{"id":47108,"date":"2026-08-15T18:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=47108"},"modified":"2026-08-15T18:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:25:35","slug":"maher-riffs-on-aoc-freezing-her-eggs-i-get-it-put-the-kid-on-layaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=47108","title":{"rendered":"Maher Riffs on AOC Freezing Her Eggs: \u2018I Get it\u2026 Put the Kid on Layaway\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5751357\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5751357\" class=\"wp-image-5751357 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/21.jpg\" alt=\"bill maher on real time and aoc from her instagram talking about egg retrieval\" width=\"1250\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5751357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshots<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Bill Maher <\/strong>got some laughs Friday riffing on U.S. Rep. <strong>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;<\/strong> (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/aoc-reveals-shes-freezing-her-eggs-leaves-door-wide-open-to-2028-run-in-interview-with-abcs-karl\/\">egg-freezing revelations.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know much about it,&#8221; the comedian admitted in his monologue on HBO&#8217;s <em>Real Time<\/em> while mentioning the 36-year-old Congresswoman&#8217;s very public effort to preserve her fertility by freezing her eggs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s freezing her eggs, something career women do,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I get it, you got sh*t to do, put the kid on layaway,&#8221; he joked as the audience burst out laughing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"379f3594049a855291ac93d669e04643\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AOC and her fianc\u00e9 have called it quits after ten years together. But she says they can still be comrades. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tm4tL2fwnr\">pic.twitter.com\/Tm4tL2fwnr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Maher (@billmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/billmaher\/status\/2088463886714355748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m all for it but you know, trying to teach kids these days about sex between the, &#8216;You might be in the wrong body,&#8217; and &#8216;Your brother&#8217;s in the freezer,&#8217; I tell ya explaining the birds and the bees is a lot more complicated than just, &#8216;Mm kids,&#8217;&#8221; he said, before making a crude gesture.<\/p>\n<p>In her latest Instagram post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcCNjiaISAy\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chronicling her efforts to stave off infertility<\/a>, AOC took viewers with her as she got ready for an ultrasound.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Day 7: What the ultrasounds look for, what I say to those discussing my age (36! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/263a.png\" alt=\"\u263a\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>), a sneak peek into my retrieval next week, and a lesser discussed reason why people freeze their eggs <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f423.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc23\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2744.png\" alt=\"\u2744\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>,&#8221; she wrote in the caption.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n&#8220;Just a few days left until retrieval! I can\u2019t say enough how much I appreciate the support and community that\u2019s been created here,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat&#8217;s Instagram videos &#8212; of which there are now seven &#8212; sparked some criticism but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-admin-reportedly-miffed-at-maga-influencers-criticizing-aoc-for-freezing-her-eggs\/\">also reportedly prompted President Donald Trump&#8217;s White House to <\/a> to caution against alienating female voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be weird about this, even though I know all of you will be,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez says in one clip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s important for us as leaders to have these conversations, conversations, and share these processes, especially for working women across the country, and normalize them,&#8221; she later explained, adding, \u201cThis is a choice that I am making to feel more in control of my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe most certainly want to encourage more women and families to have children, period,\u201d an anonymous senior White House official told Axios, calling criticism &#8220;not helpful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t really a winner for Republicans,\u201d another advisor noted.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/maher-riffs-on-aoc-freezing-her-eggs-i-get-it-put-the-kid-on-layaway\/\">Maher Riffs on AOC Freezing Her Eggs: \u2018I Get it\u2026 Put the Kid on Layaway\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshots Bill Maher got some laughs Friday riffing on U.S. Rep. 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