{"id":66475,"date":"2025-08-14T01:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T01:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/66475\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T01:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T01:47:09","slug":"john-oliver-tears-up-remembering-monica-lewinsky-last-week-tonight-interview-as-a-massive-act-of-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/66475\/","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver Tears Up Remembering Monica Lewinsky Last Week Tonight Interview as A Massive Act of Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Oliver got emotional remembering the trust and bravery Monica Lewinsky showed appearing on \u201cLast Week Tonight\u201d back in 2019.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday\u2019s episode of \u201cReclaiming with Monica Lewinsky,\u201d Oliver got choked up when Lewinsky thanked him for having her on the show. She said it was instrumental in her reclamation journey and allowed her to tell her story to the host\u2019s younger crowd who may not know her as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m also very, very grateful that you did it, because I know that it was not an easy decision to make,\u201d Oliver said. \u201cAs part of that process that you\u2019re clearly going through, a TED talk and a Vanity Fair op-ed is precise, right? And it\u2019s all on your terms. You can get word-for-word, moment-to-moment. You can control all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He continued: \u201cSo I was extra grateful that you were willing to put yourself in the position where you would be under less control. And I do think it was a massive act of trust on your part. And I am very grateful that you thought we were worthy of that trust, because I know your trust had been broken in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the \u201cLast Week Tonight\u201d segment, Oliver also admitted to cracking jokes at Lewinsky\u2019s expense in the past. On the podcast, Lewinsky said that the host admitting to that and apologizing helped bring them closer together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hadn\u2019t heard the jokes, thankfully, but whatever jokes I have heard \u2014 when someone takes responsibility and apologizes, you actually end up sort of\u2026 it\u2019s not just back to neutral where you were,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s more positive because there\u2019s a value.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2019 segment of \u201cLast Week Tonight\u201d Lewinsky appeared on focused on public shaming. Oliver apologized for the jokes he\u2019d made in the past that aged like milk and called out late-night hosts \u2013 specifically Jay Leno \u2013 for how they covered the scandal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose jokes have not dated well in any sense of the word,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd they\u2019re pretty rough, especially coming from a guy who, just this week complained about late-night TV, saying he\u2019d \u2018like to see a bit of civility come back\u2019, you know, like that time when he did a bit with a fake book about Lewinsky called The Slut in the Hat, and if that\u2019s what he means by civility then I offer my new book Oh, the Places You Can Go F\u2013k Yourself, Jay Leno!\u201d<\/p>\n

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