On Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver ripped New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English’s remarks about Oliver which were shown after the American comedy news show had poked fun at his legal handling of the Eminem song, Lose Yourself. A video of the Prime Minister saying Oliver “isn’t very funny” on a New Zealand news
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver spent his main segment last night dissecting the cryptic worlds and words of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Some political pundits think they are a positive influence, and others who know the two better are bewildered by the level of access and involvement the pair of political neophytes have in
In a passioned plea to France, John Oliver used his Last Week Tonight pulpit to warn France not to follow in the USA and UK’s footsteps and not to f*** up. Referencing America’s controversial POTUS and Brexit, Oliver laid out his argument for France. He ended the segment speaking solely in French with sub-titles, asking
On Last Week Tonight, using his humor combined with real history lessons, host John Oliver drove home how America has a split personality and huge problem with the patchwork quilt of laws for marijuana. Some states have made it legal, some states only allow for medical usage and some states will lock you away for the
John Oliver covered all the high “low” notes of Trump’s past week in office on Last Week Tonight — including his draconian “skinny budget” proposals. The show saw Oliver dissect what was an eyebrow-raising week for the former reality TV star and real estate mogul, who he described as “consistently monstrous”. It included insulting the British Intelligence
John Oliver did a line by line taking down on Last Week Tonight of the replacement bill the GOP has drafted to replace Obamacare. And he said the American Health Care Act (AHCA) will hurt the very people who came out in droves voting for Donald Trump. The show saw Oliver analyze the major points of
The Dalai Lama mocked China’s demonization of him on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — by mimicking devil horns and joking that he was a demon. The Dalai Lama, described by “a cross between a pope and a president”, was interviewed by Oliver in Dharamsala, India, where he has lived in exile since 1959. In the set-up prior
John Oliver yesterday tackled the subject of Obamacare on Last Week Tonight — saying the GOP’s solutions put forward to replace it were flawed. Opening the segment, he joked that The Affordable Care Act was “also known as Obamacare, or in emails from your uncle as ‘FWD: FWD: FWD: The Communist takeover of American values!!!’.” He
The weird and off-putting chummy relationship Donald Trump thinks he has with Russia and especially Vladimir Putin is dangerous for our country, according to Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver. Last night, Oliver referred to Trump as the propagandist of Putin’s dreams, saying: “America and Russia are not the f****** same!” Trump’s public remarks about Russia