Jesse Watters and Rachel Campos-Duffy recently questioned why the environmental activist attended the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio but the award winning actress who played her didn't.
, usually sticks to adding context to complicated news stories — breaking down bills, the implications of different political decisions, the fallout from structural failures. But this week, Oliver had to strip the show down to an elementary level to explain toplaying an environmental activist in a movie does not make her an actual environmental activist.
“Think about the environmental activists and corporate America, they weren’t there,” Campos-Duffy said on Fox News, referring to the site of thein East Palestine, Ohio. “This is an Erin Brockovich moment. There was a blockbuster Oscar-winning movie written about something like this.” And, sure, there was. In 2000, Roberts starred in the titular role of Erin Brockovich. The tagline on the film’s poster even read: “Julia Roberts is Erin Brockovich.” It wasn’t meant to be taken literally. Still, despite the actual Brockovich’s presence, Watters couldn’t help but notice the actress’ absence, asking: “But where is Julia Roberts?”
“You realize Julia Roberts is an actor, right?” Oliver asked in perplexed disbelief. “She was pretending, she’s not actually Erin Brockovich.” Shocking.
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