Comedian Bill Maher had a string of harsh words Friday for critics who may have taken issue with his second dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House last week.

During his opening monologue on HBO’s "Real Time," Maher hit back against criticism of his latest dinner with Trump — in which sports commentator Stephen A. Smith and musician Kid Rock also attended.

"Yeah, I did it again, b----es," Maher said, referring to the Oct. 15 dinner, which followed his first dinner with Trump in April 2025.

He then doubled down on his decision to attend, adding, "You know what? F--- you. I like these dinners."

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Maher's confirmation that he attended a second White House dinner comes after Trump told reporters last week that he enjoyed his time eating alongside the three celebrities.

"The dinner last night with Kid Rock and Stephen A. [Smith] and Bill Maher was great," Trump said. "I think they had a good time."

The president added that Maher "likes me a lot more than people understand."

"We talked about everything. It lasted a long time," Trump added.

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In the days leading up to the meal, Maher said he would be dining with the president.

"I'm having dinner with him again next week," Maher told Hollywood agent and executive Ari Emanuel during a conversation on Maher's "Club Random" podcast earlier this month.

"After the first dinner, I went back to doing what I do ... But then, like, he just, out of the blue, let's have dinner again. And I was like, great. And he was really nice," Maher said. 

"Like, I promise I won't say bad things about you like I did the last time.' And I texted back, and I said, 'You know what, you're the president of the United States. Say whatever the f--- you want. I'm just glad we're talking.' It's like being called a 'hockey puck' by Don Rickles. It's just what he does. It's how he talks."

Maher previously made headlines in April 2025 after dining at the White House with Trump, Kid Rock and UFC CEO Dana White. He later told his audience he may have misjudged the president’s demeanor, saying Trump was "more self-aware" in private.

"You can hate me for it, but I’m not a liar. Trump was gracious and measured," Maher said in 2025. "And why isn’t that in other settings? I don’t know, and I can’t answer, and it’s not my place to answer. I’m just telling you what I saw, and I wasn’t high."

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However, Maher has continued to criticize the president. In June, he mocked Trump’s Iran deal, saying the president went from demanding "unconditional surrender" to settling for a memorandum of understanding (MOU) while the White House touted the framework as a foreign policy win.

"We got everything we wanted except for everything we asked for," Maher said.

Jason Mudd, CEO of Axia Public Relations, told Fox News Digital that he thought Maher’s acknowledgment of his second dinner with Trump was likely the result of a preconceived plan to double-down on his attendance. 

"Maher walked in with a plan. His Friday monologue showed it. I said last week that each event guest needs a prepared message in anticipation of public criticism," Mudd said.

Mudd said Maher's willingness to address criticism directly while appearing genuine could help him retain support from fans who object to his relationship with Trump.

"If Bill Maher were my client, I'd advise him to keep sounding like himself. A host who sounds like a surrogate loses credibility," he said. "Maher sounded like Maher, so that risk stays low. Repetition is the next risk, because each new dinner invites the same questions."

"Comedians win by joking first, not by clarifying," Mudd added. "Naming the backlash before his critics do takes much of their power away."

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Fox News’ Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.

Stephen A. Smith doubled down on defending his meeting with President Donald Trump during an episode of his "Straight Shooter" show on Thursday, challenging his critics by asking, "What the f--- are you doing?"

Smith said during the show he wanted to bring several issues to Trump's attention, but his top priority was to tell the president, "With the squashing of DEI initiatives, it's essentially had a different kind of effect. It's discouraged CEOs of corporations in the private sector to be philanthropic and charitable with their money and give to HBCUs because they're fearful it will be perceived as a DEI initiative being exercised by them."

"I needed the president to speak out against that, and he said he didn't think about that and that is something that he was going to tackle, not to mention the fact he followed up with a call to assure me that's exactly what he was going to tackle in a matter of days when he meets with these HBCU officials. Now I don't know what's going to happen, but I tried, as I always have and as I always will," Smith said.

Smith met with Trump, comedian Bill Maher and musician Kid Rock at the White House on Oct. 15.

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"All of these folks that are complaining about me showing up to the White House with Bill Maher, what the f--- are you doing? Have you done anything? Are you doing anything? I'm sorry for cussing. I don't mean to, apologizing to the executives at SiriusXM, but damn it. Sometimes we do stuff on the air that we do off the air. This is ridiculous. I mean, it's just, it's never enough," Smith argued.

Smith repeatedly criticized comedian D.L. Hughley during the show, after Hughley questioned Smith's meeting with Trump on the "Uncertain" podcast.

"Why is it that Trump feels so comfortable talking to you when he's shown an aversion to people that challenge him?" Hughley asked during the discussion, as he and his co-hosts criticized Smith for sitting down with the president. "If you challenge him, that's it. Why is it? It isn't that where Stephen A. Smith finds himself his positions, it is that why are people that have a disdain for us so comfortable around you?" 

"I think that it says something about you when the people who hate us like you," Hughley added. "Why is it the people that hate my heroes love you?"

Smith criticized Hughley over his comments, saying, "I'm sick and tired of people b----ing and moaning about what needs to be done in our community, but when somebody is actually trying to take steps to do something about it in our own small way, we selling out. We this, we that. What you doing? What you doing? It's a rhetorical question 'cause we know the answer ain't nothing but b----ing."

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Smith also defended his Trump meeting during an appearance on "The View" on Wednesday. He told the co-hosts he would not apologize for it.

Co-host Sunny Hostin asked Smith, "He has this history of racial bias that is so clear. Did you think meeting with him, that you got anywhere?"

"I don't know. We'll find out, but he’s the president of the United States, and I’ll be damned if I’m not going to try," he said. "And the reality is I’m just speaking from a constitutional perspective in that regard."

He repeatedly argued that Trump would remain in office until 2028 and that people needed to deal with it.

"You’re going to have to deal with him," he continued. "And when it comes to getting things done, I’m all about exhausting every means and every measure to try to do what’s in the best interest of our community. I’m not apologizing for that to anybody."

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"Stephen A. Smith and Bill Maher, along with John Fetterman, are a dying breed of individuals who believe in the exchange of ideas and positions with those they all may disagree with, as exemplified by the recent dinner at the White House with President Trump and Kid Rock," Fox News contributor Joe Concha told Fox News Digital in a statement about Smith's remarks. "Unfortunately, the trend on the left is to shut down anyone through censorship or otherwise anything resembling debate."