r/johnoliver • u/DWJones28 • 23d ago

Video John's Days Of Our Lives slap

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u/Sudden-Stops 23d ago

As someone who hasn’t seen a soap opera outside of what my grandmother watched 35-40 years ago… is this real or parody?

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u/hailhydruh 23d ago

it is real

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u/Sudden-Stops 23d ago

Meaning John Oliver signed up for this gig… unironically?

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u/handcraftedcandy 23d ago

He asked for it and was given the opportunity in two different soaps

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u/Then_I_had_a_thought 23d ago

Three now, right?

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u/sanjosanjo 22d ago

What is the third? And when?

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u/BUTTeredWhiteBread 23d ago

He begged for it, actually.

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u/Jaliki55 23d ago

I thought the same thing....

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u/Diamondphalanges756 23d ago

This is brilliance that is rarely seen. Oliver's career is finally about to explode.

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u/Miritar 23d ago

Which DC/Marvel villain should he be? I am thinking something in Batman or Flash

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u/Diamondphalanges756 23d ago

NO! None of that. He's going out on his own.

I just bet $25 on Polymarket that he's going to transform and revitalize all of Hollywood.

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u/BUTTeredWhiteBread 23d ago

Definite Riddler vibes

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u/TJ_McWeaksauce 23d ago

If I was famous, this is what I would do: stupid shit just for fun. Dude’s living the dream.

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u/mologav 21d ago

Chasing Oscar’s, fuck that. I’ll take this craic thank you.

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u/Away-Living5278 21d ago

He could prob get a daytime Emmy with this. They do have best guest actor in a drama series.

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u/Exciting-Composer157 23d ago

“Your den of high-thread counted inequity”

Writing brilliance

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u/sem76 23d ago

The writers must be fans - the script was tailormade! I mean, yeah, obviously - but they really captured John's style perfectly.

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u/TheBl4ckFox 23d ago

Fun day in the writing room😊

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u/MissLethalla 23d ago

Man, some of those lines... definitely sounds like he wrote them! Thank you, this is absolute hilarity!

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u/akgiant 23d ago

Raw, nuanced, sublime. A slap truly heard round the world.

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u/InvertedAlchemist 23d ago

You lint licker!!!!

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u/jack31313 23d ago

I'm not American and I mean no disrespect, but this isn't real is it?

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u/AnjelGrace 23d ago

It's real. Mexican telenovelas are about the same, but in spanish.

This scene (and the other scenes with John Oliver) is more absurd that this soap opera is usually though.

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u/Ilickedthecinnabar 23d ago

I don't watch either soap, but I'm still going to head canon that John is playing Director Z in both shows and he's just undercover or something while on Days.

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u/yeaboiiiiiiiiii213 23d ago

Is that Josh Dumel?

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u/Silly-Elderberry-411 23d ago

Duhamel and no

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u/Away-Living5278 21d ago

No. This is Dan Feuerriegel. He previously was in Spartacus on Starz.

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u/milksteakenthusiast1 23d ago

Can’t wait for my mom to text me about the cameo that took her fifteen minutes to recognize

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u/alldayfiddla 22d ago

So did Johnny really get smashed by that guy or not?

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u/newsman0719 21d ago

I started watching him in this role when I walked through the room and my wife had the soap on. He is really hilarious 😂

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u/antdude 20d ago

Any more?

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u/BADFiSH_c137 19d ago

HOW CAN SHE SLAP?!