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"Real Time" host Bill Maher expressed empathy for fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Friday as a former ABC star who also landed himself in hot water.

"It was 24 years to the day that I made comments on ABC that got me canceled from that network, and Jimmy Kimmel took my slot," Maher said during his opening monologue.

"Oh yes, I got canceled before cancel even had a culture," he quipped.

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"ABC, they are steady. ABC stands for ‘Always Be Caving," Maher later called out his ex-employer. "So Jimmy, pal, I am with you. I support you. And on the bright side, you don't have to pretend anymore that you like Disneyland."

Before his decades-long stin

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