Bill Donohue comments on the latest episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO:
On his Friday night show, Maher lashed out at Pope Francis and Jesus in a particularly vulgar way.
While discussing the Armenian genocide, Maher said, “You know who said it’s a genocide? The pope. The pope was like f*** yeah it’s a genocide. The pope has huge balls. You would too if you were 78 and never had sex.”
Maher’s assault on the Eucharist was vile. He spoke about a toaster that can customize a burnt image of your face on it. When an image of Jesus was shown on the screen, Maher asked, “What kind of needy loner says, ‘hey look at that bread you’re eating, it’s really me.'”
Maher does what he does because a) he is an unrelenting bigot b) HBO officials allow him to trash Catholicism with impunity and, c) Catholics will not threaten to kill him. Since neither the first nor the third reason is going to change, that leaves it to HBO to finally act responsibly.
Contact Keith Cocozza, Senior VP Communications, Time Warner:
Keith.Cocozza@timewarner.com
