Overview
- On Maher’s Club Random podcast, the comedians argued over transgender women competing in female sports and whether grade-school children can identify as transgender.
- Cross said his young daughter has transgender friends and described keeping her in a protective 'bubble', while Maher argued children that age are too young to make such decisions.
- Maher pointed to an Olympic women’s boxing bout as evidence of fairness concerns, describing it as a man hitting a woman, which drew sharp pushback from Cross.
- Linking culture-war views to elections, Maher said Democrats lost voters over these issues and quipped, 'Good luck with President Vance.'
- The episode ended without lasting rancor as the two agreed to disagree, and right-leaning outlets highlighted Maher’s critique and identified the boxer as Imane Khelif.