Bill Maher stunned his audience Friday night with a series of sharp jokes about allegations surrounding Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, before turning his attention to progressive congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
The host opened HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher by discussing one of the week’s most talked-about stories: reports that Huang was stepping down as Nvidia CEO after claims about extramarital affairs.
Reports alleged that Huang had an affair with Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based data company Megaspeed who has been described as an alleged Chinese spy. He was also reportedly linked to Kimberly Powell, the company’s vice president of health care.
Maher poked fun at the Nvidia executive over the alleged relationship with a woman who shared his surname, joking that it must have made for “some awkward moments during sex.”
After the audience erupted in laughter, Maher added that the matching last names were “just a coincidence” and “could happen to anyone.”
“Ilhan Omar said, ‘Tell me about it—I accidentally married my brother,’” he continued, prompting an audible gasp from the crowd.
The Minnesota Democrat has faced longstanding allegations that she married British citizen Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to help him obtain a green card.
Elmi lived with Omar and her first husband, Ahmed Hirsi. Omar and Elmi married in 2009 and divorced in 2017.
Bill Maher aimed a series of biting jokes at Jensen Huang and Ilhan Omar during Friday’s monologue on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher
Jensen Huang resigned from Nvidia earlier this week after allegations about his alleged affairs went viral
Maher mocked Huang over an alleged affair with a woman who shares his surname, then delivered a joke about Ilhan Omar “accidentally” marrying her brother
Omar entered a religious marriage with Hirsi in 2002. The pair legally married in 2018 and divorced the following year.
Omar has been married to her current husband, Tim Mynett, since 2020. She has repeatedly denied claims that she married her brother to help him secure immigration status, dismissing the allegation as racist propaganda.
In an interview with MS NOW, Omar called the claim “insane,” saying it began with a blog post before being amplified by right-wing conspiracy theorists.
Asked whether her former husband could have been related to her, Omar replied: “Not to my knowledge.”
President Trump later seized on that response at a rally in Iowa, mocking Omar for saying she did not know whether her former husband was related to her.
“She didn’t know whether or not she married her brother. She wasn’t sure,” Trump told the crowd, describing it as “one of the worst answers I think I’ve ever heard.”
Huang, meanwhile, has said he is not related to Alice Huang, who has been described in reports as an alleged spy.
Maher joked: “He’s been having an affair with someone from communist China. It’s not confirmed, but one big red flag was that she had an actual big red flag.”
Huang has been accused of having an affair with Alice Huang, who has been described as an alleged Chinese spy
Huang has been married to his wife, Lori, since 1985. Maher joked that she must be “pissed” amid the allegations about his alleged affairs
Reports also alleged a relationship between Huang and Kimberly Powell, the company’s vice president of health care. Picture source: LinkedIn
The comedian then turned to the second rumored relationship involving Huang and Powell, speculating that his wife, Lori Huang, must be “pissed.”
“One woman was bad enough when she heard about this other woman—all the black leather jackets out on the front lawn,” Maher quipped, referring to Huang’s trademark clothing, which has become a frequent target of online jokes.
“You thought his chips were in everything—wow,” he said in closing.
Nvidia is a leading force in artificial intelligence infrastructure, producing chips, networking equipment and software.
Huang received the National Medal of Science from President Trump in October, just weeks before reports about his alleged extramarital affairs emerged. He resigned from Nvidia on Thursday.