Comedian Bill Maher took aim at his own side of the aisle Friday night, mocking far-left critics who torched a struggling Massachusetts lesbian bar for daring to go mask-optional one night a week.During Friday’s episode of HBO’s "Real Time," Maher weighed in on the viral story regarding Last Ditch Bar and Arts Venue — a lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts that drew national headlines this week after the Boston Globe reported on a slew of community backlash surrounding the businesses’ decision to lift its COVID-era mask mandate for one night each week."Here's what's going on at the Last Ditch Bar," Maher said, adding, "It's a very woke bar, which is fine.Their mission statement [is], ‘For dykes, transsexuals, gender freaks, workers and friends.’"NEWSOM'S ADMISSION THAT INFAMOUS COVID MOVE WAS 'INSANE' TRIGGERS VIRAL FURY: 'WE ALL TOLD YOU'Comedian and television host Bill Maher arrived for the 27th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor gala at the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on June 28, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)"I love the way workers and friends are fourth and fifth on the list," Maher joked. The comedian went on to delve into the bar's financial struggles.
The Boston Globe reported that more patrons had said they could not afford the cover charge, and the bar allowed them in anyway.MAHER SKEWERS WEALTHY CELEBS WHO PREACHED 'WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER' DURING COVID AS AMERICANS STRUGGLEDLast Ditch Bar and Arts Venue recently removed its mask requirements on Saturdays in an effort to boost business.(Google Maps)"But economically, it wasn't working," Maher said.
"Because even though there was a cover charge, if you couldn't pay, they wouldn't make you pay.Homeless, they were welcome in there.
Not the cops, but the homeless.But also, it was masked"Maher later pointed out that ‘because they're losing money, one of the owners was living in her truck."BILL MAHER BREAKS WITH THE LEFT TO HAMMER AN...