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It didn’t take long for John Oliver to take aim at Queen Elizabeth II and her passing during his “Last Week Tonight” opening segment, with the host beginning his rant just one minute into the broadcast. Sky wound up editing this portion of the show entirely, according to Deadline and Rolling Stone.
“Obviously, we have to start with the U.K., which is clearly still reeling from the shocking death of a 96-year-old woman from natural causes,” Oliver joked. “It is a big moment this week and for some reason, absolutely everyone felt they had to wade in on [it] from Crazy Frog, which tweeted out ‘RIP the Queen’ [and a] candle emoji … to Dominos U.K. which posted, ‘Everyone at Domino’s joins the nation and the world in mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts and condolences are with the Royal Family.’” While the late-night host didn’t insult the Queen directly, he did offer up a few zingers about the politics and social decisions going down lately across the pond, while also mentioning Her Majesty.
“The Queen’s death is sadly not the only traumatic event that Britain has had to deal with this week because on Tuesday, Liz Truss, basically Margaret Thatcher if she were high on glue, became its new Prime Minister,” Oliver said. “The nicest thing the Queen of England ever did for anyone was die the week that woman became Prime Minister. Because for at least a week, she’s not going to be getting justifiably destroyed for [her political comments].”
Sky network declined to comment on the edits when asked by Deadline, which sparked outrage among some British viewers.
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