The Last Week Tonight host will wear a crazy wig and play chief water inspector Devlin St. John on a three-episode arc<\/p>\n
\n\tJohn Oliver<\/a>\u2019s soap opera summer<\/a> continues this week, with the Last Week Tonight<\/a> host donning a truly outrageous wig for a three-episode stint on Days of Our Lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe comedian will debut as Devlin St. John, chief water inspector for the fictional town of Salem, on Tuesday (Aug. 11), with additional appearances slated for Wednesday and Friday. The Days of Our Lives gig comes just over a month after Oliver did a three-episode arc on General Hospital, where he played Z, the head of a shady spy agency called the World Security Bureau.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tA few preview clips from Oliver\u2019s Days of Our Lives arc show Devlin St. John going toe-to-toe with Salem\u2019s mayor Paulina Price (played by sitcom great Jack\u00e9e Harry), and doing some will-they-won\u2019t-they flirting with Maggie Carney\u2019s Rita Lesley. Elsewhere, he delivers insane lines like, \u201cPlease don\u2019t spit on my leg and tell me that it\u2019s a car wash,\u201d and slaps the hell out of Days of Our Lives star Dan Feuerriegel.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tSlapping and\/or being slapped was one of Oliver\u2019s handful of requests for his soap opera<\/a> appearance, along with playing a character with a ridiculous name, and wearing an equally ridiculous wig. According to Vulture<\/a>, Oliver even brought the wig he wears as Devlin St. John, which the Days of Our Lives hair-and-makeup team only made a few tweaks to before the cameras rolled.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tOliver\u2019s soap opera journey dates back to a Last Week Tonight segment from March<\/a>, in which he pitched himself for guest appearances on whatever soap opera would take him. His request was inspired by the myriad celebrities who\u2019ve popped up on soaps in the past, including Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg, and Stephen A. Smith.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t