John Oliver talks possibility of another pandemic on the season premiere of 'Last Week Tonight.' DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —
“Criticizing the royal family, criticizing the crown prince in Saudi Arabia is a terrorist offense and you can be prosecuted for terrorism,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, the executive director of Khashoggi-founded group Democracy for the Arab World Now. “I’m more concerned with the content providers like HBO that are allowing their content to be censored.”
“McKinsey now has offices all over the world, and from them they’ve cozied up to some truly terrible clients," Oliver said. They "are so deeply entrenched in the government of Saudi Arabia that Saudi Arabia’s planning ministry has been dubbed the Ministry of McKinsey.” OSN cut that material, as well as other portions mentioning Saudi Arabia in a satirical, fake McKinsey promotional created by the show. OSN did, however, include one bit after the show's credits in which an actor, referring to the kingdom, says: “Wait, wait, I'm sorry — he did another one? Oh my God. Which newspaper?”
Saudi Arabia's government did not respond to a request for comment, nor did representatives for Oliver. HBO declined to comment.