The talk show host also had a candid conversation with Lewinsky about bullying and how she got past the Clinton scandal.
John Oliver on HBO's"Last Week Tonight." By Helena Andrews-Dyer Helena Andrews-Dyer Columnist for The Reliable Source Email Bio Follow March 18 at 12:43 PM Talk show host John Oliver had some choice words Sunday for fellow comedian Jay Leno — some of them not suitable for a family newspaper.
But Oliver, who conducted a one-on-one interview with Monica Lewinsky on this weekend’s episode of “Last Week Tonight,” fired back at Leno, pointing out what he called the veteran funnyman’s hypocrisy. Leno was none too “civil” to Lewinsky, Oliver said. The former White House intern, then embroiled in a sex scandal with President Bill Clinton, was the frequent target of several of Leno’s jokes.
In Oliver’s sit-down with Lewinsky, to whom Leno once jokingly offered a Grammy for “best organ recital,” the British comedian asked how she had survived “one of the worst Internet-fueled public shamings of all time.”
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