The Barnaby Joyce scandal has made its big foray into international news, with British comedian John Oliver savaging him as “hypocritical” for having an affair with his former media adviser, Vikki Campion.
Oliver, the host of Last Week Tonight on HBO, roasted the antics of our Deputy Prime Minister, but not before taking aim at the rest of us first, describing Australia as “70 per cent uninhabitable because of desert and 30 per cent uninhabitable because of Australians”.
Fair shot.
Introducing Joyce to his audience, Oliver said “you may remember he threatened to euthanise Johnny Depp’s illegally imported dogs, Pistol and Boo”. We, ah, remember.
He went on to give context around what’s been the biggest political story in Australia this year.
Watch John Oliver lay into Barnaby Joyce in the video below.
“Joyce is a social conservative and opposed same-sex marriage in their referendum last year because he believes in traditional family values, and you can probably see where this is going,” Oliver explained.
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What an audacity. Some Brits just love being denigrating to Australians, that has gone on for years. The rest of them are living here or wish they were. As far as this idiot's comments, the world envies Australia on many levels. America doesn't have a fool for deputy they have one for their President. They have such poverty in that country, so many people living in trailer parks. Such a divide between the haves and the have nots. Terrible crime rates. I won't even mention the school shootings. People cannot even get sick in America as they cannot afford to. I really wonder sometimes if people hear what they are saying.
It's a satirical show. John Oliver hangs just as much - more - shit on Trump and America. He's not just picking on Australia. He called Belgium a "chocolate gulag" in this very episode.
30% of Australia is inhabitable because of Australians is a 'fair shot'?? Excuse me but I am proud to be Australian.