Comedian and political satirist detested on both sides of the aisle Bill Maher is bringing his new stand-up show “The WTF? Tour” to Cincinnati this fall.
The button-pushing Real Time host will take the stage at the Taft Theatre Sunday, Sept. 29. Tickets go on sale Friday, Feb. 9 and can be purchased online here or at the theater’s box office during business hours.
After becoming a star on the stand-up circuit in the 1980s, Maher went on to host the talk show Politically Incorrect, which lived up to its name with its round-table discussions on a variety of social, cultural and political hot topics. ABC declined to pick up the program for a new season in 2002 after Maher, agreeing with guest Dinesh D'Souza (a notorious conservative pundit), said that the terrorists who attacked America on 9/11 were not "cowardly." Maher immediately went to HBO and created Real Time with Bill Maher, which is still on the air.
Maher has continually found himself in the middle of controversies over statements that people from all across the political spectrum have found offensive, including using the N-word while making a joke with a Republican senator, hosting alt-right loser Milo Yiannopoulos on his show, his defense of calling COVID-19 “the Chinese virus” and his recent anti-trans rhetoric.
Most recently, Maher launched a podcast, Club Random with Bill Maher, for which he interviewed Kanye West, but will likely never release that episode, he told TMZ for a TMZ Investigates report airing Feb. 5. He said while the rapper is a “charming antisemite,” West’s views are too problematic for him. Glad to see he can draw the Politically Incorrect line somewhere.
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