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Comedian Bill Maher had a laugh about virtue-signaling celebrities who wore pins at the Golden Globes referencing last week’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman at the hands of an ICE agent, saying such displays aren’t really his thing.

“We’re just here for show business today,” the comedian, 69, chuckled to a USA Today reporter on the red carpet who asked about celebs using the occasion of the award show to politically grandstand.

“You know, it was a terrible thing that happened, and it shouldn’t have happened, and if they didn’t act like such thugs, it wouldn’t have happened. But I don’t need to wear a pin about it,” said the often-contrarian host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.”


  Comedian Bill Maher was not a fan of celebrities wearing a pin about Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman fatally shot by a federal agent, at the Golden Globe Awards. Penske Media via Getty Images Comedian Bill Maher was not a fan of celebrities wearing a pin about Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman fatally shot by a federal agent, at the Golden Globe Awards. Penske Media via Getty Images

  “You know, it was a terrible thing that happened, and it shouldn’t have happened, and if they didn’t act like such thugs, it wouldn’t have had to happen,” Maher said about the situation. “But I don’t need to wear a pin about it.” Alpha News “You know, it was a terrible thing that happened, and it shouldn’t have happened, and if they didn’t act like such thugs, it wouldn’t have had to happen,” Maher said about the situation. “But I don’t need to wear a pin about it.” Alpha News

  Mark Ruffalo was one of the attendees who wore a pin that said, “Be Good,” referencing Renee. AFP via Getty Images Mark Ruffalo was one of the attendees who wore a pin that said, “Be Good,” referencing Renee. AFP via Getty Images

  Comedian Wanda Sykes also wore the pin, and made a joke about Maher, saying, “You give us so much. But I would love a little less. Just try less.” John Salangsang/Shutterstock Comedian Wanda Sykes also wore the pin, and made a joke about Maher, saying, “You give us so much. But I would love a little less. Just try less.” John Salangsang/Shutterstock

Celebrities, including actor Mark Ruffalo and comedian Wanda Sykes, were seen at the glitzy Hollywood award show sporting the pins that said “Be Good,” a reference to Renee Good, an anti-ICE protester who was shot after she veered her SUV into the path of an ICE agent in Minneapolis. 

Sykes singled out Maher for ridicule as she presented the award for Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television, telling him from the stage, “You give us so much. But I would love a little less. Just try less.”


  Jean Smart with the pin. AFP via Getty Images Jean Smart with the pin. AFP via Getty Images

  Natasha Lyonne with the “Be Good” pin on her purse. AFP via Getty Images Natasha Lyonne with the “Be Good” pin on her purse. AFP via Getty Images

Maher sat mostly stone-faced in the audience when the camera panned over to him to get his reaction. The award went to Ricky Gervais, who, like Maher, has come under fire over his repeated refusal to bow to woke orthodoxy as well as his penchant for poking fun at left-wing sacred cows like transgender rights.

Good’s death set off a renewed wave of criticism about the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration crackdown and stoked the fires of anti-ICE sentiment that have grown since the start of President Trump’s second term.

Federal officials maintain the agent, identified as 10-year ICE veteran Jonathan Ross, acted in self-defense when he shot Good three times, and have labeled the incident an “act of domestic terrorism.”

Lefty politicians in the state, including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, have seized on the controversial shooting to push anti-immigration enforcement narratives and accuse ICE agents of acting recklessly.

Ross was dragged the length of a football field by a car last year while attempting to arrest an illegal immigrant driver. 

Authorities said Good, a 37-year-old mom of three, and her wife, Rebecca, 40, had been “harassing” ICE agents throughout the day. 

New video that emerged days after the shooting showed Rebecca taunting Ross and goading her now-deceased wife to “drive, baby, drive” moments before she tried to speed away from the scene.

Good was also a member of “ICE Watch,” a loose coalition of anti-immigration enforcement radicals hell-bent on disrupting their operations, one of her neighbors told The Post.

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