{"id":2382028,"date":"2026-04-20T22:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2382028"},"modified":"2026-04-20T22:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:33:27","slug":"john-oliver-blasts-the-royal-family-for-their-horrendous-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/john-oliver-blasts-the-royal-family-for-their-horrendous-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver blasts the royal family for their \u2018horrendous\u2019 behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>John Oliver<\/strong> is doubling down on his disdain for Britain\u2019s royal family, blasting the institution\u2019s behavior and taking aim at disgraced <strong>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/strong> in particular.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI think that the way they\u2019ve behaved over the years has been horrendous,\u201d the British-born comedian told <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/18\/royal-family\/john-oliver-eviscerates-horrendous-royal-family-hopes-prince-andrew-will-end-up-in-hell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Page Six;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Page Six&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Page Six<\/a><\/em> at the recent Garden of Laughs fundraiser for the Garden of Dreams Foundation at New York City\u2019s Radio City Music Hall, where he performed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver<\/em> host made it clear he\u2019s \u201cnot a fan\u201d of the royal family \u2014 and when it comes to the scandal-plagued former Duke of York, the Emmy-winning HBO star really didn\u2019t hold back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A <em>Page Six<\/em> reporter asked the comedy star where he thinks the former Prince Andrew will end up. \u201cLong term? If I believed in h***, it would be there,\u201d Oliver said. \u201cI don\u2019t know where he will end up. I had very little respect for that guy before all of this, so I don\u2019t know where he will end up, and to the marrow of my bones, I don\u2019t care!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Oliver\u2019s comments come amid ongoing scrutiny surrounding Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s past ties to convicted predator <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong> \u2014 and renewed questions about accountability within the monarchy.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Celebrating \u2018abject humiliation\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson \u2014 who lost their Duke and Duchess of York titles in 2025 \u2014 have been facing renewed scrutiny over their past ties to predator Jeffrey Epstein. By: James Whatling \/ MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Oliver also questioned whether justice has been served for Epstein\u2019s victims, including the late <strong>Virginia Giuffre<\/strong>, who for years alleged that the disgraced financier\u2019s old friend Mountbatten-Windsor abused her in 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ex-royal has long denied the claim, but in 2022, he settled a civil suit Giuffre filed against him for a reported $16 million, though he didn\u2019t admit any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Oliver said he was pleased to see Mountbatten-Windsor endure \u201cabject humiliation,\u201d referring to the blue blood\u2019s arrest on his recent 66th birthday, adding that he hopes it \u201ccarries for the rest of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The comedian was just as dismissive when it came to the former Duke of York\u2019s ex-wife, <strong>Sarah Ferguson<\/strong>, who also had a long friendship with Epstein that continued long after she knew about his crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAgain, no idea, and I couldn\u2019t give a flying s***,\u201d Oliver told <em>Page Six<\/em> with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Renewed scrutiny comes as Mountbatten-Windsor faces mounting legal troubles. In February, the former Duke of York \u2014 whose royal titles were stripped away by his brother <strong>King Charles III<\/strong> in late 2025 \u2014 was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office weeks after the U.S. Justice Department released emails suggesting he had passed along sensitive government documents to Epstein while serving as Britain\u2019s trade envoy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In early 2026, the monarch forced the former Duke of York out of his Crown Estate mansion, Royal Lodge, and into a more modest property on the king\u2019s privately owned Sandringham estate in England\u2019s Norfolk region, where he\u2019s been laying low ever since.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">People should \u2018expect significantly more from\u2019 the royals<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Oliver\u2019s latest comments echo criticisms he\u2019s voiced before, including in a scathing takedown of the monarchy that aired on his HBO show following the death of <strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThink of the royals as Mickey and Minnie at Disneyland \u2014 they\u2019re not running the rides, but they\u2019re a mascot of the whole operation, and people kinda like having their pictures taken with them,\u201d Oliver said on the 2022 episode, as reported by <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2022\/nov\/14\/john-oliver-british-monarchy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Guardian;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Guardian&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Guardian<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also took aim at The Firm\u2019s money and privilege. \u201cThe royal family\u2019s wealth, unlike their gene pool, is massive,\u201d Oliver quipped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the HBO host, the monarchy is \u201clike a human appendix. We\u2019ve long evolved past needing them, and there\u2019s a compelling case for their surgical removal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He made it clear his disapproval is about accountability, not personal animosity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou don\u2019t have to hate the royal family personally,\u201d Oliver said. \u201cI mean, Google \u2018<strong>Prince Philip<\/strong> racism\u2019 or \u2018Prince Andrew everything\u2019 and see where you land, but you don\u2019t have to hate them. You don\u2019t even have to think that the institution shouldn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBut if it\u2019s going to continue to, it is fair to expect significantly more from them,\u201d he explained. \u201cBecause too often they hide behind the convenient shield of politeness and manners, which frequently demands the silence of anyone who might criticize them or what they stand for.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Oliver is doubling down on his disdain for Britain\u2019s royal family, blasting the institution\u2019s behavior and taking aim at disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in particular. \u201cI think that the way they\u2019ve behaved over the years has been horrendous,\u201d the British-born comedian told Page Six at the recent Garden of Laughs fundraiser for the Garden of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2382029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[403835,308814,22942,310365,403810,361678,22769,364870,22946,335202],"class_list":["post-2382028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","tag-duke-of-york","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-john-oliver","tag-mountbatten-windsor","tag-page-six","tag-royal-family","tag-royal-titles","tag-sarah-ferguson","tag-virginia-giuffre"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John-Oliver-blasts-the-royal-family-for-their-\u2018horrendous-behavior.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382030,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382028\/revisions\/2382030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}