Washington DC, Sept. 14 -- Comedian Bill Maher has slammed people who mocked the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, calling such reactions "gross".

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the comedian, during a Friday episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, began by calling it "a very ugly week in America" pointing to political violence and division across the country.

"It's a very ugly week in America with violence of all kinds: political violence, regular violence, and a lot of people talking about a civil war," Maher said, as quoted by THR.

"And then today in Congress, because Charlie Kirk got assassinated, [Colorado Representative] Lauren Boebert stood up and said, 'We need to have a prayer.' So they started to have a silent p...