John Oliver Mocks Liz Truss Over Undeleted Tweet Mourning Sex Offender Jimmy Savile

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John Oliver mocked Liz Truss, currently in the running to replace Boris Johnson as the UK’s prime minister, on Sunday night’s episode of HBO Max’s Last Week Tonight due to a tweet mourning sex offender Jimmy Savile. “Truss has a real knack for making bad decisions and then very much sticking to them,” Oliver said. “Exemplified by the fact that this tweet paying tribute to Jimmy Savile, who turned out to be a monstrous pedophile, has still not been deleted 11 years later.” Truss tweeted on Oct.

29, 2022, following Savile’s death two days before his 85th birthday: “Used to see Jimmy Savile at the Flying Pizza on Street Lane, Roundhay.

Always in good spirits. RIP”Used to see Jimmy Savile at the Flying Pizza on Street Lane, Roundhay. Always in good spirits. RIP Savile was a TV personality who hosted the BBC series Top of the Pops, a British music chart series, and Jim’ll Fix It, a show that saw Savile grant children’s wishes.

A year after his death, a documentary looked into allegations of sexual abuse claims made against Savile and anyone who aided in keeping the crimes quiet.