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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH MR. JOHN OLIVER.
>> YEAH, WE'RE BACK.
>> Stephen: JONATHAN ALOYSIUS OLIVER.
>> YEP.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT ENGLISH FOOTBALL -- AS AN
AMERICAN YOU LEGALLY HAVE TO SAY SOCCER.
>> IT'S NOT WHAT A ( BLEEP ) MELTING POT IS.
>> Stephen: THE CANADIAN MOSAIC, THIS IS A MELTING POT,
YOU MELT INTO OUR SHAPE.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU KNOW THAT?
YOU KNOW THE CANADIANS SAY THAT?
WE'RE NOT A MELTING POT, WE'RE A MOSAIC, ( BLEEP ) YOU.
( LAUGHTER ) MELT, MELT!
>> WOW!
WOW!
>> Stephen: YEAH.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS SIDE OF YOU.
AND HOLY ( BLEEP ), IT'S DANGEROUS.
EVEN IN SMALL DOSES, I DON'T REALLY LIKE IT.
( LAUGHTER ) OH, MAN!
>> Stephen: SORRY.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA IS STRONGER.
>> Stephen: SOMETIMES.
WHEN I'M MEETING SOMEONE WHO HASN'T BEEN AMERICAN FOR LONG I
DON'T WANT THEM TO GET ON THE WRONG PATH AND THINK THERE'S NO
DIFFERENCE THAN CANADA.
>> A MELTING POT IS WHERE YOU THROW INGREDIENTS IN AND SEE HOW
IT TASTE AS DECADE LATER.
>> Stephen: I'M NEVER HAVING FONDUE WITH YOU.
( LAUGHTER ) OKAY.
SO SOCCER, FOOTBALL.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: OH, LIVERPOOL!
YES.
>> Stephen: I DON'T REALLY FOLLOW U.K. FOOTBALL, BUT I
UNDERSTAND LIVERPOOL IS HAVING A ONCE IN A LIFETIME SEASON, LIKE
EVERYONE SHOULD BE WATCHING THEM RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
THEY HAVEN'T LOST A PREMIER GAME.
THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE MANAGER WHO'S A CHARISMATIC GERMAN.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A GERMAN HERE TONIGHT.
( APPLAUSE ) >> HISTORICALLY CHARISMATIC
GERMANS NEED TO BE TREATED WITH CARE, BUT THIS ONE IS AMAZING.
THERE WAS THIS INCREDIBLE GAME LAST SEASON WHEN LIVERPOOL LOST
THE GAME TO BARCELONA AND THEY AGGREGATE THE SCHOOLS TOGETHER.
THEY HAD NO CHANCE, LIVERPOOL, AND HE SAID TO THE PRESS, HE
JUST SAID I THINK IT'S MOST LIKELY WE WILL LOSE THIS GAME,
WE WILL TRY TO WIN, BUT IF WE DON'T TRY TO WIN, WE WILL TRY
AND FAIL IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WAY, AND THAT CONCEPT JUST HITS
ME WHERE I LIVE, FAIL IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WAY IS A POETIC
THING TO COME FROM A SPORTING COACH.
HE'S AN AMAZING MAN.
>> Stephen: IS THAT LIVERPOOLIAN, FAILING IN A
BEAUTIFUL WAY?
>> THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY DIED, SO, YEAH, I WOULD SAY SO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: NOW, HARRY AND
MEGHAN -- >> YES.
>> Stephen: THE MEGZIT HAPPENED.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU MUST BE TRANSFIXED BY THE STORY BECAUSE
YOU'RE SUCH A ROYAL WATCHER.
>> YOU KNOW ME.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU JUST HANG ON
EVERY -- I MEAN, GIVE ME THAT -- >> I RESPECT THE THRONE.
( LAUGHTER ) I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE CARES AS
MUCH AS THEY LIKELY THINK THEY DO, BUT I WILL SAY --
>> Stephen: I DON'T.
YOU DON'T.
>> Stephen: I DON'T CARE AT ALL.
AMERICANS GENERALLY CARE MORE THAN Y'ALL DO.
>> EVEN THOUGH BASICALLY IT WAS A PIECE OF CULTURAL ANNEXATION.
YOU SENT AN AMERICAN OVER THERE AND YOU TOOK A PRINCE.
>> Stephen: YEAH, IT WAS A LONG CON.
IT'S A LONG CON.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I THINK THEY'VE ABSOLUTELY
DONE THE RIGHT THING.
I THINK IT WAS A HORRIBLE SITUATION FOR THEM TO BE IN.
I THINK LAST TIME ONE OF THE MORE RECENT TIMES I WAS ON THE
SHOW BEFORE THE WEDDING IS THIS IS GOING TO BE ROUGH, THE
BRITISH TABLOID PRESS IS ROUGH ON ROYALTY SO I FULLY UNDERSTAND
WHY THEY WANTED TO GET OUT OF THERE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU UNDERSTAND AMERICANS' OBSESSION ABOUT THIS?
THE ROYAL FAMILY SEEMS LIKE A TOURIST TRAP TO ME.
>> I UNDERSTAND BEING FASCINATED BY SOMEONE ELSE'S PAGEANTRY THE
SAME WAY I'M FASCINATED BY THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW.
PLANES GOING OVER AND J. LO GOING BOINK?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I JUST THINK A ROYAL WEDDING IS
JUST THE AMERICAN VERSION OF THAT.
>> Stephen: OKAY, I CAN BUY THAT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A BRIEF BREAK AGAIN.
PLEASE DON'T GO AWAY, THERE'S MORE JOHN OLIVER.
THERE CAN NEVER BE TOO MUCH JOHN OLIVER.
HE'S LIKE JELL-O.
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.