‘How Dare You’: ‘The View’ Hosts Rage At Bill Maher When He Says He’s Over Masks

“The View” hosts took shots at comedian Bill Maher over his criticism of COVID-19 restrictions during their Monday broadcast.

The hosts reacted to Maher mocking the “paranoid world” of mask mandates, vaccine passports and the requirement of booster shots during a Friday episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher.” The HBO host had argued on his show that COVID-19 restrictions, such as mask mandates, are “silly.”

“It’s just gone on too long. Nobody cares anymore. I don’t want to live in your paranoid world anymore, your masked, paranoid world,” Maher said. “You know, when you go out, it’s silly now: You have to have your mask, you have to have a card, you have to have a booster. They scan your head like you’re a cashier and I’m a bunch of bananas. I’m not bananas. You are!”

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg called Maher “flippant” for his remarks. She argued that people unable to receive the vaccine continue to be at risk of serious illness and that the restrictions are in place for protection.

“That’s not really funny to people who’ve lost their kids to this vaccine or people who have lost family members or dear friends to this,” Goldberg said. “It’s just, listen, nobody on the planet really wants to go through this. This is not something we’re doing because it’s sexually gratifying. This is what we’re doing to protect our families and you don’t have to do it, but stay away from everybody.”

Goldberg said those who do not want to follow COVID restrictions and are “not paying attention” need to “stay out of the public.”

“I think he’s forgetting that people are still at risk who cannot get vaccinated… little kids under the age of five or people with health conditions. How dare you be so flippant, man?” Goldberg continued.

Co-host Joy Behar replied that she “doesn’t feel like seeing him [Maher] anymore” for his disdain for restrictions. Co-host Sara Haines pointed out that ... (Read more)

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