Bill Maher has despaired over so-called “cancel culture” and called it “an insanity that is swallowing up the world”.
“Remember when your teacher used to scare you, they’d say ‘You know, this is going to go down on your permanent record.’?”
In the clip, he also addressed claims that his political stance has shifted, responding: “I am reacting to politics that have [changed].”
During the segment, Maher listed various examples at this year’s Summer Games where officials had come under scrutiny over historic behaviour – in some cases incidents that took place decades ago.