“He Seems Wounded”: John Oliver Responds After Elon Musk Said His Comedy Is Woke “Weak Sauce”
deadline.comJohn Oliver has issued a typically playful response to Elon Musk after the billionaire X owner appeared to take umbrage with being roasted by the British comedian.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, which clinched another Emmy on Monday night, flamed Musk in a section last month, with Oliver joking that he “could pull off any bad guy in a movie.” A couple of weeks later, Musk argued that the “otherwise capable” Oliver had become “weak sauce” in a post on the social media site formerly known as Twitter. “The reason he is not very funny these days is because he is too keen to pander to wokeness, which is fundamentally a lie, whereas great humor requires revealed truth,” Musk said.
In a short interview with TMZ on Monday, Oliver was asked why Musk had singled him out. “You’re going to have to track him down and ask him.
I don’t know, that’s a thin skin,” Oliver said. “I cannot possibly pretend to guess what’s in that man’s mind at any time. He seems wounded … He’s definitely sensitive, that is a biological fact.” On the woke jibe, Oliver added: “I don’t know what that means.
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