John Oliver Mocks David Ellison's Wealth on 'Last Week Tonight'
The comedian used a segment on UnitedHealthCare to criticize the son of billionaire Larry Ellison for his family's influence over media.
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First reported by Variety, 1h 46m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
5 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 21 Sept 2026. Variety published first, on 21 September at 03:42 UTC; The Hollywood Reporter followed 1h 47m later. The most recent article, from Deadline, appeared on 21 September at 22:15 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), The A.V. Club, All Content from Business Insider, Deadline.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietyJohn Oliver Takes Swipe at David Ellison and His ‘Business Daddy’ Larry Ellison on ‘Last Week Tonight’
- The Hollywood ReporterJohn Oliver Takes Jab at “Soon-to-Be Business Daddy” David Ellison on ‘Last Week Tonight’
- The A.V. ClubJohn Oliver preps viewers for Luigi Mangione's sentencing by eviscerating UnitedHealth Group
- All Content from Business InsiderOf course Larry and David Ellison got their way
- DeadlineJohn Oliver Calls Out “Soon-To-Be Business Daddy” David Ellison & Throws Stephen Colbert Under The Bus
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- John Oliver Takes Jab at “Soon-to-Be Business Daddy” David Ellison on ‘Last Week Tonight’ The Hollywood Reporter ·
- John Oliver Takes Swipe at David Ellison and His ‘Business Daddy’ Larry Ellison on ‘Last Week Tonight’ Variety ·
- John Oliver Calls Out “Soon-To-Be Business Daddy” David Ellison & Throws Stephen Colbert Under The Bus Deadline
- Of course Larry and David Ellison got their way All Content from Business Insider
- John Oliver preps viewers for Luigi Mangione's sentencing by eviscerating UnitedHealth Group The A.V. Club
In this story
- John Oliver
- David Ellison
- Larry Ellison
- UnitedHealthCare
- HBO