John Oliver Pokes at ‘New Business Daddy’ Warner Bros. Discovery for ‘Batgirl’ Drama: ‘You’re Doing a Really Great Job’ (Video)
thewrap.comscrapping “Batgirl,” but it was a welcome nonetheless.The moment came during Oliver’s main show segment, which this week was monkeypox.
In addressing how health officials fumbled the prevention of a widespread outbreak, Oliver noted that the U.S. actually had a stockpile of 20 million vaccine doses that were just allowed to expire.He criticized the move as “unconscionable” and “abject selfishness,” considering how other countries that regularly deal with monkeypox likely would’ve benefitted from having the doses sent to them.
But on a less serious note, Oliver also likened the vaccine doses to “Batgirl,” in that both were unceremoniously shelved.“For some reason, we let the vaccine sit unused on a shelf in our reserves like an expired Chobani, or a $90 million movie on HBO Max,” Oliver joked. “By the way, hi there, new business daddy!
Seems like you’re doing a really great job. I do get the vague sense that you’re burning down my network for the insurance money, but I’m sure that that’ll all pass.”You can watch Oliver call out Warner Bros.
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