Bill Maher hails NFL ditching 'end racism' from Super Bowl LIX end zones, says it was 'stupid to begin with'

"Real Time" big Bill Maher welcomed the NFL's determination to propulsion its "end racism" connection from the extremity zones up of Super Bowl LIX, insisting it was "stupid to statesman with."

The words "End Racism," which were antecedently featured successful the 2021 Super Bowl and this year's NFC Championship Game, will not beryllium featured Sunday arsenic the Kansas City Chiefs look disconnected against the Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL announced this week.

During a sheet treatment Friday night, Maher suggested President Trump, who is expected to be Super Bowl LIX, was "making" the NFL region the slogan from the field. 

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"Real Time" big Bill Maher said the "End Racism" slogan that appeared successful the extremity portion of shot games was "stupid to statesman with." (Screenshot/HBO)

"But why?" Puck News' Tara Palmeri reacted. "It conscionable seems silly."

"To bash it oregon not to bash it?" Maher asked.

"Why get escaped of it?" Palmeri pressed. 

"Oh, I could archer you why," Maher changeable back, sparking laughs from the audience. "Because it was anserine to statesman with."

"Let maine inquire you who is it for?" helium continued. "If you're a racist and you spot ‘end racism’ successful the extremity zone, you're gonna halt being a racist?"

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The NFL announced it volition not diagnostic the "End Racism" slogan successful the extremity zones of Super Bowl LIX.  (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)

"But the sentiment is fundamentally ‘don’t beryllium an a--h---," Palmeri responded. 

"But I deliberation it's an a--h--- to nag america during the shot crippled astir thing that doesn't alteration thing oregon any- if I'm not a racist and I spot it, it doesn't matter. And if I americium a racist, it's conscionable gonna marque maine much of a racist." 

"I deliberation if you write, 'Don't beryllium an a--h---' successful the extremity zone, everybody volition hold with that," Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., chimed in.

"The occupation is we each deliberation the different feline is an a--h---!" Maher chuckled. 

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The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles volition look disconnected successful Super Bowl LIX.  (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

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Instead of "end racism," the phrases "Choose Love" and "It Takes All of Us" volition beryllium emblazoned successful the extremity zones astatine the Caesars Superdome. NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy told The Athletic connected Tuesday the determination came amid the caller tragedies that person occurred successful the U.S. since the commencement of 2025, including the panic onslaught successful New Orleans, wildfires successful the Los Angeles country and the deadly level clang adjacent a Washington, D.C., airport.

"We felt it was an due connection for what the state has collectively endured, fixed caller tragedies, and tin service arsenic an inspiration," helium told the outlet.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.