Talk show host Bill Maher called out liberal writers on "Saturday Night Live" for their portrayal of conservatives, arguing they used an outdated stereotype.Maher spoke about the current state of American culture with fitness icon and commentator Jillian Michaels in an episode of "Club Random" released on Sunday. After Maher spoke about Trumps unique appeal as a brash outsider willing to be called "deplorable" by his detractors, Michaels marveled at how Democrats are still tarring his supporters."The whole deplorable" thing," Michaels said, referring to then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton infamously smearing Trumps supporters as "a basket of deplorables," noting, "Theyre still doing that."Michaels recalled having met outspoken liberal actor Tom Hanks multiple times, saying he was "lovely" in person, but crossed a line with his portrayal of a Trump supporter on "Saturday Night Live." Hanks portrayed a caricature of an unkempt racist Southerner in a MAGA hat named "Doug" several times on the sketch comedy show. In one famous moment in the recurring "Black Jeopardy" sketch, Doug initially balks at shaking the hand of the Black host, before eventually relenting.TOM HANKS HAMMERED FOR 'DISGUSTING' PORTRAYAL OF WHITE TRUMP SUPPORTER IN SNL SKIT"I hated it too, and I said it on my show. I know. I hated it. Wearing the MAGA hat, not shaking hands with a Black person. And thats when I thought, You people dont know MAGA people," Maher said. "I mean, they have their issues and I certainly have my issues with them, but theyre general I mean, of course, theres some racists everywhere who are that bad, but generally, all the MAGA people I know have no problem shaking hands with a Black person."Maher then appeared to address the people behind such a portrayal by declaring, "Youre just hysterical, and youre not helping."Maher referred to such a smear of Trump supporters as a "zombie lie.""Mostly what I hate is, its what I call a zombie lie. Dont lie to me," he said, again addressing those who smear Trump supporters. "Its a lie that MAGA people wont shake hands with I get it, its part of a skit, and its exaggeration, and thats comedy. Its a little too delicate a subject to just make to go there for that one. You know, look, we all in comedy step over the line sometimes or do one that they want to take back. I doubt if they want to take that one back. I think they probably think its great."CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREOne of the rules of comedy, said Maher - a comedian himself - is that good jokes have to have some element of observational truth about the world in them."But Im telling you, as a liberal, I dont like it," he said. "Again, because lying offends me. Im a comedian. When the premise isnt real, I cant go with the joke is not gonna work. The premise has to ring true. That premise doesnt ring true. It might have rang true, I dont know, X years ago. It doesnt now. So, you know but thats where we are. Everybody has to just play the hate card, because thats what gets clicks. Thats what gets you loved by your side."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP