John Oliver struck love for his own media hype in New York on Sunday during the latest episode of his HBO show ‘Last Week Tonight’.
The comedian, who has criticized Cuomo in the past, devoted the first part of his show to unpacking the recent scandals that appeared this month about dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and sexual harassment.
Two women have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo which he denies. Meanwhile, he is also receiving criticism for allegedly reporting up to 50% of coronavirus deaths in the nursing home to avoid federal investigation.
Oliver noted that even before the scandals, there was ‘something gross’ about the way Cuomo presented himself to the public, while New York was at the center of the deadly virus with the onset of the 2020 pandemic.
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“Even before the current scandals, there was something gross about Cuomo’s cheerfulness in his public worship last year,” Oliver said. “From his ongoing appearance with his brother on CNN to his rally on the term ‘Cuomosexuals’ – by the way, the only sexual orientation, it’s perfectly acceptable to discriminate against.”
John Oliver met the New York government, Andrew Cuomo, during the latest episode of ‘Last Week Tonight’.
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The host also pointed to Cuomo’s book “American Crisis”, which was released in October and which deals with his own leadership during what Oliver noted is the “still ongoing pandemic”. The host joked that the book “presumably” reads “# 1 Do press conferences. # 2 The end.”
As Cuomo allegedly lied about some important facts about the spread of the virus in New York, Oliver noted that some press conferences for which he has now received much praise play “a little differently after everything we have learned.” , especially his insistence. about the following facts.
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“OK, the thing is, it’s hard to follow the facts if the people in charge of the facts are actively withholding it from you,” he said. “In terms of advice, it’s basically just as useful as a bullying saying, ‘stop hitting yourself,’ because in both cases, yes, I really want to, the thing is that a let me down!”
John Oliver took on Governor Andrew Cuomo during the latest episode of ‘Last Week Tonight’.
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Oliver continues to lambast the governor because in his public speeches he relies heavily on quotes from a man named “AJ Parkinson” and plays a short video montage of the numerous times Cuomo has called his name.
The host revealed that Parkinson is not really a real person. He is a fictional character invented by Cuomo’s father, “Kevin Spacey cosplayer” Mario Cuomo, as a kind of intrusion with the press.
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“Although it was charming at the time, the current Cuomo doing it during a pandemic, while no one sees it as a joke, is a strange move,” Oliver said.
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He concluded: ‘The spread of false quotes is obviously not the worst thing Cuomo has done, which is becoming increasingly clear, but it feels like a fairly appropriate metaphor for a government that has aggressively managed facts to get at its to choose chosen reality. note another instructive saying: ‘Andrew Cuomo is a colossal a —– e.’ This is from an excellent writer named TJ Pumpernickel, and I’m telling you exactly two things about TJ Pumpernickel. One, he’s a person I just made up and two, he’s completely right about Andrew Cuomo. ‘