Bill Maher Rips Kid Rock For Holding ‘Trump Rallies’ Instead of Concerts
The controversial musician also revealed during his appearance on HBO’s Friday night talk show that he’s been working on a gospel album.

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MAGA’s foremost enfant terrible got taken to task on Friday night for transforming his music concerts into hours-long tributes to President Donald Trump.
Kid Rock, whose real name is Bob Ritchie, scrabbled to stand up to Bill Maher’s withering take on the Grammy-winning artist’s uber-political performances in recent years.
“I would like to say I’m a big fan of your music, not the early rap s--t, but once you became a singer,” Maher said on Friday’s edition of Real Time With Bill Maher.
Kid Rock is unapologetic about celebrating Trump's victory at his concerts, and cites all the abuse he had to take during the last administration:
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) February 15, 2025
Bill Maher: "I don't want to go to a Trump rally. I would love to see a concert of yours, but its also a Trump rally. Why does it… pic.twitter.com/1kGXzCzPa7
The HBO host continued, “But I don’t want to go to a Trump rally! I would love to see a concert of yours, but it’s also a Trump rally. Why does it have to be both?”
Ritchie replied that he “really believe[s] in bringing people together” as long as they’re “reasonable,” before shooting back that he’s taken “a lot of crap from the media everywhere” over the past few years.
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“I mean, at the end of the day, honestly, I only kind of made my s--t bigger,” he added. “Nonetheless, it’s like every day somebody is coming at you, you know?”
Complaining that nobody appears to want to discuss any of the “positive” things he does, Ritchie added he feels he has little choice but to think, “OK, whatever” when people talk about him as “a drunk, washed up, you know, f---ed up musician.”
Ritchie also revealed that he’s currently working on a gospel album with producer Rick Rubin, marking a significant departure from his existing discography, which features such tracks as “Balls in Your Mouth” and “F--- U Blind” as well as lyrics like “Young ladies, you ladies // I like ’em underage see.”
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