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On Sunday night’s version of Final Week Tonight, John Oliver kicked off the present by addressing former President Donald Trump’s latest endorsement of snake-oil salesman Dr. Mehmet Oz, who aggressively pushed hydroxychloroquine as a COVID therapy throughout the pandemic, within the Pennsylvania Senate race.
“You already know, once you’re in tv for 18 years, that’s like a ballot. Which means individuals such as you. However he’s an awesome man,” Trump mentioned of Oz.
“Wow. I hadn’t heard that voice shortly and, to be sincere, I actually haven’t missed it. The primary growl in that clip was like listening to the sound of a cranking garden mower you already know is about to sexually harass you,” cracked Oliver. “Now, as for his declare there that being on TV for a very long time is sort of a ballot displaying that individuals such as you, that's simply not true. Imagine me. I’ve been on TV on this nation for 16 years now and I nonetheless get YouTube feedback like, ‘I hope he stops quickly,’ ‘why is much less humorous mr. bean so mad?’”
Oliver proceeded to explain Dr. Ouncess Senate marketing campaign as “a shitshow,” together with the revelation that Dr. Ounceshas apparently not spent a lot time in any respect dwelling in Pennsylvania.
“For years, he’s lived in New Jersey, and his social media nonetheless regularly reveals him at his North Jersey mansion, so he's working for workplace in a state that he doesn’t appear to need to dwell in—a savvy political transfer often known as the ‘Eric Adams Particular,’” supplied Oliver.
The late-night host then revealed that Dr. Ouncess present shot in the identical studio as his and that Dr. Ouncess workplaces had been proper throughout from Final Week Tonight’s, main Oliver’s workers to place an enormous alligator giving the center finger at Dr. Ouncess workplace. One among Dr. Ouncess largest marketing campaign kinks is making TikTok movies of himself filling up his automobile with fuel after which blaming Biden and the Democrats for the excessive costs.
“Look, fuel costs are an actual concern, however Dr. Ouncesis value over $100 million, so it’s a little bit bizarre for him to behave prefer it’s particularly straining his funds,” mentioned Oliver. “However perhaps he’s solely posting these movies to push barely much less relatable content material additional down his web page like, I don’t know, this one.”
He then threw to a video Dr. Ouncesposted of himself wakeboarding in Italy accompanied by the caption “Surfin’ via #Italy like” and set to the tune of “Oooh Ahh (My Life Be Like)” by Grits.
“And the reality is, that's what his life be like as a result of he’s fucking wealthy, which implies he will get to do stuff like that,” Oliver defined. “What he doesn’t get to do, although, is stand in entrance of fuel pumps and fake he’s personally affected by these numbers.”
He continued: “I talked a number of shit about The Dr. OuncesShow and I did as a result of it was unremittingly horrible. However what's now clear is that I didn’t admire simply how laborious his workers needed to work daily to verify it wasn’t even worse. He needed to abandon his present to go run for Senate, and if any of his workers are coming again to our workplace within the coming weeks to clear their stuff out, we’ve really left a brand new particular message for them on our alligator: ‘I’m sorry, he looks like a fucking nightmare.’ As a result of he actually does.”