John Oliver Wonders Why Putin Expected ‘Sharp Questions’ From Tucker Carlson: Anyone Who Told Him That ‘Should Be Fired’

“There’s embarrassing, and there’s getting roasted by Putin for being a lapdog embarrassing,” Oliver jokes

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Russian president Vladimir Putin apparently expected “sharp questions” when he agreed to be interviewed by Tucker Carlson, and was disappointed when he didn’t get any. But John Oliver is baffled that Putin expected that in the first place, joking on Sunday that anyone who told him to “should be fired.”

Oliver returned for the 11th season of “Last Week Tonight” this week and, as he often does, he used the opening minutes of his show to run down some of the biggest things that happened while he was on hiatus, including Ron DeSantis ending his presidential campaign, and the appearance of Chicago’s now-famous “rat hole.”

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