Washington DC, Oct. 3 -- Bill Maher had a message for the new owners of HBO as Paramount's merger with Warner Bros Discovery moves ahead.

According to Deadline, during Friday's episode of 'Real Time with Bill Maher', the comedian spoke about the merger and joked about his show now coming under the new company. Maher then referred to recent comments made about him by US President Donald Trump.

"The merger went through. Paramount now owns Warner Discovery, which owns HBO, which owns my ass," Maher said during his opening monologue. "Whoever owns me now, don't believe what Trump is tweeting about me. Did you see what he said about me this weekend? He said my ratings are so low, 'it's just sad.'"

Maher then responded directly to Trump's re...