Sorry, can’t find any better sources for this.
The animator then asked Maher what the “downside” of “getting a vaccine” was, which caused the comedian to go on an anti-vax tirade.
“The fact that you the fact that you don’t even have a clue what’s the cost of getting a vaccine that you don’t know the answer to that. You completely want to shut your eyes to the fact that there are repercussions to all medical interventions, including a vaccine, all vaccines,” he ranted. “They come, they say side effects, just like every medication does. You can see it in the literature. They can’t write it on their back on the vaccine. So you have to dig them. And of course, there is a vaccine court because so many people have been injured.”
Eh, it happens fairly frequently that people are in a weird bubble and are so convinced they’re right they’ll willingly put out an insane rant thinking that once everyone sees it they’ll change how they think.
Maher is a Hollywood guy which means he’s in a big bubble to begin with. And then he’s probably got an entourage that tells him he’s right about everything. They audience at his shows are a self selected group of people that agree with him.
Sure it’s possible his team released it because they don’t give a shit about him looking bad because he’s an asshole. But it’s equally likely he ok’ed it simply because he thinks he’s right and no one he’s surrounded by day to day tells him otherwise.