Bill Maher and John Fetterman Mock Trump’s ‘Quiet, Piggy’ Comment as Shockingly Honest Yet Alarming

Bill Maher and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) praised Donald Trump’s unfiltered, aggressive comments toward journalists—including his notorious “quiet, piggy” remark—as both “horrifying” and “refreshingly honest.” The senator appeared on the June 10, 2025 episode of Club Random with Bill Maher to discuss Trump’s blunt rhetoric.

Maher described Trump’s remarks as those of a president who “vomits their interior monologue.” He said:

“The things that he says aloud, the way he just voices his interior monologue. There is something not exactly psychologically normal about someone who just vomits their interior monologue, but it gives him an authenticity with people that no one else can possibly match.”

Maher referenced Trump’s contentious October 2024 interview with CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell on 60 Minutes, which followed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner assassination attempt against the president. During the interview, O’Donnell cited comments from the alleged gunman, who had reportedly called Trump a “pedophile” and “Hitler.”

Maher acknowledged the tension:

“That pissed him off a lot. I could see both sides. As a reporter, it is news. Also, it’s giving access to the president from the terrorist.”

He praised Trump’s blunt response to O’Donnell—where he called her “terrible”—as a rare moment of unfiltered honesty:

“He didn’t just think it like any politician. That’s exactly what they’re thinking. He just says it. It’s at the same time horrifying and also kind of refreshing. It’s shockingly honest.”

Maher added:

“As someone who loves honesty and has made my career about it as much as I could, there’s some level of it where you tip your hat and you go, ‘Wow. Total honesty. I think you’re a horrible person and I’m just going to say it.’”

Fetterman, laughing in agreement, cited Trump’s “quiet, piggy” remark as the ultimate example of the president’s brutal honesty:

“That’s the president of America. Quiet, piggy!”

Maher echoed the sentiment, noting that he no longer gets upset when Trump tweets about him because “the next day I feel like it’s forgotten.”

Trump’s most demeaning attack against a female journalist occurred on November 14, 2025, aboard Air Force One. Bloomberg News reporter Catherine Lucey pressed him on why he didn’t unilaterally release the Epstein files. After denying knowledge of Trump’s alleged ties to Epstein’s emailed claims, Trump snapped at Lucey:

“Quiet. Quiet, piggy!”

The remark, which went viral days later, sparked widespread outrage. CNN anchor Jake Tapper called Trump’s behavior “disgusting and completely unacceptable,” while former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran tweeted, “When they go low, he goes lower.”