John Oliver Red Carpet Interview 2024 Emmy Awards

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00:00You've been around the block a couple of times at the Emmys.

00:02Oh, at the Emmys, or just in general, yes.

00:04I've done a few laps of the block and in the Emmys and elsewhere.

00:08I've watched you at after-parties with Statue in your hand.

00:12How many years? How many have you won?

00:14I know, I...

00:15You don't know.

00:16A lot. We've been very, very lucky.

00:18And also, the first time I came was with The Daily Show, as a writer for The Daily Show.

00:21So that was the most exciting.

00:23That was the first time you realized I'm somewhere I'm not supposed to be.

00:25It wasn't exciting afterwards?

00:26No, it is. I still feel like it's somewhere I'm not supposed to be.

00:30Do you have a little imposter syndrome?

00:31Yes, of course. I'm never really in L.A., so we're in New York.

00:34This is more glamour than it feels like I naturally fit into.

00:39There's some glamour in New York. I'm from New York originally.

00:42So there is glamour there, John.

00:43I do not mean for you to catch a stray there.

00:46I'm just saying, would you not agree that glamour is elevated here?

00:51It's a different...

00:52It's a different glamour.

00:54Agree to disagree.

00:56Yes.

00:58I feel like you'd feel attacked.

01:01I've lived in L.A. for 20 years, so I know glamour both sides of the pond.

01:07I would never say otherwise. Of the pond. Of the dry pond. Yes.

01:12The wheat. The fields of wheat is our pond.

01:16That's right. You can perform glamour in New York and L.A. effortlessly.

01:20I'm not the first person who said that about you, I'm sure.

01:22How about across the pond? What's glamour like there in the U.K.?

01:28Hey, hey, hey. That's...

01:31That's old lady chic that you're referring to there.

01:33I'm pretty sure Gen Z...

01:36Gen Z dresses a little bit like 80-year-old women, don't they?

01:40Is that not unfair?

01:43Is that... Yes. Yes, right?

01:45I would say the aesthetic of 80-year-old grandmas transfers well to 21-year-old Americans.

01:51Okay, you know what you need to do at the next award show?

01:54Fashion police.

01:57Yes. Yes. Absolutely.

01:59Hey, Gen Z. Is that an old lady or a Gen Zer? I can't tell.

02:04I am happy. I'm happy to do whatever the fashion police need.

02:09I'm here to serve.

02:15You got a nice tuxedo.

02:17Maybe a nice main course later.

02:20You deal with this all the time, huh?

02:22I take your order, Mark.

02:24All the time.

02:27He's not stopping. He's going to...

02:30I got to get a little serious.

02:31What do you think is going to happen in November?

02:34With the election?

02:35Yes. Not Thanksgiving.

02:39I don't know. It's going to be very, very close.

02:42And if Trump loses, he's not going to accept it,

02:46making the fact that it's going to be that close even more ridiculous.

02:51How does it...

02:54How do I say this?

02:55Obviously, you've had a lot to talk about with Trump when he was president.

02:59When he's running, do you lose a lot of material if he doesn't win?

03:04I don't lose any material that I'm not happy to throw overboard.

03:07No. He's been a gift to comedy thing.

03:10It's not a gift that any of us really wanted,

03:13and we are happy to return it for store credit down the line.

03:15Do you ever say, like, I just don't want to do another Trump show?

03:19Yes. Every week, every day, and internally, I'm doing it right now.

03:26Are you scared?

03:27No. Personally scared or scared?

03:30No. Yeah.

03:31In general? I mean, it's going to be bumpy, right?

03:33Because it's going to be close, and because you're dealing with someone

03:35who historically has not handled loss well,

03:39then yeah, I think if you're not concerned, you haven't been watching.

03:44So, yes, there is plenty to be concerned about.

03:46Scared? I don't know.

03:48You don't want to kind of give him that.

03:50But, yeah, concerned, there's plenty of space for that.

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