Bill Maher made his thoughts clear on the Chennedy Carter-Caitlin Clark incident, hitting out at the rookie’s Indiana Fever teammates for not defending her.

The fallout from the June 1 incident, which saw Carter hit with a flagrant-1 violation after review following a shoulder shot that knocked the rookie to the ground, continues, with the Chicago Sky player even harassed outside a team hotel.

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What did Maher have to say on the matter?

Maher joined in on the conversation, playing the viral clip of the foul on before sharing his thoughts on what happened, and more specifically, what the Indiana Fever failed to do.

“See if this was men, they’d defend each other on their same team,” the ‘Real Time’ host said on Friday.

“I mean, men will fight from two teams, but when somebody checks you on who’s on your team, you defend that guy. I’m just saying men have their bad parts. We’re toxic. We’re dogs. Only women would do this.”

“Women are catty. Even the ones on your own team.”

Maher then went on to quote Matt Barnes, as the former NBA player stated: “My issue and my question is, where the f*** are her teammates at?… I’ve seen a couple of girls smirk when she’s got knocked down, half-a** to pick her up… “You guys are supposed to be a family… It’s your guys’ f***ing job to have her back, and to have each others’ backs.”

Abigail Shrier also put the blame on the Indiana Fever’s coaching staff, stating that they needed to tell the players they must defend Clark. The author and journalist went so far as to say they should bench players who don’t do so given Clark is a “superstar” who is bringing viewers to the WNBA.

Maher states there is a racial element

Maher then stated that part of the reason why Clark is being singled out by opponents is race.

“There’s also a racial element to this,” Maher said. “It’s not always racism when a White person succeeds.”

Matt Welch, editor-at-large of Reason Magazine countered by stating: “It’s not always racism when Black people-hip-check them either.”

Maher agreed, while adding: “It’s everything. It’s women are catty, the league is very lesbian and she’s not, and there’s race. There’s a lot going on.”