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John Oliver Takes Jab at “Soon-to-Be Business Daddy” David Ellison on ‘Last Week Tonight’
Oliver linked Ellison’s Warner Bros. Discovery bid to health care access concerns while citing a cancer patient’s family that paid $95,000 out of pocket.
- On Sunday, comedian John Oliver mocked Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison on Last Week Tonight, joking about his billionaire father, Larry Ellison, who pledged $40 billion to support the Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition.
- Paramount reached an agreement on Monday eliminating the final significant barrier to acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery, HBO's parent company, in a $110 billion deal making its way through regulatory review.
- During a segment criticizing UnitedHealthcare's denial of medical claims, Oliver cited Kate Weissman's case where her parents paid $95,000 for cancer treatment, contrasting healthcare access struggles with David Ellison's billionaire-backed path to owning HBO.
- Oliver also criticized the Paramount Skydance CEO for his role in removing The Late Show host Stephen Colbert from the air, referencing Colbert's previous public clashes with the company regarding President Donald Trump.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta settled the antitrust case after securing an 'enforceable commitment' for at least 30 movies annually, while President Donald Trump's DOJ had previously approved the merger despite internal staff skepticism.
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John Oliver took a dig at "soon-to-be business daddy" David Ellison on the latest episode of Last Week Tonight.
John Oliver took a dig at “soon-to-be business daddy” David Ellison on the latest episode of Last Week Tonight. The comedian is known to take jabs at his “business daddies,” and amid the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, Oliver took a swipe at Ellison. While discussing UnitedHealthcare and its denial of insurance claims, Oliver gave an example […]
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