Bill Maher.Photo: Real Time With Bill Maher Season 10
Bill Maherhas tested positive forCOVID-19.
Maher is asymptomatic and “feels fine,” the statement said, as he is already “fully vaccinated.”
“The Friday, May 14th taping ofReal Time with Bill Maherhas been cancelled,” the statement said. “Bill tested positive during weekly staff PCR testing for COVID. He is fully vaccinated and as a result is asymptomatic and feels fine.”
“Real Timeproduction has taken every precaution following COVID CDC guidelines. No other staff or crew members have tested positive at this time,” the statement said.
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Friday’s show — which had been scheduled to include Neil deGrasse Tyson and Dan Carlin, the host of theHardcore Historypodcast,according toVariety— “will be rescheduled at a later date.”
Real Timetapes in Los Angeles, whichentered the yellow tierof its phased reopening last week, prompting an ease in COVID-19-related restrictions.
Later on Thursday, Maher thanked his fans for wishing him well, and expressed disappointment at having to cancel Friday’s show.
“Thanks to all wishing me get well - hard to do since I feel perfectly fine, but I appreciate it!” hewrote in a tweet. “Most upset about ending my streak going back to 1993 of never missing a Politically Incorrect or Real Time episode. Oh well, even Cal Ripken had to sit one out at some point.”
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