{
  "id": 311705,
  "title": "Bill Maher Makes Weight Jokes About Ariana Grande, ‘Real Time’ Audience Groans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/bill-maher-makes-weight-jokes-about-ariana-grande-real-time-audience",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-08T13:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/bill-maher-ariana-grande-jokes-1237029302/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Too soon, too tasteless or just too cruel, take your pick, but Bill Maher’s two Ariana Grande weight jokes during his opening monologue on Friday’s Real Time With Bill Maher were met with mixed audience reactions. Maher sidled up to the subject by recapping some of the bad news of the week, then saying, “I […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Bill Maher’s Audience Audibly Groans Over Jab About Ariana Grande’s Weight: ‘Maybe That Joke Will Make Her Eat Something’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/bill-mahers-audience-audibly-groans-over-jab-about-ariana-grandes",
        "published": "2026-08-08T03:24:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Bill Maher’s Joke About Ariana Grande’s Weight Draws Groans From ‘Real Time’ Audience",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/bill-mahers-joke-about-ariana-grandes-weight-draws-groans-from-real",
        "published": "2026-08-08T17:38:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Bill Maher’s Jab About Ariana Grande’s Weight Leads to ‘Real Time’ Studio Audience Groans",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/bill-mahers-jab-about-ariana-grandes-weight-leads-to-real-time-studio",
        "published": "2026-08-09T18:43:42.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}