In 2016, Kimmel invited Oliver onJimmy Kimmel Liveto celebrate Oliver’s win.
“Yes I do,” Oliver insisted.
“No, you don’t,” Kimmel replied.
Kimmel has two Emmys of his own, both for a Live Outstanding Variety Special.
Suffice to say, he must be chomping at the bit (viaTelevision Academy).
2020 might have been his year.
Except for the fact that Kimmel was up against John Oliver, again.
What was in Kimmel’s magic box?
A participation Emmy, and aYoung Sheldon DVD set.
“That’s way better than a stupid Emmy,” Kimmel said.
Sure, Kimmel congratulated Oliver on his win.
Twitter, however, is outraged.
Anothertweetedthat Kimmel should be “kicked off the show.”
Oliver got his U.S.
Citizenship in December 2019, after over a decade of living in the country (viaThe Hollywood Reporter).
“I mean it’s really bad,” he told Jimmy Fallon in June (viaYouTube).
“That would’ve made more sense to me than the thing I wanted happening.”
His 2020 press circuit is far from the first time that John Oliver has criticized the US immigration system.
He has also used his show to expose the injustices in ICE immigration courts (viaYouTube).
And he has pointed out how dysfunctional the United States' legal immigration system can be (viaYouTube).
Oliver has yet to comment on Kimmel’s joke.
