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Earlier this summer, Bill Maher shockingly used a racial slur on his HBO show, and host Stephen Colbert brought it up during his monologue at the 2017 Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday (September 17) in Los Angeles.

“This is the most diverse group of Emmy nominees in history. That’s impressive. I didn’t know you could applaud while patting yourself on the back at the same time,” Stephen said. He then named some of the black nominees, and added Bill‘s name. “I assume he’s black, since he’s so comfortable using the ‘n’ word.”

Watch the moment in the video below…

Bill Maher is offering an on-air apology for using the N-word during an episode of his show last week.

The 61-year-old comedian previously issued a statement apologizing for his actions during the interview with Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska.

During his show on Friday (June 9), he offered a second apology.

“I did a bad thing. For black folks, that word, I don’t care who you are, it’s caused pain. It doesn’t matter that it was not said in malice, it caused pain and that’s why I apologized. I’m not that big of an asshole,” Bill said.

He added, “We’re all evolving. It was wrong and I own up to that. It happened, and it was wrong. People make mistakes, we’re all sinners. I’m just a product of the country, but I don’t want to pretend that this is more of a race thing than a comedian thing. We are trained to get a laugh. This is not the first time I’ve gotten in trouble, because that’s what comedians are somehow wired to do. Sometimes we transgress a sensitivity point.”

Bill Maher has released a statement to apologize for using the N-word during Friday night’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO.

The 61-year-old comedian says that he regrets using the racial slur during an interview with Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska.

“Friday nights are always my worst night of sleep because I’m up reflecting on the things I should or shouldn’t have said on my live show,” Maher said in his statement (via Variety).

“Last night was a particularly long night as I regret the word I used in the banter of a live moment. The word was offensive and I regret saying it and am very sorry,” he added.

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Chance the Rapper doesn’t think Bill Maher deserves to keep his job at HBO after he used a racial slur live on the air.

“Please @HBO. Do not air another episode of Real Time with Bill Maher,” the Grammy-winning rapper wrote on Twitter on Saturday (June 3), the day after the episode aired.

HBO has condemned Maher‘s actions and has said the slur will be edited out of future broadcasts of the episode. No word yet on if he’ll be disciplined for his words.

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HBO has released a statement after Bill Maher used a racial slur during an episode of Real Time on Friday night (June 2).

The comedian faced backlash after he said the N-word during an interview with Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, who asked the host, “Would you like to come work in the field with us?”

“Work in the fields? Senator, I am a house n—er,” he responded.

“Bill Maher‘s comment last night was completely inexcusable and tasteless. We are removing his deeply offensive comment from any subsequent airings of the show,” the network said in a statement (via THR).

Bill Maher is facing backlash after using a racial slur on live television.

The 61-year-old television personality was interviewing Nebraska’s Senator Ben Sasse for an episode of Real Time on Friday (June 2) when he dropped the slur.

During the interview, Senator Sasse extended an invite to his home state and jokingly asked Bill to join him on farming fields.

“Would you like to come work in the field with us?” Ben asked.

“Work in the fields? Senator, I am a house n****r,” Bill replied with a laugh.

He quickly followed up by telling the crowd it was a joke.

Bill has yet to make any further comment on his usage of the word.

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