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John Oliver Gets Played Off During Emmys Speech While Honoring His Family’s Dead Dog: ‘F— You, There You Go!’
John Oliver won the Emmy and was played off by the orchestra while in the middling of honoring his family's dog who died.
John Oliver won the Emmy for outstanding scripted variety series over “Saturday Night Live” thanks to his HBO late night series “Last Week Tonight,” and his acceptance speech took a memorable turn when he started to get played off by the orchestra just as he was paying tribute to his family’s dog who recently died. Oliver then got cut off by the orchestral music, to which he responded: “Perfect choice of music.” He then continued: “We had to say goodbye to her. On the Emmys red carpet before his latest win, Oliver told Variety that he will not miss having to make Donald Trump jokes on the show should he lost the upcoming election against Kamala Harris.
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