Bill Maher made his return to HBO’s Real Time on Friday night after missing two weeks of shows when he tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated against the disease. Taking …
on Friday night after missing two weeks of shows when he tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated against the disease.
Taking the stage, the host thanked those who wished him well while admitting, “I can’t oblige you—I never was sick. I felt nothing.” The remarks were illustrative of his matter-of-fact attitude about testing positive despite being vaccinated. “I’m sorry I missed the last two weeks. I didn’t want to—you heard this, they said I had COVID,” Maher said at the top of his monologue. “This is, you know, it’s like when you go to the Jiffy Lube and they show you the air filter, and you go, ‘OK, you’re the expert.'”