Bill Maher And Guests Ask Some Hard Questions About Dylan Mulvaney’s Bud Light Endorsement Deal
15.04.2023 - 03:59
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Bill Maher and his guests channeled Salt-n-Pepa Friday night on HBO’s Real Time, as the theme of the night was “Let’s Talk About Sex.” Specifically, who is a woman, who has the right to determine a woman’s health and athletic requirements, and whether it’s a smart move to go after Donald Trump over sex-related crimes.
This week’s panel discussion included Democratic Congresswoman from California Katie Porter, and host of “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Piers Morgan.
Maher raised the hot-button issued of Dylan Mulvaney, the transgender Bud Light and Nike influencer whose endorsement deals have become a polarizing issue in the last week. “Why the overreaction to this?” Maher asked. “Is there something else to this story?” He added that a lot of Americans are angry because they feel “they’ve had an agenda shoved down their throat. Do they have a point?”
Maher noted how “in trans issues, there seems no room for debate. You have to accept everything they say or you’re a bigot.”
Morgan pointed out that Mulvaney has morphed from a gay man to nonbinary to a woman, his exuberant personality creating friction along the way. More so than his appearance drinking Bud Light, Morgan felt the Nike ad with Mulvaney in a sports bra has raised more ire. “A lot of women got offended by the way Dylan Mulvaney goes about selling himself on TikTok.”
Morgan argued that Mulvaney was actually mocking women, and the fact that he’s risen to greater media attention at a time when swimmer Riley Gaines is raising questions about sports competition has caused things to overheat. “It’s not just as simple as saying, ‘I am woman,” Morgan said. “It is more complicated.” He added, “A lot of woman are saying, ‘What is actually happening to us in this