At Mark Twain Prize, Louis C.K. recalls Bill Maher's friendship after becoming an "outcast"

By most accounts, this seems to be among the more outwardly laudatory comments directed at Maher in a ceremony that often focused on President Trump, someone who’s both a frequent critic of Maher and fixated on the Kennedy Center. Whitney Cummings seemed to land the breakout joke of the evening, quipping that Trump was supposed to be there but “He got caught in sex traffic.” There was also an extended bit where Maher sparred with impressionist Matt Friend, who impersonated Trump while Maher called him a lying blowhard, per The Washington Post. Maher also brought up again that he hasn’t won an Emmy, which is clearly a sore spot for him even though the Mark Twain Prize would generally be considered a bigger honor. C.K. also called Maher “underrated” and opined that “As a comedian, what gets overlooked is he’s really funny,” per the Times (which reports that C.K. “add[ed] a curse word for emphasis”). The ceremony streams on Netflix on July 21.