Final Week Tonight often begins with the opening sequence that includes cheerful music however Sunday’s episode had John Oliver addressing the Israel-Hamas conflict. Within the chilly open, Oliver defined why he wouldn’t be protecting the occasions going down within the Center East in the primary present.
“Hey there, it’s me. The present hasn’t began but,” Oliver mentioned. “I imply, clearly it began a bit of bit, I’m already speaking to you. However earlier than the music and the lights, and a minimum of theoretically, the laughter, I needed to briefly speak to you about what has clearly been a horrible week.”
He continued, “The immense struggling in Israel and Gaza has been sickening to look at and we’re not going to be protecting it in the primary physique of our present tonight for a few causes. First, it’s horrific. I don’t actually need to inform jokes about carnage proper now. And I’m fairly certain that you simply don’t need to hear them. And second, we’re taping this on Saturday afternoon. And also you’ll be watching it Sunday evening or Monday morning via an unlawful VPN, I do know who I’m speaking to.”
Oliver defined that the state of affairs is fast-moving and “lots may change” between when the episode tapes and when it airs. The late-night present host supplied “a couple of broad ideas” that had “to do with sorrow, concern, and anger.”
