"Oh, [BLEEP] You": John Oliver Absolutely Unloaded On Pete Hegseth In Fiery 35-Minute Takedown
by Lee Moran · BuzzFeedPosted on Nov 10, 2026 UTC
John Oliver dedicated 35 minutes of his Last Week Tonight show to eviscerating Pete Hegseth and making the case for impeaching the defense secretary, whose position has reportedly become increasingly vulnerable after the midterm-election rebuke of the GOP, Donald Trump and his Iran war.
Oliver’s blistering takedown traced a series of “red flags” throughout Hegseth’s career to explain why, in his view, the former Fox News personality has “always sucked.”
He took aim at Hegseth’s sweeping changes to the military’s leadership, his approach to rules of engagement and civilian casualties from US military operations overseas. “Oh, fuck you,” Oliver responded at one point to Hegseth’s argument that women should not be in combat.
Oliver suggested “there is clearly damage” Hegseth has done to the US military “that cannot be undone” but said “the very least we can do is try and stem it by impeaching and removing this fucking asshole as soon as possible and ideally in a way that also ensures he’ll be barred from ever holding future federal office because it’s not like he is ever going to change.”
The comedian also revealed that, when his team sought comment from the Pentagon for its deep dive into Hegseth, a spokesperson responded with the message: “Deport John Oliver.”
“I know that when hopefully Hegseth eventually gets impeached and kicked out of his job, he’ll probably just crawl straight back to Fox News so he can host some shitty show called Battle Lines With Pete Hegseth, where he’ll do stunty bullshit,” Oliver said.
“But that’ll still be vastly preferable to where he is right now,” he added. “So hopefully Congress will fix what it never should have allowed to happen in the first place and remove him from office.”
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost.