Trump spills details of dinner with Bill Maher, Stephen A. Smith and Kid Rock at the White House

President Donald Trump hosted an unexpected celebrity dinner at the White House Thursday night, bringing together a comedian, a prominent sports commentator and a country music star.

Speaking with reporters as he departed the White House on Friday, Trump revealed he dined with comedian Bill Maher, sports commentator Stephen A. Smith and musician Kid Rock Thursday night, according to C-SPAN.

"The dinner last night with Kid Rock and Stephen A. [Smith] and Bill Maher was great," Trump told reporters. "I think they had a good time." The president said that Maher "likes me a lot more than people understand."

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While Trump did not reveal the specific topics discussed at the meal, he suggested that the four men enjoyed their time together despite Maher's frequent criticism of the president.

"We talked about everything. It lasted a long time." he said.

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The president then went on to praise Kid Rock, Maher and Smith, while also revealing additional details of their evening at the White House.

"And I actually liked them," he continued. "We had a great time. We even took a little tour of the ballroom. We took a — we went inside the ballroom with beams that are being put up over our heads. But it was a great dinner. It was a very informative dinner. Smart people. Stephen A. is great," he said.

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Trump also praised Maher, one of his frequent critics.

"Bill Maher, I tell you what, he likes me a lot more than people understand," he said. "And I absolutely like him. It was a good dinner."

Fox News Digital reached out to Maher for comment.

Maher previously made headlines after he attended a White House dinner with Trump, Kid Rock and UFC CEO Dana White in April 2025. Afterward, he acknowledged that his previous impressions of the president's demeanor may have been mistaken, telling his audience that Trump was "more self-aware" in private.

"You can hate me for it, but Im not a liar. Trump was gracious and measured," Maher said in 2025. "And why isnt that in other settings- I dont know, and I cant answer, and its not my place to answer. Im just telling you what I saw, and I wasnt high."

However, Maher has not held back in his criticism of the president. , Maher mocked Trump's Iran agreement, saying Trump moved from demands for "unconditional surrender" to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) as the White House defended the framework as a foreign policy win.

"We got everything we wanted except for everything we asked for," Maher said on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."

More recently, Maher predicted a "" for Republicans in the midterms and said, "Trump screwed the pooch." "