John Oliver Mocks Ellison
John Oliver Mocks Prospective HBO Owner David Ellison During Recent Segment
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Oliver opened the segment by noting that Luigi Mangione is scheduled to be sentenced in December for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, an act that had prompted expressions of public frustration with the insurer.
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The cancer treatment paid for by the patient’s parents ultimately worked, despite UnitedHealthcare’s refusal to cover it.
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The proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery transaction was described as still awaiting regulatory approval, rather than being completed.
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The articles specify that Larry Ellison agreed to personally backstop $40.4 billion in equity financing connected to the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal.
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After calling Larry Ellison David’s “literal business daddy,” Oliver added that he would not make fun of David for it, “unlike that pesky Stephen Colbert.”
On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver criticized UnitedHealthcare for denying a cancer patient coverage, forcing her parents to pay $95,000 out of pocket for treatment that ultimately worked. Deadline reported that Oliver used the moment to mock David Ellison, whose Paramount Skydance is pursuing a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery—HBO's parent company.
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