Posted on 04/24/2024 1:26:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Comedian Bill Maher's "Kid 'N Prey" segment on Friday went viral on social media after he criticized the child entertainment industry.
On Friday's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher reacted to the recently released documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, which exposed the sexual abuse and hostile work environment that child actors faced at the hands of adults at Nickelodeon.
The comedian posted the segment from his show on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday night with the caption, "It turns out for pedophiles in Hollywood, 'It's A Small World After All.'" It has amassed 28.3 million views as of Saturday afternoon.
Maher said he was "grossed out" by the revelations in the documentary, adding that "it didn't just expose a dangerous workplace. It also exposed hypocrisy."
During a legal feud with Disney that started when the company's then-CEO Bob Chapek publicly opposed a controversial bill that restricts certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida schools known as the "Don't Say Gay" law, DeSantis accused Disney of adding a lot of "sexuality into the programming for young kids," which the company denied. The legal dispute was settled in March.
Maher referenced a 2014 CNN article that reported that at least 35 Disney employees were arrested on sex crimes involving children since 2006, according to court records and other documentation.
The comedian also mentioned Disney child stars Alyson Stoner, who said in a 2021 People magazine op-ed that she "narrowly survived the toddler-to-trainwreck pipeline," and Cole Sprouse, who told The New York Times in 2022 that the young actresses on the Disney Channel were "heavily sexualized."
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You left out professional golfers.
Never heard that about golfers. Don’t play it don’t watch it, so I pay zero attention to it as a sport.
And almost all of them are poorly educated.
Was Jimmie a pedophile?
You have to wonder.
Jack Nicklaus used to shill for Johns Manville, the company that inflicted Mesothelioma on so many people.
Was that who you were thinking of?
I guess it does, which is even sadder.
It’s not a one and done, they are whored out to various “club members” of the cabal.
Bill Maher is only doing this to boost his image. Its a totally safe topic for him to cover, its so one sided and obvious. Hes just acquiring brownie points.
Bill Maher only cares about what is good and helps Bill Maher.
Just remembered a documentary that talked about golfers from the early 1900s being considered not fit for polite company.
Fatty Arbuckle got away with raping and killing a girl in 1921. Errol Flynn raped two underaged girls in the 1940s. And Roman Polanski has had a successful career while evading justice for for his attack in the 1970s on a 13 year old.
Is that the case where he drugged the 13 year old girl with Quaaludes then had anal sex with her while he was supposed to be taking pictures of her and getting her started in the business? That case?
If you need proof just sit through any recent Oscar ceremony.
But they’re the smartest guys in the room. Just ask them!
Wasn’t he a frequent flier to Epstein’s Island? Isn’t this kindahe pot calling the kettle black?
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