John Oliver calls out Tucker Carlson for 'spreading bulls**t' about the COVID vaccines

John Oliver laid into Fox News host Tucker Carlson Sunday on Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, for continuing to plant seeds of doubt in the minds of his viewers concerning the COVID-19 vaccines. Despite the vaccines being shown to be safe and incredibly effective in the fight against COVID, Carlson has repeatedly questioned the efficacy of the vaccines and even discouraged certain groups from being vaccinated, and he supported comments Joe Rogan recently made on his hugely popular podcast saying that “healthy 21-year-old” people should not get vaccinated.

“It is genuinely weird to see someone hosting a show on a supposed news network, and ending every sentence with a question mark. Especially when answers to most of those questions are out there for anyone who cares to know,” Oliver said, later adding, “The CDC is being cautious, and wants to be sure it's not spreading bulls**t around during a global pandemic like a frozen dinner duke with a TV show. Anyway, I hope that answers at least one of your gape-mouthed bad-faith wonderings, Tucker, you scrunch-faced fear baboon.”

Video transcript

JOHN OLIVER: It is genuinely weird to see someone hosting a show on a supposed news network and ending every sentence with a question mark, especially when answers to most of those questions are out there for anyone who cares to know.

KYLIE MAR: On "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" Sunday, Oliver called out Fox News host Tucker Carlson for spreading doubt about the COVID-19 vaccines. Despite the vaccines being shown to be incredibly effective in the fight against COVID, Carlson has repeatedly sown doubt about the vaccines and the need for people to get vaccinated.

JOHN OLIVER: The CDC is being cautious and wants to be sure that it is not spreading bull [BLEEPED] around during a global pandemic like a frozen dinner duke with a TV show. Anyway, I hope that answers at least one of your gape-mouthed, bad-faith wonderings, Tucker, you scrunch-faced fear baboon.

KYLIE MAR: Polls show that a large number of Republicans have not been vaccinated and have no plans of doing so. Experts warn that because so many Americans are refusing to get vaccinated, the country may never reach herd immunity.

JOHN OLIVER: The problem is when people like Tucker raise questions without bothering to answer them, there is a lot of misinformation out there for people to then stumble on. Anti-vaccine groups have been waiting for a moment like this to spread doubt.