Name: John Oliver Shares His Frightening Path to American Citizenship
Uploaded: 2020-07-03T09:10:33.000Z
Duration: 4 min 45 s
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I did want to talk to you about becoming a citizen.

of the United States of America. -An American.

-You are an American right -- -Yes, that's right.

-This is the first time you're on my show as an American.

-American to American, right. -How was the process?

That's what, I guess, is more of like the scary

It's bad for a white man coming from Britain

-What is the final day when you go, "Yep, it's official"?

Do you get a thank-you from the president or --

Which would be funny if you got a thank-you.

And they make speeches that are fantastic.

Everyone stands up when their country is called.

-...they play a video from the president.

I think in recent years that video has been a little more

welcoming than this particular video was,

which seemed to be delivered through some version

and then we were given little American flags,

For some people in that room, this is the end of like

there was a part of me that day as I went down there

that still didn't think it was going to happen,

but part of me did think they would open a door

and there would be like plastic sheeting on the ground

like in "GoodFellas," and just Jared Kushner

"You didn't really think this was going to happen."

of paranoia and worry that was in my head the whole time.

I could not believe it was going to happen,

this thing that I wanted for over a decade.

-Yes, that's right. This will be my first vote.

-Previously to that it's been taxation without representation.

Now I get why you got so pissy about it all those years ago.

-Yeah, so, yeah, I get to vote this November.

-Well, with everything going on, I was talking to you earlier

things about the kids or anything that will make you...

And you explained to me about this purchase

-So just as everything was shutting down,

I grabbed -- I was in a bodega looking for anything

that could reasonably be construed as a child's toy.

And I found a Chia Pet of the Golden Girls

that had been, I think, on the bodega shelf

And he kind of said -- He said, "Who is that lady?"

That didn't seem to internalize. -That's great.

And I couldn't really answer that question.

All the seeds have probably died, I think, over 30 years.

This, three months later, is what we got.

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John Oliver Shares His Frightening Path to American Citizenship

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