Bill Maher reveals to Jane Fonda why he is considering QUITTING his hit political talk show: 'I'm s***ting my pants'

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Bill Maher told Jane Fonda that he may put an end to his long-running HBO talk show because of his desire to stop talking about Donald Trump, admitting he's 's***ting [his] pants' about a second term. 

Maher interviewed the legendary actress and activist Fonda on his podcast, Club Random, which has been running since 2022.

The two famous liberals stumbled into discussing Trump's second term after Maher referenced the joke the president-elect made about late golfer Arnold Palmer at a pre-election rally before they began to despair about the next four years.  

'I'm s***ting my pants. I may quit,' he said of his show, Real Time. 'Because I don't want to do another [Trump term].'

Fonda admitted that it was 'hard to believe' Trump had won again. 

Maher then claimed that his frustration stemmed from having said everything he has to say about Trump in the past decade.

'I did all the Trump stuff before anybody. I said he was a con man before anyone else, I called him a mafia boss.'

'I was the one who said he wasn't gonna' concede the election. I've done it, I've seen this f***ing... I'm bored with it.' 

Bill Maher told Jane Fonda that he may put an end to his long-running HBO talk show because of his desire to stop talking about Donald Trump , admitting he's 's***ting [his] pants' about a 2nd Trump term

Maher interviewed the legendary actress and activist Fonda on his podcast, Club Random, which has been running since 2022

He then bemoaned to Fonda how he has been the victim of Trump's tweeting and social media use.

Fonda challenged Maher to 'do something else' on his show that didn't focus on the president-elect.

'The show is the politics, there's no other thing and he's gonna' dominate the news like he always does,' he complained.

This isn't the first career Maher has threatened to quit in 2024, telling Jerry Seinfeld earlier this year that he may stop doing standup comedy. 

'Well, I'm doing a special at the end of the year, it'll be my 13th for HBO, that's a lot,' Maher said, with Seinfeld admitting, 'That's a lot.'

'And I just feel like you've got to... I don't know, you know, first of all, I put a lot of time and effort into it, because, as you know, stand-up is like playing the cello,' Maher said, as Seinfeld agreed, stating, 'Absolutely.'

'You can't just go walk up there, you have to stay in practice, and I do, and I've always loved it, I'm always working on it, but I have a show,' Maher said.

Seinfeld admitted, 'I don't know how you kept it up during the show, or, frankly, why, but you did.'

The two famous liberals stumbled into discussing Trump's second term after Maher referenced the joke the president-elect made about late golfer Arnold Palmer at a pre-election rally before they began to despair about the next four years

Fonda challenged Maher to 'do something else' on his show that didn't focus on the president-elect

Maher explained he kept going, 'because they fed each other, first of all, it was so great, and also because I love it.'

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'I can be the loosest I can be... the show is great but there are constrictors there, this (the podcast) is looser, but what's looser than you people paying to see me?' Maher said.

He joked, 'Even if you don't like it you kind of have to laugh to get your money's worth, like how you stay in a movie even if it sucks.' 

Maher added, 'If I don't have to play the cello 8 hours a day, I can do... I might want to do one of these live, that's an interesting option that people do nowadays.'

'And then it's kind of an event,' Maher said, as Seinfeld responded, 'It's not crazy.'

Maher added, 'After 40 years, that's why I don't want to like make an announcement because I might change my mind. It might be like cutting off a limb and I have to go back to it.' 

The comic's HBO show is off the air until January 19, just ahead of Trump's second inauguration in Washington.

Earlier this year, the network renewed Maher's show for a 22nd, 23rd and 24th season that will keep on the air through 2026. 

At the time, Maher sounded overjoyed to continue his long-running relationship with the network which has also aired several of his standup comedy specials.

'Two more years in the dream job of a lifetime, on the network so many dream of being on – I think that's what we call a no-brainer,' he said. 

Maher is traditionally seen as a liberal but has begun to draw the rage of the left in recent years.

On his season finale, Maher displayed exactly why he angers both sides, savaging Trump's now defunct choice of Matt Gaetz as Attorney General before humiliating liberal scientist Neil Degrasse Tyson's debate points on the transgender community.