Despite previous threats to quit, Bill Maher plans to stick by his HBO talk show until the bitter end. The Real Time host addressed speculation that he’s stepping away from the show that launched in 2003 after he previously claimed in jest that he “may quit” following Donald Trump‘s election for a second presidential term.

Reports of Bill Maher exiting Real Time are greatly exaggerated. In fact, Maher said that HBO will have to drag him off the weekly talk show. Maher addressed the speculation on CNN’s The Lead on Friday,

HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher clarified to CNN host Jake Tapper on Friday that he does not plan on quitting his talk show despite President-elect Trump returning to office.

You know, that's what I mean about he's not going to get my mind." Watch the clip from CNN's "The Lead" below: Maher went on to say, "He's a kooky guy who says a lot of kooky things, and I'm just not going to pre-hate anything.

Bill Maher is not going anywhere from Real Time.During a recent interview with CNN, comedian and political expert addressed the swirling rumors about his retirement from his long-running HBO