Bill Maher has admitted something we should’ve guessed, given that he’s a California resident: he was forced to take the COVID vaccine or wouldn’t be able to do his show. The HBO host said he’s not anti-vaccine but didn’t feel he needed this one. Yet he needed to get jabbed to keep living.
In the latest episode of his podcast Club Random, the comedian vented about this when guest Adam Carolla asked about conformity, prompting Maher to reveal more.
Bill Maher gets angry as he finally admits how he was FORCED to take the COVID jab to keep his show.
— Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) February 9, 2026
ADAM CAROLLA: “Imagine if you had to conform.”
MAHER: “I did! I had to conform. I didn’t want the vaccine at all… But I had to have it. I couldn’t have continued my life. They… pic.twitter.com/qzr8KSguGX
“I had to conform… didn’t want the vaccine at all… But I had to have it. I couldn’t have continued my life. They wouldn’t have let me do the show, and I had to do it here. I did it in this room,” Maher said.
“Fourteen and 94 are different. And if you don’t see that, you are not ‘the science,’ people,” he added.
For those who are at risk, fine—get the vaccine, but those who don’t, like healthy teenagers, shouldn’t be forced to get the shot, which isn’t controversial, though many were dragged through the mud for taking that common-sense approach.
The pair later expounded on how the Left has become exclusionary, adding that they’re mostly idiots, too. Not that you didn’t know that already.
🚨NEW: Bill Maher, Adam Carolla *UNLOAD* on Left for shunning anyone who thinks differently🚨
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) February 9, 2026
MAHER: "They are very exclusionary. They really just don't want to breathe the same air if you're not exactly with the groupthink — while they're not that bright!"@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/FCQ6Owcwj4
BONUS: Watch Carolla roast Karen Bass for letting LA burn to the ground.
Adam Carolla completely SNAPS as he relives the pain of Karen Bass letting LA burn to the ground.
— Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) February 9, 2026
Carolla watched his neighborhood go down in flames, and you could hear the frustration in every word.
“How does Karen Bass talk her way around a city that burns to the ground?…… pic.twitter.com/Qh9tkCQU2u