Regardless of the percentages, John Oliver and Donald Trump share no less than one factor in widespread: they’ve an affinity for calling Florida governor Ron DeSantis by the nickname “Meatball Ron.” On Sunday’s episode of Final Week Tonight, the late-night host admitted, “I hate to say it, however Trump’s nonetheless acquired it,” including of the moniker, “It’s completely silly, infantile, and hurtful in a manner that’s genuinely troublesome to articulate.”
Oliver, who beforehand took intention at DeSantis for his signing of the controversial “Don’t Say Homosexual” invoice, devoted most of this newest episode to “Enterprise Fred Flintstone,” from DeSantis’s presidential odds to his weird alleged mating rituals. In relation to a possible bid for president towards Trump, Oliver stated that calling DeSantis “Donald Trump with a mind” just isn’t a “significant” evaluation. “It’s like saying, ‘That new restaurant is best than this rooster pot pie that fell on a sidewalk,’” Oliver started. “Yeah, it’s, however you’re not likely giving me a lot helpful data there.”
Oliver additionally talked about DeSantis’s new memoir, The Braveness to Be Free, joking: “By the way in which, I’ve a present for our studio viewers. Look below your seats! The reward is…it isn’t right here! You don’t must learn it. You’re welcome!”
However the host, whose writing group gained its sixth WGA Award for greatest comedy/selection speak sequence simply hours earlier, appeared to gentle up probably the most when dissecting “probably the most weird relationship tactic I’ve ever heard” involving DeSantis. In response to a former classmate, DeSantis used to inform dates that he preferred Thai meals, however purposefully pronounce it as “thigh meals.” Then, “in the event that they corrected him, he would make up an excuse and go away as a result of, ‘he didn’t desire a girlfriend who corrected him,’” Oliver stated. “And if that’s true… wow.”
He then envisioned what a possible date with DeSantis, who has been married to spouse Casey since 2009, would seem like: “You’re out to dinner and out of nowhere your date tells you that he actually likes ‘thigh meals.’ And also you suppose, ‘Wait, did he simply name Thai meals ‘thigh’ meals? I may need misheard.’ However then he goes on to say he is aware of a fantastic ‘thigh meals’ restaurant within the space, all whereas staring very intently at you, virtually learning your response. So, as politely as you may, you say, ‘Wait, do you imply Thai meals? Like, from Thailand?’ After which all of the sudden his face drops and he says, ‘Sorry. I forgot I’ve a health care provider’s appointment tonight’ and he leaves—leaving you with each the verify and the only biggest first date catastrophe story of all time.”
Oliver would later make a callback to this unusual allegation whereas discussing DeSantis’s routine presence on Fox Information Channel, the place he’s appeared 113 occasions in 4 months, or roughly as soon as a day. That statistic is “simply pathetic,” Oliver stated. “I’ll put it this fashion—if Fox Information ever went on a date with DeSantis, they undoubtedly wouldn’t right him when he referred to as it ‘thigh’ meals.”
