John Oliver responds to Jay Leno’s criticism of late-night hosts being too political: “I’m going to take a hard pass on taking comedic advice from Jay Leno”

If Leno really thinks this?? He should go back and watch the monologues of the man whose legacy he was VERY generously allowed to attempt to continue.

Leno did a shit ton of political bits himself, seems like he’s just another secret trump supporter upset people are making fun of him.

Jay Leno, who delivered ~44k jokes about public figures during his tenure, with 10% of them being about Bill Clinton and 7% about Bush Jr, wants to tell someone to lay off the politics?

TLDR:

* When [*The Hollywood Reporter*](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/john-oliver-on-the-future-of-late-night-1236336979/) brought up [Jay Leno’s recent suggestion that some late-night comedians were alienating](https://people.com/jay-leno-criticizes-late-night-hosts-too-political-11780133) “half an audience” with their political humor in light of [CBS canceling](https://people.com/why-is-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-ending-11774898) *The Late Show with* [*Stephen Colbert*](https://people.com/elsbeth-season-3-adds-stephen-colbert-latest-celebrity-guest-star-11784350), John Oliver had a blunt response.
* “I’m going to take a hard pass on taking comedic advice from Jay Leno,” the *Last Week Tonight* host, 48, told the outlet in an interview published on Tuesday, Aug. 5. “Comedy can’t be for everyone. It’s inherently subjective,” Oliver, whose show has won 30 Primetime Emmys since debuting on HBO in 2014, told *THR*.
* Oliver said it was “completely legitimate” for some standup comedians to try to appeal to a broad audience, but also legitimate for some to do the opposite. “I guess I don’t think it’s a question of what you should do because I don’t think comedy is prescriptive in that way,” Oliver explained. “It’s just what people want. I think our show clearly comes from a point of view, but most of those long stories we do are not party political.”