Maher shreds Sean Penn for meeting with Castro, Chavez after actor criticizes HBO host’s Trump meeting

HBO big Bill Maher accused histrion Sean Penn of being a hypocrite this week aft the histrion slammed the comedian’s gathering with President Donald Trump.

During the latest occurrence of Maher’s "Club Random" podcast, the comedian and governmental commentator called retired Penn’s meetings with satellite dictators erstwhile the histrion pointed retired that helium wouldn’t person gone to meal with Trump similar Maher had.

"Really, you conscionable with f---ing Castro and Hugo Chavez, but not the President of the United States?" Maher asked. 

The disagreement came portion the 2 discussed Maher’s gathering with the president astatine the White House successful April. Maher has maintained that the gathering with Trump was "gracious and measured" and suggested the president was a antithetic antheral successful backstage than helium appears connected camera.

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HBO big Bill Maher and histrion Sean Penn sparred implicit the actor's meetings with Latin American dictators during a caller occurrence of Maher's podcast.  (Screenshot/Club Random)

Penn met with late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez successful Caracas successful 2007. According to Chavez astatine the time, helium and the histrion discussed "why the (U.S.) empire attacks Chavez truthful much."

The histrion besides met with precocious Cuban communist dictator Fidel Castro years prior, arsenic good arsenic Raul Castro successful 2008.

Maher began by asking Penn whether helium believed having dinner with Trump was the close move. The histrion said helium could spot the reasons wherefore Maher would spell to meal with Trump, but admitted helium wished the meal was perceived arsenic "less successful" for the president than it was, oregon that Maher had little praise for Trump’s demeanor during their evening together.

Maher disputed that point, stating, "Well, it was little palmy due to the fact that I ne'er stopped saying each the things I’ve ever said astir him. It would person been palmy if helium had someway seduced maine into supporting him. So it wasn’t successful."

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President Donald Trump and comedian Bill Maher met astatine the White House successful April.  (Getty Images)

"The lone crushed I would not judge an invitation is due to the fact that I see, I spot nary – it’s a agelong flight," Penn said, struggling to springiness his answer.

Maher chopped him disconnected mid-thought, bringing up his meetings with the Latin American dictators. 

Penn defended himself, saying determination were bully things that came retired of those meetings.

"Yeah, I saw bully results travel retired of immoderate of those things successful presumption of the agendas that I had… I conscionable personally wouldn't spot thing that was said successful the room, including the personality," helium added, appearing to suggest taking Trump astatine look worth was beyond the pale.

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Maher changeable back, "It's not a substance of trusting it. It's a substance of seeing it, a substance of experiencing it, a substance of knowing it. It's similar saying, 'I don't privation this aesculapian trial because, you know, I don't privation to know.' I privation to know."

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"Fair enough," Penn replied.