Bill Maher Calls Out Democrats Using 'Love Is Blind' Breakup as a Warning

Bill Maher is back in the spotlight, and this time he’s using a dating show meltdown to make a point about politics. On his latest episode of "Real Time," Maher brought up a scene from the finale of "Love Is Blind" season eight, where contestant Sara Carlton ditched her fiancé Ben Mezzenga at the altar because—wait for it—he wasn’t vocal enough about Black Lives Matter. That’s right, reality TV heartbreak now doubles as political commentary in 2025.

Maher, never one to hold back, compared Carlton’s relationship deal-breakers to what he calls the Democratic Party’s habit of demanding strict loyalty tests. "Posturing, purity tests, the politics of ‘I unfriend you if you’re not exactly with me 1000 percent,’" Maher said, suggesting this attitude could doom the party in upcoming elections.

He played a clip from the show where Sara told her family Ben’s lack of strong BLM opinions was a nonstarter. As Sara put it, when she asked Ben about Black Lives Matter, he admitted he hadn’t really thought about it much. Maher’s punchline: "And that’s when Sara realized she would rather die alone." Tough crowd, but spot on.

It wasn’t just BLM that tripped Ben up—apparently his takes on vaccines and trans issues were equally lukewarm. When told that Sara’s sister is gay, Ben said he had "no discomfort around that community at all." Not exactly fireworks. Maher mock-yelled, "Not good enough, Ben!" and joked that anything less than wild enthusiasm is now suspect.

Maher warned his fellow liberals: if the left keeps raising the bar to impossible heights, they’ll keep losing elections—and might not be making many babies, either. He summed it up by saying the tendency to "immediately excommunicate instead of communicate" is exactly what makes some on the left so unlikable.

Honestly, who knew modern politics would one day be explained by a Netflix wedding that never happened?