John Oliver just wants to give a tribute to his dog, Emmys! The Last Week Tonight host playfully made his winning speech about his dog that just died.
Oliver and his show were nominated for 27 awards and won 21. At the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, his show won Best Scripted Variety Show over Saturday Night Live and wanted to thank all the special people —and animals— in his life. He recounted that he and his wife Kate Norley just put down their family dog.
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What did John Oliver say in his Emmys Speech?
“Thank you so much,” he began his speech. “Thank you to my staff. Some of them are here, others are in Brooklyn — whether they’re watching this, I know they are in Brooklyn, I hope you’re having fun. I’d particularly like to thank Liz Stanton and Tim Carvell. I’d like to say thank you to HBO for not canceling us over the last decade, that was never a guarantee, I appreciate it, please carry on.”
He continued, “I’d like to thank my wife, Kate and our kids, husband — ‘husband’ — Hudson, his name is Hudson. Ouch. That’s gonna come back to haunt me.” Oliver later thanked his dog, “I also want to thank, may be silly, our dog. We had the most fantastic dog, and she was at our wedding and she got us through a pandemic. She was with us, two pregnancies.” Meanwhile, the Emmys played the walk-off music and Oliver reacted in a pretty drastic way.
“Perfect choice of music. We had to say goodbye to her, F—K you! There you go,” he said as the music kept playing. “I feel like Sarah McLachlan right now,” referring to the emotional ASCAP commercial that includes her song “Angel.”
“This isn’t just for her. This is for all dogs,” he continued as the audience roared. “All dogs, you are all very good girls. You are very good boys. You all deserve a treat. Play me off now! Thanks so much.”
