John Oliver Does Not Care About the Royal Engagement

John Oliver reacts to being featured in People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive issue and rants about how much he doesn't care about the royal engagement.
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[@aliadaniyarova4328]

I love it when hosts interview each other

[@leeolsson5271]

Alia Daniyarova Agreed!

[@AngelusHale]

Or when they have a conversation and it stops being an interview :)

[@SOPARA862k]

We just have The Russell Howard Hour on Sky 1, formerly Russell Howard's Good News on BBC. Then there's things like 8 out of 10 cats which while topical are a completely different format and concept.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Alia Daniyarova Me too

[@TheStuntastik]

We had a show where a group of comedians/actors would sit around a coffee table in the middle of a set surrounded by an audience. They would joke and exchange stories for an hour. Every episode had different people on the roster. I forget what its called though and it was locked in cable package hell so not many people saw it I wager.

[@MRTN13]

John Oliver giggling is just irresistible. Try not to smile. Charming af

[@ShannonPowers]

His giggle is on par with Nick Offerman's. Makes you just a little bit happier every time you hear it.

[@Msrosy145]

MRTN13 your joking right? 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

+Shannon Powers YASSS!

[@themollymelon]

+Ros H you're

[@freya002YT]

Lol. I agree

[@yashiAR]

" This is not about them falling out of love. This is about the world falling out of orbit" nicely done, Seth.

[@Tan87ful]

yashiWinchester haha lol

[@pangaeus]

and now, how apropos

[@DontTouchMyCroissant]

I wanna see John Mulaney and John Oliver talk about the royal family. An American who cares too much about them, and an Englishman who cares the right amount.

[@themripley]

John has amazing dimples, can pull off a suit beautifully and is incredibly intelligent. Damn right he's sexy.

[@maryanneslater9675]

Intelligence and a good sense of humour can make any man -- any person really -- truly attractive and even sexy.

[@Boobalopbop]

Megan Ripley I never thought of him as sexy, but he’s WAAAY sexier than Blake Shelton.

[@Lobstrominous]

he's got a *very* big nose though, hasn't he?

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

He should be the new James Bond

[@sophasaf]

kha sab i never understand what part of him made people call him a parit... until I read your comment😂

[@laythadrian5705]

I could watch John Oliver not care about the Royal family all day

[@sunbunnow]

For real though!

[@kristy4142]

I'm a simple girl, I see john oliver and I click

[@phoenixzappa7366]

I'm a simple boy. I see dog filter and I dick

[@wayneurquhart1967]

I'm a simple man, I see Margarita and I sick.

[@r0seg0lden._15]

I am a simple friend. I see Morty and I rick.

[@PenguinApple]

I'm a simple guy, I clicked too

[@phoenixzappa7366]

I'm a simple cow. I go moo

[@edenbru11]

John Oliver is pretty much my clickbait. I see a video with his name, I click on it it’s that simple

[@vickymc9695]

Most British people lossed interested when we found out that we don't get a bank holiday for this one.

[@leandradozier968]

Vicky Mc what's a bank holiday?

[@dochappy26]

LeAndra Dozier -Basically a public holiday.

[@PerovNigma]

LeAndra Dozier One day where everyone gets a day off from school/work (unless their job is really important e.g. nurse).

[@ingriddubbel8468]

Lost, there is no such word as lossed.

[@gargeebasak9648]

*lost and also u guys don't even get a holiday for voting days 🤦‍♀️

[@haerdik27]

Damn ...Finish that Crown question. It's killing me :/

[@rosaliewillard464]

Hardik Pokhrel I KNOW RIGHT

[@jema.flores]

OMG ME TOO, I wanna know if he's seen it!!

[@evl619]

That tail analogy was brilliant!

[@orijimi]

evl619 "If democracy is a bra, then the monarchy are breasts. And we cannot imagine a society without breasts."

[@evl619]

@orijimi That explains why Angelina Jolie had her preventive double mastectomy ; monarchy surly is cancerous.

[@tennesseegirl9724]

I love these two together.

[@montecristo1845]

My wife (we’re American, BTW) got upset with me when I didn’t give as big a sh*t as she thought I should have about the previous royal wedding, pregnancy, and birth. I told her good for them and much happiness, but it wasn’t something that really affected my life or hers. I told her it was unfortunate that everyone expected them to produce an heir immediately after tying the knot. Like the Royal Family needs to exist indefinitely or civilization will crumble. I compared our US version of royalty (which is merely wealth and/or celebrity) and asked would she be broken-hearted if Paris Hilton or someone in her lifestyle circle turned out to be sterile. Would she care? I told her it’s all about the money and having offspring to pass it on to. The biggest fear of the wealthy is not only losing their money, but losing it to someone they consider “unworthy.” My wife said there was no talking to me sometimes.

[@clambert608]

Why do any Americans care about the royal family? Do you care about other countries kings and queens too? Seriously you fought to throw off the shackles of the British empire but then care more about our royal family than even we do?? utter madness.

[@brandonselitetv1436]

@@clambert608 Entertainment thats why

[@cannotthinkofaname7904]

Are you two still together now?

[@whoami_sean]

Don't worry, Seth. The John Oliver Effect is said to removes illnesses within a few short hours.

[@takashiari1598]

Meaningless. Completely meaningless.

[@h3egypt]

Takashiari something john oliver would say i think it's taking effect

[@laxpaint]

The royal family deserves exactly as much attention as the Kardashian's. And currently it is way too much

[@JeddtheJedi]

Don't let Ruffalo hear that John Oliver says "he's gone backwards" - you won't like Ruffalo when he's angry.

[@ohemaa_ang]

Jedd Jong HULK ANGRY

[@JeddtheJedi]

Queen AnG Now I wanna watch Thor: Ragnarok, but John Oliver in the gladiatorial arena on Sakaar instead of Thor. John Oliver might be able to distract Hulk with a riveting presentation on gerrymandering, though.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

ah +Jedd Jong you made my night with that last post :D

[@janellepillay946]

Jedd Jong that was priceless

[@supersaiyan7644]

Ha ha ha you sounded more like a Deadpool

[@habbogigi]

Ok but I wanted to see where Seth was going with that 'The Crown' comment, seemed like an intresting discussion tbh

[@razmataz13drums]

i think he was going to say that programmes like the Crown foster good will to the monarchy because it allows you to view the royal family as that, a family, rather than an archaic institution. it is of course both, so those things are a weird thing. On one side, the queen, Will and harry have the roles of ambassadors which personally I view them to be doing a good job at. On the other, the monarchy represents an outdated system that allows one family to be filthy rich with tax paying money. BUT they dont exactly choose that life, and they do lots to generate money, interest and good will. Losing the monarchy would be like gaining a tail- it would be weird and arbitrary, but we'd get used to it

[@TheTardisDreamer]

Funnily enough, though The Crown humanises the Royal family, the showrunner isn't for the monarchy. He recently called the Queen a woman of limited intelligence and was pretty brutal about it too. I was a little shocked, given how the show does a pretty good job showing them in a fair light.

[@ccassielynnn]

TheTardisDreamer what is your source on this? I tried googling didn't see anything

[@oleum5589]

TheTardisDreamer he did. It was crazy.

[@joycerouget2379]

@@razmataz13drums Democracy is as old as Monarchy, if not even more. And within the fact that a constitutional monarchy is very efficient as an institution the most advanced argument for keeping is about traditions and culture. It works brilliantly because it act as a balance, the power is shared between the elected government and the Crown, both of them keeping each other in check thus no abuse can be made. Interesting and controversial isn't ? To need a non democratic system to avoid abuses of the same said system.

[@steh8831]

"Gruffalo's gone backwards", tears of laughter, I just was not expecting that. 😂

[@courtney-ray]

It’s so crazy watching this 5 years later knowing that the world was indeed forever changed between then and now. Plus the fact that they’re both wearing suits and look so much younger-no gray hair etc-yet it wasn’t that long ago. The stress of the pandemic clearly physically changed us all in ways you only realize when you look back 👀

[@InHumanoXY]

This video aged P e r f e c t l y

[@AndySDavies]

Full marks on one of the longest bleeps ever for a single word.

[@asmakitto]

who the F decided gorgeous is a higher ranking than geeky??? John Oliver outstands Blake Shelton on every level.

[@asherikamichaela8425]

asmakitto true, true 😁 geeks rock

[@woodyworld6226]

John Oliver should have been the sexiest man alive not Blake Shelton

[@Blastermaster1942]

Woody Would I love John Oliver, but it’s likely the only way he could win ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ is of People Magazine was written and published exclusively by highly intelligent birds who love to depress people with real life statistics

[@lindzay5359]

Can I just ask people like you, and I'm not judging you so please don't be offended but what exactly is so difficult about "should have"? Is it too many words to type? Do you believe "have" and "of" are interchangeable? Where exactly does the confusion happen?

[@woodyworld6226]

Too many words? Should of and should have are the same amount of words. Yes I thought they were interchangeable. Did writing that comment make you feel smarter than you actually are?

[@bradp6097]

Lin Dzay lol you made him edit it. At first I was like wtf are you talking about

[@lindzay5359]

Woody Would - Ah yes, thank you for that correction, I had originally written 'should've' but changed it to 'should have' so in the latter case it would be more letters, not words. Thanks. And Please don't get defensive, like I said, It wasn't to offend you, I just wanted to understand where the confusion was, for example I understand why people confuse 'They're' 'Their' and 'There' and that's fine but I just didn't quite understand the whole 'could of' 'would of' 'should of' thing, and I thought you might be the perfect person to help me understand, since you seem to use them.

[@heidis7725]

Did anybody else catch that Harvard Connan joke they made at 3:09

[@blueskybelyr]

YOU LEAVE RUFFALO ALONE

[@DinoWinoSaur]

John Oliver is just as good a guest as a host himself

[@MilesDeighton1]

Not caring to the point of caring - Oliver is a genius!

[@livb6945]

Both these men are MUCH more attractive than every other man on that page.

[@MissFawlty]

John trolling the upcoming royal wedding gives me life :-D

[@tinaprivitera6669]

The tail analogy is spot-on.

[@-cosmicrogue-]

I mean, when you realize Monarchy is a class of people set apart by magic blood and perpetuated by magic uteruses it really is quite silly.

[@thebronzedragon1]

No no That's completely right It's more of a thing that's just still around at this point Like something you find at the back of the fidge

[@ericforsyth]

Cosmic Rogue: As long as it’s making Americans go to Buckingham Palace and spend pound sterling, it doesn’t really matter. No one goes to France to see Emmanuel Macron (they might go for Versailles, though).

[@aubreysong]

What's the option if you have no Monarchy but have people like The Kardashian instead?

[@jenniferwolf1171]

Who's here after watching Harry & Meghan's interview with Oprah?

[@sunbunnow]

Yup! KZbins algorithms is on point!

[@haerdik27]

John Oliver - we need you !!

[@heesingsia4634]

I didn't realize Harry Potter was part of the royal family

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

well on a slightly different note, the young Prince was called "Hairy Pothead" in his wilder days...

[@JulianCedar]

Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey Ron: "If you smoke this, you'll be able to fly" Harry: "Bro, I'm already high as a kite"

[@Leivve]

Over 90% of all Anglo-Saxons are in some way related to the British monarchy.

[@heesingsia4634]

Leivve Oh that's a fun fact. Now there will be Germans in the royal family now that Harry is marrying chancellor Merkel's daughter

[@Leivve]

Already are lots of Germans. There have been many British monarchs born German, and many princes of the Holy Roman Empire were English royalty.

[@shannond7437]

3:43 John Oliver once again predicting the future.

[@hirry.p]

I feel like tails could be quite useful, you could use it to close doors behind you

[@hiddenwithinthepages1373]

Code 68 You could pull your luggage or a cart with your tail.

[@quarkwrok]

It's somewhere to put your top hat

[@Rachelbee]

Omg I spit out my drink reading that. Too funny!

[@anabhousen7159]

You could hold more grocery bags

[@hiddenwithinthepages1373]

Princess Consuela But what kind of tail are we talking about? Probably something similar to a spider monkey or a tree kangaroo.

[@ge569]

i love when John Oliver is one the show, he and Seth seem to get along really well.

[@jimsvideos7201]

I heard the idea that the Royals are like the national Pets; it seems to explain a lot.

[@chumunga648]

Yep, they are basically tourist attractions

[@ashamedrepublican1224]

Or reptilians

[@MrLondonGo]

John Oliver and Piers Morgan are considered pricks to most British folks. From one view point Oliver is kind of a traitor really. I like the Americans but hate the way you lionize these knobheads.

[@85parrot]

i don't know, most people i know like John Oliver. Piers Morgan however, wow. Universally viewed by British people as a class A grade utter cockwomble. US - feel free to keep him, no one wants him back over here.

[@tonyfisk8081]

With you on that. Great moment a couple of days ago when PM was engaged to switch on the Christmas street lights in a local village. Pressed the switch and.....nuffink! Priceless...

[@ResidentTarantino]

I don't wanna wait until February so I guess I'll settle for this for my John Oliver fix ;-;

[@erickmorales3632]

What is this? A crossover episode?

[@depressedbreakfast2614]

Erick Morales endgame is quaking

[@noeliajaime7656]

I love Jon Oliver.He's my fave.

[@forest3823]

Wait, did Jonah Hill actually do the Slim Shady look when he was in High School? That joke from 21 jump street was based on real life?

[@SahilMakhijani]

Word for word, beat me to it

[@pyrotechnick420]

"Ruffalo's gone backwards" XDDDDD

[@3amDayDreamer]

Seth and John really have great chemistry

[@PenguinApple]

everything is better with John Oliver

[@rachiegibb1287]

The royal engagement has been useful in exposing the racism in certain parts of the press and unfortunately of a not insignificant number of British people.

[@stefanellasizzarettia8417]

Yea , i lost a few friends at school who freaked out when discovering there was gonna be a black princess in ‘their’ country, glad to know their true colours tho, even happier when i saw their faces when i told them my grandpa is black

[@XKloosyvv]

I guess I never thought about it, but yeah.... Given the right circumstances, I'd freaking rock John Oliver's world

[@depressionbeard9882]

That Dr. Evil laugh at 2:56

[@NewMessage]

His left eyebrow is sexier than Blake Shelton.

[@jamalwest7658]

2:06 , this 2018 answer sums up my March 2021 feelings

[@TalkAsSoftAsChalk]

The Royal family are the most expensive mascots.

[@Rhae_of_Sun]

They earn a lot more money for the country through tourism alone than the state actually spends for them.

[@PkMnNeWb]

Not only tourism, the royals also turn over the profit from their privately owned land to the parliament every year in return for parliament covering the royal expenses (which is a lot less than what the parliament receives from these privately owned lands). Excluding the tourism benefit it would still be cheaper to keep the monarchy than it is to abolish it.

[@DaDunge]

It's cheaper to have monarchy anyway because you don't have to host a meaningless election every so often, only to get a head of state that half the country hates.

[@sayeedkhalshi]

You are wrong

[@scofield1154]

Britain does have elections that elects a head of the state what are you talking about ? Also Queen's personal land gives Britain 280 million euro per year, whie she receives 40 million per year.

[@stardust5531]

I love John Oliver so much ❤

[@Skankhunt42....]

Oh lord. I miss his show every week :( Can't come back soon enough. He needs to be making REGULAR appearances on the rest of the late night shows!!! xD

[@Fiona-West]

John and Seth are absolutely hilarious

[@freshair3451]

Great interview. Brilliant.

[@Rainy-In-The-Desert]

Both these men are a bazillion times sexier than Blake Shelton!!

[@sillythingsme186]

That tail tangent had me cracking

[@thecraftycyborg9024]

I totally care about the engagement. I mean, come on, she's one of the best people on Suits and now she's quitting! Wait, am I supposed to care for any other reason?

[@verenamarie9210]

Cassie C Ikr, I'm so mad shez quiting suits, it's gonna ruin the story,

[@EllieAngharad91]

Right?! Where's the sympathy for all the Suits fans losing their favourite character! 😭

[@MannYSJ1080p]

Yeah it sucks, I guess the shows gonna end next season

[@smiller2044]

Cassie C haven't seen Suits, but my standing theory: if you're American, the only way to become a princess is through Hollywood #RealAmericanPrincess #PrincessofMonaco

[@Daltonator87]

Meh she is my least favorite character since she cheated and still gets upset all the time at Mike. Maybe she'll move to the west coast after all?

[@captainuseless1071]

The people in the crowd don't understand dark humor, that was funny as hell

[@MrMigeco]

Thank-you John Oliver! Although it's more like if Seth Myers had a tail paid for by the British tax payer, and the tail owned several palaces and castles with 1000's of acres of land that could be used for something better than housing a useless tail. Although many people said the tail was worth it because it brought in tourist money, they just hadn't thought it through properly.

[@quarkwrok]

Which you haven't. As much as I don't care about the monarchy, I have to point out your analogy omits the income to the taxpayers from said castles, palaces, land etc., that the costs to the taxpayer includes costs of maintenance of those assets that would still be needed if the monarchy no longer existed or the ownership was in state hands, and the fact that the land is owned personally by the royal family has nothing to do with restrictions in planning. Exactly what would you expect the land to be developed as anyway?

[@MrMigeco]

The land could be developed or used in any way we deemed fit. Are you suggesting it's useless land that could not be used? And yes those castles and palaces would still need to be paid for, this could be done in tourist money, much like Versailles.

[@quarkwrok]

In the UK there is immense pressure on land for development of all kinds. Land is designated by type no matter who owns it, i.e. brownfield, National Park, Scenic Beauty, Special Scientific Interest, Green Belt etc. Land that can developed economically has been. Housing, mining, roads etc. You can pretty much bet the land owned by Queenie and her peeps has been developed to the full already. Meanwhile, some of us are trying to protect the environment, not pave it over. its an overcrowded heavily urbanised industrial island, not some chocolate box christmas card of pretty cottages and country lanes. Maybe we should get rid of the monarchy just to get rid of outdated inaccurate stereotypes about Merry Old! The royals only own a small amount of it anyway. The tourist money for the palaces goes to the state already. Would be interesting to see what the costs of the royal family would be minus the maintenance costs. A few £million? Wouldn't take much of a drop in tourists to wipe that out. And if we're turning the figureheads into normal citizens, should we let them have the land and castles back - and allow the income - or make an example of them. Or maybe just take the assets or any [possible income off anyone we don't like or anyone too rich. Sounds fair but is it right?

[@quarkwrok]

I agree Randy - I hope you were replying to Michael C and not me! Ps Do you know my cousin, Misty Minge?

[@quarkwrok]

I don't know what your talking about!

[@amandapang858]

So funny the way they jokes off the talk.

[@graup1309]

OMG I just realised that John Oliver looks like he's wearing one of those glasses with the fake nose and eyebrows, except that's his actual face!

[@karennaylor7138]

🥸

[@nonebusiness4488]

funniest guy ever. john i mean. they are so funny together it is just it

[@alexysese1437]

A talk show host having another talk show host as a guest always gives me life

[@FF-zi9zt]

John be carefull. It almost sounds like you care from how many times you said you don't.

[@jamesanderson6373]

Tanya T *careful

[@fauzaanC]

Tanya T nope it doesn’t. That logic is as stupid as trumps hairpiece. If I don’t like tofu and rice cakes, I don’t care if I’m in Japan and U’ve insisted 187 times to eat it just coz I’m in Tokyo, I’m going to repeat it 187 times that I don’t like it, just as John doesn’t like royalty.

[@steh8831]

Tanya T - It's just the British verbal equivalent of a highlight marker.

[@CommissionerSleer]

Me thinks Fauzaan Chhapra doth protest too much.

[@KindaSorta451]

His interviews are the best lol

[@myrcewalda5812]

There's a reason why Oliver is in the US not the UK

[@jayhawk3027]

"A tail may have been helpful in your family's past but it's weird now" - hahahahaha!!!

[@layla2623]

lmao......this is why I LOVE John Oliver!!

[@michaelrmurphy2734]

Seth and John, back in The Suit Days...!

[@vamanosninja4143]

THANK YOU!

[@mindakahn9964]

This is before Coronavirus and he’s scarily on spot.

[@Notyour72]

John Oliver is not only is he one of the most amazing journalists he’s funny and VERY GORGEOUS

[@nyvibe]

Love John Oliver (only British guy with an accent I like to hear) and what he said & how he compared royal family to a tail lol love it !

[@mounikakulkarni119]

It's about the earth falling out of the orbit! That was gold

[@courtneyfleischman2338]

I can only speak for myself, but I grew-up watching all the Disney princess films and this is a "real life" Princess and she's hypothetically going to get her "fairy tale" ending with her Prince... it's kind of weird and all about fantasy, but that's my guess as to why some Americans are fascinated by it. I personally wish them the best, but find all the hype a little exhausting.

[@carolynwestlake2246]

Very true. I'm British and I don't care more than I would give best wishes to anyone getting married

[@TheFronkinator]

That camera angle at the beginning totally looked like an ignored handshake to me lol

[@OldDolio312]

To quote Will And Grace : MISMATCH. Lol

[@mintbrisk5961]

This is really exiting!

[@PandaEatsNoms]

i live in london. i care. because the wedding will mess up the city for weeks. ugh.

[@thomthom6268]

The tree... was... turned on... tonite... already? Brilliant.

[@scarletletter4900]

Lol, young John Oliver looks like Egon from the Ghostbusters!

[@karind7513]

More like Harry Potter.

[@TheBlackMambaa248]

Can you imagine if these two had their own show

[@shememe496]

The level of non-chalance John Oliver has for the Royal Family is what I need for all the bullshit the government pulls for evading all the real issues right now😂

[@DRiungi]

1:39 HULK SAD!

[@marymav2063]

John Oliver is my spirit animal

[@matthewcibor4601]

These two are natural!!

[@deborahk6311]

Try not to giggle with John. Just try, I dare you 😄

[@trinidadbotello9906]

John Oliver is hilarious.

[@claydog6422]

Trinidad Botello not really. He has a staff of writers

[@asherikamichaela8425]

ClayDog not for everything lol

[@r.h.6249]

i want a slice of john oliver too!!!!!!

[@feebeedoc78]

Is John Oliver giving Seth's voice a break? Then ok 👌

[@nehaa4846]

i came to randomly watch this for the first time today, the day of harry and meghan’s wedding omfg lmaoo

[@theasian24601]

*gasp 😂

[@TrishTruitt]

Leave it to John Oliver to compare the Monarchy to a vestigial tail!! (And Yes, I believe Seth DOES have a tail.)

[@arysnaza9329]

I just love john oliver his accent too so sexy

[@rajatjain1284]

that matt lauer diss though at the end.

[@Dr.HouseMD]

Goddamn John is funny.

[@luisch1708]

John Oliver's da man!

[@MrRjhyt]

Must confess, this news caught me unaware. Found out more about her in the past 24? hours, than I ever knew before.