Comedian Bill Maher believes the television industry has "soft canceled" him, since he's only won one Emmy. The 70-year-old Real Time host revealed his conspiracy to fellow comedian David Cross while the two discussed the concept of "cancel culture" on the April 27 episode of Maher's podcast, "Club Random." "There are different gradations of it," said Maher. "There's 'soft canceling.' I would say I've had some of that happen to me." Baffled, Cross asked what Maher meant by "soft canceling.