Name: John Oliver Can Talk to Anyone Except Athletes
Uploaded: 2020-04-23T18:35:46.000Z
Duration: 3 min 30 s
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because we talk a fair amount about soccer.

You're a Liverpool fan. And I know you've

talked about this and how heartbreaking it is.

and I feel like a jinx because I waited and waited and waited

until it seemed like it was the safest...

-It's not just that -- it's not just that

But it's also they were winning it so beautifully.

-So convincingly, and it felt like nothing could stop them.

Now you think, short of a global pandemic,

but a global pandemic, you know, is a hell of an opponent,

and it turns out it really shuts some [bleep] down.

-It is not -- it is not the thing I am saddest about...

-No, nor should it be. -...but I want you to know

I saved a little piece of sadness for it.

And obviously, obviously, when you inject just the modicum

of perspective, it doesn't matter, it will never matter.

perspective doesn't come naturally, does it?

You have to really convince yourself, "This doesn't matter.

than I am about other things in my life."

after realizing that Holland had just been knocked out,

was to say, "I love my wife. My brother's my best friend."

More like, "I need to walk myself back through this."

to get myself back into being a rational,

functioning human being." -But that is the joy of it.

-...where you check rationale at the door.

-Of course. That's the beauty of escapism, right?

-You think you can't possibly -- I can't, I still --

I went to see Liverpool just when they did

a preseason game just before this season.

You know, I couldn't say anything to him.

Jordan -- I tried to talk to Jordan Henderson for a bit,

didn't really work. And then -- but this is true.

and he looked at me, and he said, "Zazu."

He went, "Oh, Zazu -- I love 'The Lion King.'"

And I said, "You don't have any children,"

which is not information that, as a stranger,

He went, "No, I just like 'The Lion King.'

-So, you're saying that not a single person

for your deep dives on, say, voting rights?

-I mean, honestly, when Adam Lallana walked out,

I thought he was about to say something about gerrymandering,

I think he wanted to talk about watches instead.

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