Bill Maher says he will shelve two-hour Kanye West interview: “He’s a very charming anti-Semite”

Bill Maher has revealed that he will be shelving his two-hour interview with Kanye West calling him “a very charming anti-Semite”.

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The comedian and writer shared that he sat down with the ‘No More Parties In LA’ rapper and they filmed a two-hour-long episode for Maher’s Club Random podcast. In an interview with TMZ for their TMZ Investigates series, Maher said that the episode would not be aired due to West’s antisemitism.

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“I thought it was going to be a learning moment.” Maher said while on TMZ Investigates which aired on February 5,  titled “Unhinged but Unstoppable.”

He continued: “We were here for two hours. By the way, we had an amazing, fun time. He’s a very charming antisemite. And by the way, he’s not the only one in America who feels that way. It’s not like the Jews are universally loved except for Kanye West.”

“The problem, I think, is that he appeals mostly — of course he’s a rock star — to young people,” Maher added elsewhere in the interview.  “They don’t know much and they surely don’t know much about the Middle East or Jews. So the combination of Kanye out there — I feel like he was helpful for spreading the fertilizer, and I do mean fertilizer, for this idea that Israel and the Jews are the worst people in the world.”

Harvey Levin, the founder of TMZ, added: “A lot of people were thinking what he was thinking, but in Kanye’s case, the fact that he’s saying it out loud gives other people permission to say it too, right?,” to which Maher responded with: “Yes, exactly. That’s why I wouldn’t air that episode, because I’m not going to contribute to this.”