Comedian Bill Maher took aim at Hollywood’s top figures for remaining silent about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, criticizing them for not paying tribute during the Emmy Awards.

On Friday, 69-year-old Maher sharply condemned the A-list crowd during the latest episode of Real Time with Bill Maher.

‘Would it have been so difficult for someone to go up there, given their enthusiasm for political commentary, and mention that a political assassination took place this week and that’s unacceptable?’ the liberal comedian remarked.

‘They would have been booed off the stage because he was on the wrong team,’ he added. ‘So you’re not even allowed to say that.’

‘Could you imagine if a left-wing person was assassinated that week? The whole show would have been about that.’

The star-studded event in Los Angeles unfolded just four days after Kirk was fatally shot in the neck during a rally at Utah Valley University.

Alex Wagner from MSNBC, participating in the broadcast, seemed to dismiss the comment as Maher urged her to acknowledge what he felt was an undeniable truth.

It wasn’t the only moment Maher addressed the cold-blooded murder of 31-year-old Kirk – he also weighed in on the recent cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s show. 

During Friday’s broadcast, Maher disagreed with Kimmel’s claim that Kirk’s assassin was part of the ‘MAGA gang,’ but defended the late-night host, arguing he shouldn’t have been fired over the remark. 

The longtime host of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ was informed on Wednesday that his 22-year run in ABC’s late-night slot was being temporarily canned following his on-air comment about Kirk’s murder.

On national television in the days following the fatal shooting of the conservative activist, Kimmel said the ‘MAGA gang is desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.’

‘Jimmy. Look, I don’t think what he said was exactly right… He said the MAGA crowd was trying to characterize the assassin as anything but one of them because the guy’s family was MAGA,’ Maher said.

‘Jimmy’s wrong, I think, to put him in one team,’ he added, arguing that the accused gunman ‘doesn’t belong in either party – he belongs in a straitjacket.’ 

Nevertheless, Maher criticized the network’s decision, stating firmly that Kimmel ‘shouldn’t lose his job over it.’

But of course, it wouldn’t be a Maher episode without a punchline – and true to form, a sharp joke quickly followed. 

‘As if a 22-year-old with a trans girlfriend never rebelled against their family,’ he quipped sarcastically, shrugging in disbelief that the fellow host hadn’t picked up on what he saw as an obvious point.

He also pointed out that Kimmel’s show was pulled ’24 years to the day’ after Maher himself was ‘canceled from that network’ over his own controversial remarks about the 9/11 hijackers.

‘And Jimmy Kimmel took my slot!’ he joked. ‘I got canceled before cancel even had a culture.’

Maher then took a pointed jab at his former network, stating: ‘ABC stands for Always Be Caving.’

Investigators have said that Robinson had become radicalized with far-left ideologies and was dating his transgender roommate. 

The false claim sparked outrage among conservatives, prompting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to announce he was considering launching an investigation into both Kimmel and ABC over the remarks. 

The cancellation was swiftly praised by former President Trump, who called it ‘great news for America’ and commended ABC for ‘finally having the courage to do what had to be done.’

He also urged NBC executives to follow suit by removing Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, whom he dismissed as ‘two total losers.’ 

However, many left-leaning prominent figures have slammed the president’s suggestion, calling it nothing short of outright censorship.

On Thursday, CBS’s Stephen Colbert – whose show is set to end in May following his own clashes with Trump – dedicated his monologue to free speech and showed support for Kimmel’s team at ABC. 

‘This is blatant censorship,’ Colbert said of Kimmel’s ouster at the taping for the show. 

He then blasted Trump as an ‘autocrat’ saying ‘you cannot give him an inch.’

‘Jimmy, I stand with you and your staff 100 percent,’ Colbert declared. ‘Tonight, we are all with Jimmy Kimmel.’

Late-night host Jimmy Fallon also addressed the controversy during a taping of The Tonight Show on Thursday.

‘To be honest with you all, I don’t know what’s going on – no one does,’ Fallon said during a taping of his show on Thursday, according to Late Nighter.

‘But I do know Jimmy Kimmel and he is a decent, funny and loving guy,’ he added. ‘And I hope he comes back.’ 

On Friday afternoon – just one day after protesters rallied outside in opposition to the network’s decision to pull Kimmel off the air – an ABC TV station was struck by gunfire. 

Police said the broadcasting station in Sacramento, California, was struck by at least three bullets in what they’re calling a drive-by shooting.

No injuries were reported, but the shots hit a window that faces the street, and people were inside the building at the time, according to Sacramento Police.