John Oliver On Whether He’ll Share His Emmy With Conan O’Brien: “No, He Can Take It From My Cold, Dead Hand” – Emmys Backstage

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They say don’t be a sore winner, show good sportsmanship. Not for John Oliver tonight who won two Emmys for Writing for Variety Sketch show and Best Variety Talk Series for Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, the latter one triumphing over Conan O’Brien.Asked in the press room about O’Brien looking sad tonight over his loss in Variety Talk Series, and whether Oliver would be handing him any Emmys, the HBO late night host joked, “Conan?

No, he can take it from my cold, dead hand!” to great laughs in the virtual Emmy media center.“I realize I said I appreciated him — not that much!” continued Oliver sarcastically.Then getting serious about O’Brien, “It’s hard to overstate the influence he’s had on comedy writers.