Bill Maher Blames Diddy Accuser For Not Coming Forward Sooner

The "Real Time" host claimed to “understand” why leaving an abuser can be "difficult for women,” only to make a series of callous statements.

“Real Time” host Bill Maher weighed in on the ongoing trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, who stands indicted on federal charges including sex trafficking, and the comedian appeared to blame Combs’ ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura for the abuse she allegedly suffered at his hands.

“We need to keep two thoughts in our head at the same time,” Maher said Friday on his show. “One, Diddy is a bad dude — really bad. Like, the worst thing in rap since Hammer pants. A violent, sick fuck ... and we should lock him up and throw away the baby oil.”

“And two, things have changed enough so that moving forward, the rule should be, if you’re being abused, you gotta leave right away,” he continued. “Now, I completely understand why, in the past, women often did not do that.”

Maher went on to argue that victims had little recourse prior to the #MeToo movement that emerged in the last decade and helped women expose their abusers, but suggested that victims who don’t immediately speak out in today’s age are at fault for sowing public mistrust.

Ventura started dating Combs in 2007— notably before the #MeToo movement began —and she accused him in 2023 of repeated physical and sexual abuse that began gradually and grew worse over the course of their relationship.