IT’S NOT THE N’D OF IT

Hint by Maher ex

An ex-girlfriend of Bill Maher hinted that the liberal comic has used the Nword around her in the past and could benefit from “sensitivity training.”

“I’ve heard the word many times,” Nancy “Coco” Johnsen, who is black, told TMZ when asked if Maher had ever dropped the N-bomb in her presence.

When pushed on whether she’s heard it from Maher, specifically, she smiled and said, “I don’t want to say from where, but I’ve heard it many times.”

Johnsen’s comments came in response to Maher (inset, with her) using the N-word last Friday on his live HBO show, “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

“It’s sad and disappointing that someone so intelligent could stoop to that level,” said Johnsen, a former Playboy Cyber Girl who dated Maher from 2003 to 2004.

She added, “I think anyone that uses the N-word is very insensitive. Just use another word next time. I’m sure he learned his lesson.

“Maybe a little sensitivity training at the NAACP could do some use.”

But Johnsen doesn’t believe Maher is a racist.

“He’s using the word like a comedian would use for some shock value,” she said.

Maher’s N-bomb came after Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) invited him to come work “in the fields” with him in the senator’s home state. “In the fields?” Maher replied. “Senator, I’m a house n----r.”

Maher has faced widespread backlash for the use of the word.

He has since apologized.

The incident isn’t the first time Maher has landed in hot water for his comments.

Just days after 9/11, the brash, opinionated comic referred to Americans as “cowards” — saying the US had brought on the attacks by “lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away.”

“That’s cowardly,” Maher said. “[The terrorists] staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it’s not cowardly.”

Last month, he was blasted after he implied that President Trump and First Daughter Ivanka had been engaging in an incestuous relationship.