{"id":406237,"date":"2026-04-19T06:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T06:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/406237\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T06:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T06:24:19","slug":"john-oliver-eviscerates-horrendous-royal-family-hopes-prince-andrew-will-end-up-in-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/406237\/","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver eviscerates &#8216;horrendous&#8217; royal family, hopes Prince Andrew will end up &#8216;in hell&#8217;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British-born comedian John Oliver is really \u201cnot a fan\u201d of the royal family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the way they\u2019ve behaved over the years has been horrendous,\u201d he told Page Six at the Garden of Laughs event earlier this week at Radio City Music Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLast Week Tonight with John Oliver\u201d host is particularly unimpressed by the former Prince Andrew, who <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/30\/royal-family\/prince-andrew-stripped-of-prince-title-forced-to-move-out-of-royal-home-following-epstein-scandals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had his title yanked away<\/a> earlier this year due to his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>John Oliver spoke to Page Six about the royal family at the \u201cGarden of Laughs\u201d event on April 14. Page Six<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the way they\u2019ve behaved over the years has been horrendous,\u201d he told us. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>When Page Six inquired where he thinks the disgraced royal will end up, Oliver mused, \u201cLong term? If I believed in hell, it would be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know where he will end up. I had very little respect for that guy before all of this, so I don\u2019t know where he will end up, and to the marrow of my bones, I don\u2019t care!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oliver, 48, doubts that there will be true \u201caccountability\u201d for Epstein victims, like Virginia Giuffre, who claimed that she had been forced to sleep with Andrew while still a minor. <\/p>\n<p>Andrew, who has denied the claim, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/15\/prince-andrew-settles-with-accuser-virginia-giuffre\/?_gl=1*6clngc*_ga*MjEwMTExNzUxOS4xNzIzMDgxMzg3*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3NzYxNzk2MzUkbzQ3OCRnMSR0MTc3NjE4MTEwMCRqMTYkbDAkaDA.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">settled Giuffre\u2019s formal lawsuit <\/a>outside of the courtroom in 2022 for an estimated $12 million.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver had particular scorn for disgraced former royal, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, seen here in 2025. AP<\/p>\n<p>The former royal, seen here yukking it up with Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein in 2000, has been condemned for his friendship with the late pedophile. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>However, he\u2019s pleased to see that Mountbatten-Windsor has <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/22\/royal-family\/ex-prince-andrew-cried-im-the-queens-son-as-he-was-booted-from-royal-lodge-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">undergone \u201cabject humiliation,\u201d<\/a> like being <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/ex-prince-andrew-arrested-on-66th-birthday-amid-explosive-epstein-files-revelations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrested on his 66th birthday<\/a>, and hopes it \u201ccarries for the rest of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Emmy winner was equally dismissive of Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/05\/royal-family\/ex-prince-andrew-and-sarah-ferguson-excluded-from-royal-familys-easter-gathering-amid-epstein-scandal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former wife, Sarah Ferguson.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, no idea, and I couldn\u2019t give a flying s\u2013t,\u201d he added with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Besides hosting his weekly HBO show, Oliver also does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msg.com\/events-tickets\/john-oliver-seth-meyers-beacon-theatre-2026\/3B00633B95C316F0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">monthly standup gigs<\/a> with Seth Meyers at the Beacon Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Mountbatten Windsor was arrested on February 19, his 66th birthday, for his connection to Epstein. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Oliver is the host of the satirical news show \u201cLast Week Tonight with John Oliver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely amazing to get to do standup once a month, regularly is a real thrill,\u201d he gushed, and \u201cto get to do it with him is really fun because it\u2019s difficult to find time for us to hang out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oliver also raved about doing a gig in his neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo get to do it so close to where I live is arguably the best thing,\u201d he explained. \u201cThe convenience is the gift that keeps giving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oliver performed at the Garden of Laughs event, which also featured Ronny Chieng, Zarna Garg, Andrew Schulz, Hasan Minhaj, Josh Johnson and Iliza Shlesinger, to raise money for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardenofdreamsfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Garden of Dreams Foundation<\/a>, a nonprofit dedicated to providing life-changing opportunities for young people in need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British-born comedian John Oliver is really \u201cnot a fan\u201d of the royal family. \u201cI think that the way&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[68532,178733,321,93,1302,61,60,11111,21024,124753,4639,14108],"class_list":{"0":"post-406237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","9":"tag-beacon-theatre","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-exclusive","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-jeffrey-epstein","16":"tag-john-oliver","17":"tag-last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver","18":"tag-royal-family","19":"tag-sarah-ferguson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}