Comedian Bill Maher regrets rift with Jimmy Kimmel, worries they may never speak again

"This is the difference between the right and the left. It bugs me so much. My tribe is supposed to be the left, but these are the people who just can't talk to you unless you're exactly there," Maher said during his podcast on Monday.

He told Carolla that though the two of them weren't always on the same page, they could still engage in a conversation.

"Jimmy, I'm sorry, like, I think he's one of the nicest guys. I did a mea culpa when we exchanged emails, not about what he was complaining about, but just saying, like, sometimes I am a little brash about me when they compare me with the other late-night guys, and I'm like, I'm not like you guys," Maher said. "I'm not. You could all exchange your monologues, all of you, and no one would know the difference in tone. OK?"

The comedian said he didn't just automatically buy into "left-wing bull----," and that he never stopped making fun of the "right-wing bull----" either.

"And like, if that's not good enough for you, then I think you're the a------. And I don't think Jimmy is an a------. I think he's a great guy, and it bugs me that, you know, because of what the latest thing was, that we may never talk again," Maher added.

Maher continued, "I love Jimmy. I always have. I don't know him that well, but he's a great guy. And we have a connection, like, we were both fired by ABC. And he took my - I had that timeslot. So, like, it's so interesting, the same ABC - I mean, Disney executive - canned us both. It's interesting, the connections."