Bill Maher, 70, Fires Off Message to Trumpy New Bosses
The Daily Beast • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Bill Maher warned his new bosses at Skydance, the company formed from the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, not to believe negative tweets from Donald Trump about him.
- The merger, approved by a federal judge after a settlement with state attorneys general, is expected to close on Tuesday, creating a media conglomerate led by Paramount CEO David Ellison and former Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz.
- Maher mocked Trump’s criticism of his TV ratings during his Real Time monologue and dismissed the president’s insults, specifically asking Trump not to mention Maher’s attendance at Cornell amid unrelated allegations.
- Trump had previously targeted Maher with a rant on Truth Social earlier in the week, escalating their public feud ahead of the merger’s finalization.
