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'When he disappoints he goes all in': Bill Maher slammed for saying Joe Rogan is ‘bigger than Larry King’

“…What Joe does, he kind of opens that mic like Larry did,” the 67-year-old comedian said

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Bill Maher is all-in wit his compliments for Joe Rogan and has called him “our generation’s Larry King”. The 67-year-old political commentator expressed his admiration for the controversial commentator during his podcast ‘Club Random with Bill Maher’ as he spoke with comedian Kathy Griffin.

During their conversation the name of the late legendary King came up and Griffin said, as reported by Mediaite, “There isn’t a show anything like Larry King anymore. I’m actually surprised. I thought they should have given that hour to Anderson Cooper. I thought he could have carried on that legacy beautifully if you wanted that six o’clock hour.”

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‘He is willing to open the mic to people’

To which Maher said, “I would argue that Joe Rogan is not like Larry King, but it’s — every generation has its own iteration of that. And certainly, there are differences, but the huge audience. Bigger than Larry King ever was.” Also, when Griffin pointed out that King was a pro in softball interviews, the ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ host noted: “I feel like Joe Rogan does that. Not softball necessarily, but he’s not looking for a fight and he is willing to open the mic to people. Even the ones that the establishment of some kind or another says, ‘How dare you let that person speak'.”

Maher then went on: “I would say he is our generation’s Larry King in the same way that there was (Johnny) Carson and then (David) Letterman, (Jay) Leno, and then it moved to (Jimmy) Fallon. I mean, it was the… that show has evolved quite a bit. …What Joe does, he kind of opens that mic like Larry did. Elon Musk will do that show and like the biggest people in the world because they know of the reach.”

He added: “And I just think also Joe earned that. It’s like this is just a regular guy smarter than the average bear, but is not gonna be intimidated first of all by you saying, don’t platform this guy or don’t listen to this and will let anybody speak and usually has a common sense view of it, of his own. You know, he’s a little to the right of where I am on things.”

‘This is why I will not watch Bill Maher’

But it seems people do not agree with Maher’s opinion as one user tweeted, “Many reasonably level-headed journalists/talking heads seemed to jump the shark very quickly (e.g., Maria Bartiromo, Jonathan Turley, Matt Taibbi)...almost as if they had a brain transplant overnight. Bill Maher appears to be heading in the same direction, but very slowly.”

Another user shared, “This is why I will not watch Bill Maher.  I think he is neither the funniest nor the brightest comedian in the business.” “Now and then I’m reminded what a good idea it was to stop watching Maher years ago. This is one of those times,” the third user wrote.

“I'll say this for Maher, when he disappoints he goes all in. At this stage, it genuinely wouldn't surprise me if he endorses Trump next year, and all it would take is a promise to legalize weed,” the fourth one added.

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