Bill Maher Gets Testy When Chris Wallace Confronts Him Over Shock Terror Comment That Got Him Cancelled

(via Mediaite)

Comic and pundit Bill Maher got annoyed with CNN anchor and Max host Chris Wallace for bringing up – and playing the clip of, comments Maher made over 23 years ago about the 9/11 hijackers that eventually resulted in him losing his TV show.

Wallace interviewed Maher for this week’s edition of his Max series Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace on a variety of topics, including politics. his affinity for marijuana, and his new book. And, in the course of talking about Maher’s long career — the controversy after 9/11 that cost him his show Politically Incorrect.

After Wallace brought up the remarks, and played a clip of them, Maher first responded with disdain that this still comes up all these years later.

“First of all, this is so old,” said Maher. “Really? That’s of interest still?”

“Well, yeah. I mean, we’re talking about your career,” said Maher. “We’re talking about 20 years.”

Maher said he regrets that he said it right at the time, but not that he regretted saying it in principle.

“I mean, George Bush said, the cowards, uh the terrorists win, unless we go back to doing what we were doing. So I went back to doing what I was doing, which was telling the truth as I saw it.”