Comedian Wayne Brady took aim at fellow comedian Bill Maher on Monday after Maher reportedly questioned Brady's "black"-ness when talking about President Barack Obama.
Referring to recent comments by Maher, Brady said during an interview on HuffPost Live that the HBO host hoped "the president would be a 'real black man' and not a 'Wayne Brady'".
Satirizing Maher's career history in the scope of his 1980s film flop "D.C. Cab", Brady told host Marc Lamont Hill that he otherwise respected Maher for his work on HBO's "Real Time", on which the liberal comic comments on contemporary news topics with the help of an ever-changing panel of guests, but that it was "bull***t" that Maher would use Brady's affability as a "cultural linchpin of his 'not black enough' argument against Obama".
Hill, a liberal news commentator, and former Temple University professor, laughed when Brady continued his criticism of Maher, mentioning Maher's past personal relationships.
Turning to the camera, Brady paused from his harsh commentary on Maher, and smiled, telling the viewership, "and later we'll talk about, Clover, the character that I play on my Disney show."
Brady said he briefly discussed the flap with Maher himself, saying that he believed Maher's idea of a black American to be that of a street thug stereotype, and not that of the example of a well-spoken comic whose audience encompasses a wide spectrum of Americans.
"So then, when I meet you: when I talk to you again, I'll give you [the persona of] that 'black dude', and I will beat you're a** in public!" Brady told Hill of his statement to Maher.
Brady then said that he indeed would likely not get physical with the HBO comedian, as "[Maher] is a 'bagillionaire' and... the fact of the matter is, if I played out the fantasy in my head, and I beat him in public-because I can," he continued, turning to the camera, "then Bill would take my house and I wouldn't have a career and my daughter would be living in a box," Brady said sarcastically.
Brady finished his interview telling Hill that because Maher's words, no matter how reckless, will reach the ear of many Americans and may influence their view of black America. He said that it "hurts me" that Maher's statements could cause people to believe that Brady's persona is not traditional to his culture, "The fact is, I love my culture." Brady said.
Wayne Brady is known to many as the chief audience serenader and scenes-from-a-hat extraordinaire on the former improvisational television program, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", featuring Drew Carey and Ryan Stiles of the "Drew Carey Show". He currently gives his best Monty Hall impression as the host of the 21st century reboot of "Let's Make A Deal!".
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