The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary found comedian Bill Maher dubbing it the “most embarrassing” publication since an infamous sex offending politician.
Days after The Science
set himself up for a potential contempt charge by pleading the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times in response to congressional questions, HBO’s “Real Time” returned from break. The timing afforded the host opportunity to compare the conceited musings of Fauci to disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) when he “put out a picture of his d*ck.”
Prepared with excerpts from the diary, Maher asserted, “Releasing the diary, it is the most embarrassing public releasing of anything since Anthony Weiner put out a picture of his d*ck next to a baby. And like, he’s just so susceptible to flattery.”
Even Bill Maher says Fauci’s diary is the “most embarrassing” release of anything he has seen since Anthony Weiner got caught sending a d*ck pic to a college student.
“He [Fauci] is just so susceptible to flattery.”
“And for the people who say Trump lives by people kissing his… pic.twitter.com/4B3yVpbff0
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(@VigilantFox) August 1, 2026
The comedian then proceeded to juxtapose statements from the career bureaucrat who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for decades to remarks made by President Donald Trump.
“And for the people who say Trump lives by people kissing his a** … this is from Fauci’s diary compared to some of the things Trump has said:”
“The nurses went absolutely wild to see me. They were squealing and laughing and clapping. It was something to behold.”
“‘Many print profiles and features on me. Ridiculous — too numerous to count.’”
“‘… I’m such a valued spokesperson and a good communicator… ‘”
Those remarks were placed against Trump boasting of a record number of Time magazine covers as well as the president stating after a physical exam, “I have a very good brain.”
Bill Maher reads Anthony Fauci’s own diary entries to prove the point that Fauci’s shameless self-promotion makes President Trump’s quotes look tame by comparison.
The moment Maher started putting the two side by side, the audience lost it.
MAHER: “And for the people who say,… pic.twitter.com/UbqeRzb9g6
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“This kind of stuff is dangerous,” said Maher of Fauci’s narcissism, “because he was having his a** kissed by one side in the debate, and I think he made decisions based on that.”
Friday’s commentary was not the first time the host bucked the narrative, as he previously spoke out in favor of a COVID Commission, shaming corporate media for failing to issue retractions as the “settled science” outlets spouting as an echo chamber for an agenda proved undeniable.
“Yes, some very bad ideas were embraced as the conventional wisdom, ideas that haven’t aged well. And a lot of its dissenting opinions that were suppressed and ridiculed at the time have proven to be correct,” the comedian said in 2024.
To that point, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R), chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs responsible for the release of the diary, highlighted an excerpt from August 2022 wherein Fauci pushed back against admitting that the COVID shots were ineffective at “preventing infection and transmission,” contending, “it would undermine the DoJ’s efforts at mandates for vaccines under certain circumstances.”
As Paul put it, “Read this Fauci diary entry closely. Officials would not admit the vaccine was not stopping spread because it might weaken the legal case for mandates. That is not science. That is a cover-up to justify coercion.”
Read this Fauci diary entry closely. Officials would not admit the vaccine was not stopping spread because it might weaken the legal case for mandates. That is not science. That is a cover-up to justify coercion. https://t.co/fLlQkF2K1U
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 31, 2026
