Bill Maher was visibly stunned Friday on HBO’s “Real Time” when conservative guest Kid Rock expressed “respect” for rapper Kendrick Lamar and his Super Bowl halftime performance and, despite noting that it “wasn’t my cup of tea,” praised the show’s ethos.
“I’m like, this kid pretty much came out figuratively with both middle fingers in the air, doing what he does for the people who love what he does, unapologetically,” Rock told Maher. “And I don’t think he gives a frog’s fat ass what anyone thinks about it.”
“So I go, huh, it’s pretty much how I built my entire career,” he continued. “I gotta respect it.”
Maher, who presumably expected the…