Bill Maher is never shy about oversharing, but even by his standards, this one’s… vivid. While chatting with Cheryl Hines, the comedian confirmed a long-circulating rumor that he sometimes, uh, took care of business before taping episodes of Politically Incorrect for the TV schedule back in the ’90s. The story, which popped up in gossip items decades ago, was not a smear campaign. The longtime TV host says it happened, and he even remembers the brand name that accidentally gave him away.
Maher’s confession came on a new episode of his Club Random podcast, released on YouTube, where he and Hines meandered from politics to press lore to on-set rituals. When Hines asked why tabloids would say that he masturbated on set, the comedian shrugged and responded bluntly:
