After simply lacking the launch of Kamala Harris‘ presidential marketing campaign final weekend, John Oliver kicked off Sunday’s episode of Final Week Tonight by unpacking the week of Brat.
The comic roasted Jake Tapper over his confusion round Charli XCX‘s meme-worthy endorsement of Harris whereas selling her sixth studio album Brat, which “sadly set off days of CNN attempting to clarify to its viewers what the fuck which means.”
“‘You’re simply that woman who’s somewhat messy and likes to celebration and perhaps says some dumb issues generally,’” Jamie Gangel quoted the Grammy Award nominee throughout a CNN panel, wherein Tapper then requested, “So, is the concept that we’re all kinda Brat, and Vice President Harris is Brat?”
Oliver then exclaimed, “No Jake, that’s not it in any respect! We aren’t all kinda Brat, you’re both Brat otherwise you’re not! Goddammit, Tapper. I remorse to tell everybody Brat Summer season is canceled. At greatest, we bought eight to 9 Brat enterprise days.”
After turning his consideration to a rumor that Donald Trump‘s operating mate J.D. Vance had intercourse with a sofa, Oliver regarded forward at what’s to return forward of Election Day on November 5.
“Who is aware of the place that is going? The information is shifting so quick proper now,” he mentioned. “The RNC was solely final week. It was solely two weeks in the past that Trump was shot. And there are such a lot of variables between right here and November. We don’t know who Kamala’s VP choose might be, we don’t know which candidate will keep momentum.
“The race is unattainable to foretell, however there are two issues that I do know for sure; one, Jake Tapper will not be Brat… and till he tells in any other case, I’m going to imagine that J.D. Vance fucked a sofa,” added Oliver.
Brat Summer season has even resulted in Harris bringing her marketing campaign to TikTok, the place an enormous cross-section of her Gen Z supporters and Charli’s followers may be discovered. The marketing campaign beforehand raised a file $81 million in its first 24 hours.
Airing hours after Joe Biden introduced he was dropping out of the election and endorsing Harris in his place, final weekend’s episode of Final Week Tonight was prefaced with a disclaimer that it was filmed the day prior.
