Bill Maher criticized Trump for winning the Mark Twain Award.

After the Trump administration protested Bill MaherSelected as the work of the year Mark Twain Award For the American Humor winner, the comedian is chatting with his favorite dinner companion.

In Friday’s episode Real timeThe host said he was “honored to accept” the award he hopes to receive and that Trump “will appear” at the ceremony, which is traditionally held at the White House. kennedy centerPOTUS slapped his name.

joke donald trump Maher, who received the first-ever America First Award, continued: “But speaking of awards, I finally got it.”

White House Communications Director Stephen Chung previously commented on Mark Twain’s announcement:literally fake news.”

“So I tried to get it and on Friday two of Trump’s spokespeople came out and said, ‘Fake news! Bill Maher never gets it.'” Maher continued: “We reached a compromise. Okay, the compromise is that if I get it, I’ll give it to the guy. Everyone’s happy. I just hope it works out. And I want to say thank you. I don’t intend to fight and I’m not mad that he did this. Me and the president have a complicated relationship. It goes back to the orangutan lawsuit. You know, this has been going on for a long time. So he just stops me from getting it. I respect that movement. Stay involved.”

He added: “So when we see him call me an idiot and I’m a ‘lightweight ratings loser’, get it off my chest. I’m totally fine with it. I was proud of the last insult you gave me, and I added it to the list of insults I kindly signed while in the White House. So I’d like to say ‘low-grade lightweight’ and ‘somewhat stupid’ man,’ ‘pathetic, bloated bag of vulgarity,’ ‘idiot,’ ‘horrible student,’ and ‘neurotic failure.’ ‘Comedian’, ‘Sick, crazy, very sad, shot and crazy maniac’, I am honored to receive the Mark Twain Award.

“And I’ll be there, Don. And I hope you are too. I mean, now that the place is named after you, you really should show up. You can thank me in person by being one of the few people on the ‘crazy left’ who is glad you attacked Iran and wants us to win,” Maher said.

Roma Daravi, Vice President of Communications at the Kennedy Center It was reaffirmed that Maher would receive the award. After Trump’s protest.

“For nearly 30 years, the Mark Twain Awards have honored comedy’s greatest minds.” Daravi said. “For longer, Bill has influenced American discourse – one politically incorrect joke at a time.”

A commemorative ceremony was held before the center was built on June 28th. Completion of 2 years of renovationMaher joins previous honorees Richard Pryor, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, Lily Tomlin, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Lorne Michaels, Carol Burnett and David Letterman. Mel Brooks and Robin Williams have previously declined to accept awards.