John Oliver Responds to Elon Musk Calling Him 'Woke' Weak Sauce | TMZ

John Oliver and Elon Musk have been in a little back and forth lately -- and with the ball technically in JO's court ... he's now picking it up and giving his response to us.

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[urbaneblobfish]

"He says how you're not funny-"
"It's a fair argument"
lmao

[callibor]

That is the most authentic TMZ video with a celebrity I have ever seen. No backlash. Just a casual conversation.

[niccreznic]

Has to be the nicest paparazzi interaction I’ve ever witnessed.

[neonshadow]

He nails it .. "I have no idea what that means and I bet he wouldn't be able to explain it to me."

[goyasolidar]

I love how casually dismissive he is of Elon Musk. As we all should be.

[RandR]

Humour, self-awareness and humility... the good bloke trifecta. Throw in an impressively sharp mind, and John Oliver is simply unbeatable. What a legend.

[___nicko]

"He says you're not funny"

"Sure. It's a fair argument"

I love how self-deprecating John is. Earns him mad respect in my eyes!

[midnightfish]

He was so decent to this random guy who kept asking him questions even though he clearly needed to get on with his day... Lovely bloke 😊

[diyflamethrowers]

Picking a fight with any comedian never ends well, but picking a fight with John Oliver only has him dig deeper ending in more Emmy wins.

[alex_blue]

"I don't know what that means, and I don't think he could explain what that means". 🤣

[android]

John Oliver has done more good to American socioeconomic and political discourse than Musk could ever do in his 25 years of misery.

[tonyb]

Elon Musk "My dad owned a diamond mine" John Oliver " im from Birmingham"

[obnoxiousNoxy]

I love that John's reaction to any insult seems to be "Sure, it's a fair hit"

[realrocker]

Have you ever noticed what a lightning-fast quick wit John Oliver has in any situation, and to any comment thrown at him? Such a hilarious and amazing guy.

[mountcomfort]

The way Jhon laughs it off and runs it into another joke is genius

[sjsomething]

0:36 “that’s a fair argument”, I love seeing John being self-deprecating. It’s a quality that so many narcissists lack (edit to add I’m not suggesting that JO is a narcissist, but others definitely are…)

[JohnDoe-myip]

You’d be hard pressed to find a more respectful celebrity-paparazzi interaction than this one, on both sides.

[DougZbikowski]

What I love about John Oliver is he's John Oliver everywhere he goes. He's not "TV's John Oliver" and then in public going "well, that character I play isn't me, so no comment."

[pumpthewater]

If you can’t even start a fight with the guy, he’s probably a better human being than you.

[jdd]

It seems one trick Elon Musk has never learned is to not take yourself seriously. Until he learns that (probably never) John Oliver and the whole world will be a thorn in his side.