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John Oliver offered an impassioned defense of Jimmy Kimmel last night on Last Week Tonight. The host spoke out about the importance of free speech and not succumbing to “bullies,” at one point directing his monologue at Disney head Bob Iger. Oliver kicked off his monologue by discussing the death …

John Oliver stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday after winning two Emmys for Last Week Tonight, and he took the opportunity to reflect on being forced to keep his acceptance speech short. Oliver recounted how he managed to thank everyone in only 19 seconds after the Emmys host, Nate …

Last week, former Superman actor Dean Cain announced plans to join ICE. On the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver quipped that Cain won’t need to disguise himself with a mask because the chances of people knowing who he is “are fucking zero.” “You know, there’s an …

The Erie Moon Mammoths, a minor league baseball team rebranded by John Oliver and his Last Week Tonight staff, made their debut Saturday to a record-setting crowd that included Oliver in attendance. Back in May, during a segment about minor league baseball teams and their frequent crowd-drawing promotions, Oliver invited …

John Oliver shared his thoughts on Donald Trump‘s “stupid trade war” on the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight, taking aiming at the president’s repeated comments about dolls. Last week, Trump explained the effects of his tariffs by using the price of dolls going up as an example. “Maybe …

John Oliver took aim at RFK Jr. on the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight. The late-night host discussed the Secretary of Health and Human Services’s cuts to his department, his anti-vaccine stance, and his “dehumanizing” recent comments about autistic people. “RFK needs to go,” Oliver said on the …

John Oliver used the opening segment of Last Week Tonight to mock Donald Trump‘s economic strategy of implementing global tariffs. To kick things off, Oliver showed a video clip of Trump saying, “This will be indeed the golden age of America. It’s coming back.” “If you mean ‘golden age,’ the …

John Oliver opened Last Week Tonight on Sunday by assailing officials in the Trump administration for Signalgate and its handling of mass deportations, labeling them “ deeply unserious people doing deeply stupid things with massively serious consequences.”  ”It’s true, they put a journalist in their group chat,” Oliver said, “something [Jeffrey] …

John Oliver reflected on the recent controversy around Mel Gibson on Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight. The late-night host recapped the news about U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer, who wrote in a column for Rolling Stone that she was fired after refusing to allow the right-wing actor to have …

John Oliver joined Jon Stewart on the most recent episode of The Daily Show to discuss the state of affairs in the U.S., including the many departures Donald Trump is taking from the Constitution. Towards the end of Stewart’s monologue, the late-night host noted, “It’s been a good run, America, …