Bill Maher has labeled the NFL’s ‘End Racism’ slogan as “stupid” in a blistering attack on the long-running campaign.
The end-zone message has been in the headlines this week after it was revealed this weekend’s Super Bowl will not feature the slogan written on the turf for the first time in four years.
The last three editions of the big game have all included ‘End Racism’ in the end zone, but this year the words ‘Choose Love’ and ‘It Takes All Of Us’ will occupy the space.
While the decision has bemused some, many agree with the decision – including TV host and comedian Maher, who has made his thoughts very clear.
In a strong message on his “Real Time with Bill Maher” show, he said: “I noticed that at the Super Bowl, they’re, for the first time in, I think, four years now, the Trump administration is making them take away “End Racism”, which they had written in the end zone.”
Guest Tara Palmeri then claimed it “seems silly” for the NFL to make that decision, asking Maher: “Why get rid of it?”
Maher then responded: “Oh, I could tell you why. Because it was stupid to begin with. But let me ask you, who is it for? And if you’re a racist and you see “End Racism” in the end zone, you’re gonna stop being a racist?”
A stunned Palmeri then hits back, claiming: “But the sentiment is basically like, don’t be an asshole,” to which Maher rebukes: “But I think it’s an asshole to nag us during a football game about something that doesn’t change anything.”
