continued, "Yeah, fine. I am agnostic on Stan Lee. I don't read comic books. I didn't even read them when I was a child. What I was saying is, a culture that thinks that comic books and comic book movies are profound meditations on the human condition is a dumb [frick]ing culture. And for people to get mad at that just proves my point."
Wow.
Needless to say, it doesn't sound like he'll be changing his mind any time soon and Maher clearly doesn't realise just how much damage he's done to an already pretty bad reputation with such stupid remarks.
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