Comedian Bill Maher said he will be quitting stand-up comedy, fearing that the volatile political climate could get him “shot by the left or the right.”

Maher revealed his thoughts about the state of comedy and the broader political world when speaking with fellow comedian Patton Oswalt on his Club Random podcast.

“I don’t want to be out there in this country, in this political atmosphere. I could get shot by the left or the right,” Maher said. “It’s a good time to not be out there.”

Maher, however, did admit that he has grown “tired of the travel” that stand-up comedy demands as well as growing tired of “being twice as funny as people who were…

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