Bill Maher clashed with Charlamagne radio presenter Tha God as the couple discussed allegations of sexual misconduct against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Biden.
During Maher’s live-time show on HBO Friday night, the group discussed whether Cuomo needed to resign after he was accused of sexual harassment by three women, including two who worked for the administration.
Maher stated that he did not believe Cuomo was the subject of an investigation into the allegations, which includes allegations of inappropriate conversations and unwanted kisses and kisses.
“It’s always the case and you completely believe in these women,” Maher said.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was the subject of a series of beards by comedian Bill Maher during his HBO program Friday night
Maher had a heated debate with radio presenter Charlamagne Tha God, who compared Cuomo’s allegations to those of Joe Biden
Charlamagne replied, “It’s hard to ask Cuomo to resign when” you voted for Joe Biden.
“If I wasn’t more upset with Joe Biden, who had more serious accusations …”
“No, he didn’t!” Maher interrupted
“Yes, he was charged with actual rape,” Charlamagne said.
“No, it wasn’t,” Maher maintained.
‘What are you talking about ?!’ Charlamagne snorted.
“Are you talking about the aisle incident?” Maher asked.
“Tara Reade!” Charlamagne will answer.
“Well, I don’t think so,” Maher said as he dismissed the allegations.
Tara Reade (pictured) claims Biden sexually assaulted her in a hallway of Congress while working as a member of the Senate in 1993
“Just be real about it. I’m alone, I’m funny. I mean, there’s nothing sadder than a man without a game,” Maher said of Cuomo.
“That’s what I’m saying.” Some I think, some I don’t. This is my right. I don’t think so. I believe these women completely. I don’t think Joe Biden is the man to take you down the aisle. I do not. Just not.
Charlamagne responded that while he didn’t necessarily believe Reade’s claims either, he said his accusations were “more serious” than Cuomo’s, and yet “I didn’t hear people asking him to resign. or to leave the race. “
Tara Reade, who was previously a member of then-Senator Biden, claimed that her former boss sexually assaulted her.
Biden and his presidential campaign have repeatedly denied his allegations.
Biden had previously landed in the hot water when he appeared in Charlamagne, at The Breakfast Club of God.
The then presidential candidate told Charlamagne, during his campaign, that if he couldn’t figure out if she would vote for him or for Trump, “then you’re not black.”
Biden later apologized, admitting that “he shouldn’t have been such a wise man” after facing a strong backlash over his comment.
During Maher’s show on Friday, Charlamagne and the host discussed allegations that were made about Biden’s “inappropriate touch”. But Maher said it was a different matter. That’s when he sniffed their hair.
‘The first complaint was simply … it wasn’t even a MeToo, although it was interpreted that way in the press. I was just trying to do something old.
“Hey man, harassment is harassment,” Charlamagne said.
“No, it’s not,” Maher replied.
“I don’t think we can differentiate women between sniffing hair and saying something inappropriate because I think sniffing hair is as inappropriate as saying something,” Charlamagne said.
Maher defended Biden by saying he was only trying to offer encouragement, speaking of Lucy Flores, who accused Biden of grabbing her shoulders and planting a “big slow kiss” on the back of her head as she campaigned for the lieutenant governor. of Nevada.
Flores accused Biden of shrugging his shoulders and planting a “big slow kiss” on the back of his head while campaigning for the lieutenant governor in Nevada (pictured)
“I was about to make a speech, he came out behind her to say, ‘You’re going to do well out there, love,’ Maher said.
“I agree with that,” Charlamagne said.
Maher then criticized Cuomo for his denials that he was trying to advance toward his accusers.
“Yes, you were.” Be real about it. “I’m alone, I’m funny.” I mean, there’s nothing sadder than a man without a game, ”Maher said.
Before the show, Maher turned Cuomo into a laugh.
“How could a politician of this high profile be so stupid in‘ stupid ’? Maher said. “We’ve spent four years in the MeToo era, it’s so silly that you don’t help yourself, you don’t touch people without their permission. … What might this guy be thinking?
“He said to a girl, ‘I’m open to a relationship with a twenty-year-old woman.’ It’s no joke,” Maher quipped. ‘How great of you! Yes, who hasn’t dreamed of cracking Chico Marx?!? ‘
Charlotte Bennett, a former staff member of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, alleges he asked her about her sex life and asked if she would be open to a relationship with an older man.
On Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would not resign after a series of allegations of sexual misconduct filed against him by young women, but apologized again.
“Cuomo asked one of the 25-year-old employees about how it felt to have sex with older men and then said he only did small talks,” Maher said.
“Choose a topic, any topic, oh I don’t know … sex with older men!”
The HBO star criticized the governor’s excuse to give “small talks” amid his sexually charged conversations with his former aides.
“He’s an amazing man, a gameless Italian,” Maher swept with the “deaf” Democrat.
“A lot of people want me to quit now and said they won’t quit their jobs because then where am I going to find chicks?”
On Wednesday, Cuomo said he would not resign, but apologized again and vowed to “cooperate fully” with a review by the state attorney general.
“I’m not going to resign,” Cuomo told a news conference after apologizing emotionally for what he said was behavior that made “people feel uncomfortable.”
“I feel horrified and frankly ashamed,” said the Democratic governor, who has also argued with accusations in recent weeks that his administration tried to minimize the number of residents of nursing homes killed by COVID- 19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Cuomo said his behavior toward the women who had accused him of misconduct was involuntary and he said he never touched anyone inappropriately. Still, he acknowledged that it is “customary” for him to give her a kiss and a hug when he greets them.
“I understand that sensibilities have changed and behavior has changed and I understand that, and I’m going to learn from that,” he said.
Three women, including two former aides, have recently come forward to say Cuomo had sexually harassed them or made inappropriate comments. Lindsey Boylan, who first appeared in December, said the unwanted advances included an unsolicited kiss on the lips at Cuomo’s New York City office, which Cuomo denied.
Boylan, the Manhattan District presidential candidate, dismissed the governor’s apology in a message on Twitter on Wednesday. “How can New Yorkers trust you @NYGovCuomo to lead our state if ‘you don’t know’ when you’ve been inadequate with your own staff?” she wrote.
Charlotte Bennett, 25, worked as an aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier this year. He claims he sexually harassed her and left her “terrified”
Anna Ruch, 33 (left), claimed that Cuomo behaved inappropriately at a Manhattan wedding in September 2019. Lindsey Boylan, 36 (right), claimed that Cuomo commented on her appearance. inappropriately, he kissed her without her consent and went out of his way to touch her lower back, arms and legs
The second woman to detail her experience is Charlotte Bennett, a former executive assistant and health policy advisor, who told the New York Times in February that Cuomo filled her with questions about her romantic life last year in which he saw it as an effort to have sex. with her.
A third woman, Anna Ruch, also showed up and told the New York Times that the governor made unwanted advances and physical contacts after meeting her at a wedding in 2019.
Ruch said Cuomo was touching her bare back and asked if he could kiss her.
In response to Bennett, Cuomo issued a statement Sunday saying he sometimes cheerfully mocked colleagues and regretted disturbing someone, and his office granted the referral required by state law for the New York Attorney General, Letitia James, investigate the complaints.