By Katherine Tinsley
11:41am PDT, Jun 23, 2025
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Bill Maher is on a mission to Make Dads Great Again: The comedian recently opened up about his fear that masculinity has been threatened by the shift in culture as illustrated by the way dads are portrayed in the media.
Keep reading to see what exactly he had to say…
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Bill Maher discussed Father's Day on the Friday, June 20, episode of Real Time With Bill Maher: "Let's make the Father's Day we just celebrated the last one that takes place in a culture where dads have become such punching bags — literally the last demographic group that TV, ads and movies can still depict as clueless, useless dips****, basically just another child mom has to look after," he said.
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"I get it: This is a correction to centuries of women being deemed the weaker sex," Bill Maher continued, calling out the 1987 comedy Three Men and a Baby as an example of how masculinity has been diminished in the media. "But how long does the correction last? And when will men stop making me throw up in my mouth with the way pander so negatively?"
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Bill Maher called out the way the media has uplifted female political figures like Cleopatra, Hillary Clinton and Marie Antoinette: "Besides being historically naive, this cringey pandering is why teenage boys flock to jerks like Andrew Tate," he said. "Yes, he's a huge a****** — and your kid thinks he's cool. Because that's the choice of role models the American teenage boy has: either performative p****-hood or the manosphere. Jesus, can't the pendulum ever land in the middle in this country?"
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"Men, we're not completely useless," Bill Maher continued. "So if you want to know what to get dad next Father's Day, how about a little respect?"
