Former Fox News and NBC host Megyn Kelly offered rare praise for comedian Bill Maher William (Bill) MaherBill Maher to Joy Reid: 'Very nervous' about Biden's chances after GOP convention Bill Maher revives QAnon gag: 'I am Q' Oliver Stone, Bill Maher tangle on reliability of US intelligence on Russia: 'You think they're lying?' MORE on Tuesday after he criticized the left for too often insisting on political correctness.

"I have criticized Bill Maher many times (and vice versa) but the man is dead right about the pc police & their fake self-righteousness," tweeted Kelly, who exited NBC last year after questioning on her show whether dressing up in blackface on Halloween was racist.

I have criticized Bill Maher many times (and vice versa) but the man is dead right about the pc police & their fake self-righteousness. https://t.co/hj5cvEfFmM — Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) June 11, 2019

Maher said on Monday in an appearance on CNN that he thinks political correctness was a “cancer on progressivism.”

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“The vast majority of liberals in this country hate it,” Maher said. “They think political correctness has gone way too far. No one likes to be living on eggshells.”

Maher, who often sides will Democrats and is a frequent critic of conservatives and President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE, said he needs to go after the left on political correctness because they “need some tough love, and I’m not going to stop.”

Maher, like Kelly, is no stranger to controversy. In 2017, he apologized for using the N-word on his show.