Overview
- Sykes told Vulture’s Good One podcast on Thursday that Maher stopped her while they waited for cars after the Golden Globes and asked, “What was that about?”
- At the January 11 Golden Globes she joked, “Bill Maher, you give us so much. But I would love a little less. Just try less,” a line that cameras captured Maher visibly reacting to.
- Sykes says Maher told her the bit “wasn’t even a joke” and that he’d been getting texts calling it “stupid,” and she declined his invitation to appear on his podcast.
- She also confirmed she turned down an invitation to Netflix’s Roast of Kevin Hart and called modern roasts “lazy” for recycling sexist, racist and homophobic material.
- Maher’s representatives have not responded to requests for comment, and Sykes’ account has renewed debate about comedian-to-comedian policing and how polarized media coverage amplifies such clashes.