Qatar World Cup: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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John Oliver discusses the Qatar World Cup, the human rights violations happening in the sporting event’s host country, and what perfection really means to David Beckham.
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@nex05 Πριν χρόνο

The way audience's reaction changed from nothing when hearing 52C to a big *gasp* after knowing 125F was really funny.

@Canal10000 Πριν χρόνο

When will (US) people start to learn Celsius...

@carschmn Πριν χρόνο

To be fair, most people not from the US have the same reaction to Fahrenheit.

@Canal10000 Πριν χρόνο

@@carschmn Sure, but the difference is that Celcius is used by almost every country in the world. So there are not many reasons to learn Fahrenheit

@HunterShad Πριν χρόνο

Ah... USians. Screw science, muh freedom units are the best!

@wykihuks00 Πριν χρόνο

Americans🤣🤣🤣

@thatocelot879 Πριν 11 μήνες

HBO is legendary for putting whole episodes of Last Week Tonight on ELvids.

@ShethTora Πριν 11 μήνες

It’s not the whole episode, it’s the whole of the main topic. It’s missing a short bit of unrelated topic that is at the beginning

@JJJBunney001 Πριν 11 μήνες

They used to upload all segments back in the day, other segments, cutaway gags and interviews

@myrixica4222 Πριν 11 μήνες

@@JJJBunney001 it also used to not take 1-3 months for territories outside the US to get to watch them too.

@rtenewsontwo Πριν 11 μήνες

And without ads 👌🏻

@Onigirli Πριν 10 μήνες

@@myrixica4222 This. Please, curb your gratitude

@evanwingenfeld493 Πριν 11 μήνες

I'm impressed that John correctly predicted that England would lose in the quarterfinals. Someone should give him a raise.

@kevweech3721 Πριν 11 μήνες

And they lost on a penalty, so he was close on that one

@Royan1900 Πριν 11 μήνες

Omg I was thinking the same, know he heck did he predict that?!😂

@TheWefikus Πριν 11 μήνες

I mean, he’s English, he knows 😅

@morpheus6749 Πριν 11 μήνες

England choking was predictable.

@prithvirajsrinivasan1077 Πριν 11 μήνες

Ohhhh god I just remembered. He should say this in his next video😂😂

@sagbon98 Πριν 11 μήνες

"Cheering on England until they're inevitably knocked out in the quarter-finals on penalties" this aged like a fine wine

@pepepoopsonthefarright7531 Πριν 11 μήνες

not exactly, they didn't loose on penalties (a penalty shootout) but they did indeed bow out in the quarter finals

@sagbon98 Πριν 11 μήνες

@@pepepoopsonthefarright7531 and they missed a penalty in it

@oracle8589 Πριν 11 μήνες

@@sagbon98 But they also scored a penalty aswell..

@NomnomJawsnomnom Πριν 11 μήνες

I cant be the only one who laughed at the Fifa representative literally choking on his words when he said "human rights".

@fuzzytraveller8588 Πριν 11 μήνες

You are the only one ☝🏽

@TheDylls Πριν 11 μήνες

It's like Rick forgetting the word "human" lmao

@abrar9792 Πριν 11 μήνες

Sometimes you don't need a lie detector to catch a liar

@julioibanez172 Πριν 11 μήνες

No bro, the audience laughed too

@mookymookymooo Πριν 11 μήνες

Update: the media forgot about the human rights abuses and covered the cup enthusiastically

@privacylover6641 Πριν 8 μήνες

Were they not supposed to tell us the results? They reported about the human rights abuses related to world cup construction while it was happening and then they reported what happened during the world cup. Their job is to report the news, they aren't policymakers

@msachin4885 Πριν 5 μήνες

@@privacylover6641 key word there: *enthusiastically* No one is blaming the journalists for covering the actual world cup but mookymooky is pointing out how quickly and without thought the media and everyone else moved away from the slavery issue in Qatar. In literally minutes, people went from outraged to engrossed in football and as long as humanity has that nature, the corrupt officials of FIFA and Qatar will live long uninterrupted lives

@kingace6186 Πριν 5 μήνες

Not all media. I get my news from journalists with integrity. But, unfortunately, that's getting harder and harder to find.

@barthollevoetkbr961 Πριν 4 μήνες

Never mind that. I want to know what happened to La'eeb.

@guccifer764 Πριν 3 μήνες

@@barthollevoetkbr961 He was sent to the same upstate farm all former sporting mascots go after their event is over.

@Th3Shrike Πριν χρόνο

I know it's a terrible topic, but I laughed way too hard at the audience ahhhhing at the temperature after John converted it to Fahrenheit

@rohitr9400 Πριν χρόνο

It's the same reaction to the fact when he said so in his first FIFA video.

@anacc3257 Πριν χρόνο

They'll laugh hysterically at everything including Teletubbies jokes

@AvangionQ Πριν χρόνο

Some will laugh because they'd never even dream of working with temperatures like that. Others will laugh because they didn't know how hot 50° Celsius is. Guessing most are both.

@KevinUchihaOG Πριν χρόνο

@@rohitr9400 The fifa video from 8 years ago? Did he mention the same fact back then? Even though it hadnt yet happened?

@davidlang9939 Πριν χρόνο

125.6*F -- WHATS NOT FKD HERE?

@ChrisMolyneaux93 Πριν 11 μήνες

I like how the American audience didn't grasp how hot it is in Qatar until John converted from Celsius to Fahrenheit.

@morpheus6749 Πριν 11 μήνες

In the same way that Celsius people won't grasp Fahrenheit until you convert it for them.

@JiggyGinJoints Πριν 11 μήνες

From science to jibberish how long can you throw a stone

@nathanchildress5596 Πριν 11 μήνες

I don’t know the conversion by heart, but I know anything beyond 30 C is hot as fuck. I’m a dumb American, but I try.

@TheFelipeo Πριν 11 μήνες

@@morpheus6749 you mean the rest of the world?

@danieljob3184 Πριν 11 μήνες

Australia consistently bids to host the world cup but we keep losing out to other countries. I guess we just cannot match their shady under the table bribes!

@thomaskozar8510 Πριν 11 μήνες

massive respect for shining the spotlight where people don't want it shone upon

@michaelhourigan7553 Πριν 11 μήνες

Say why you want about John, but he was spot on about Englands place in the world cup

@jacobferrera1777 Πριν 11 μήνες

Lol 🤣

@adad-ec6ht Πριν 11 μήνες

I am glad FIFA kicked them out!

@mmjackk667 Πριν 11 μήνες

"Say what you want about John"? I've never heard anyone say anything bad about John Oliver (well, we know Pierce Morgan, that douc_hebag, doesn't like him, but other than him... and maybe the Royal family and... OK he's not that popular, probably even hated, a good, common base for a Voodoo doll but still...he's quite tolerable). You know what, I agree with you. I take it back.

@placefantasy1821 Πριν 11 μήνες

I literally ran to the comment section to see if anyone else caught that LMAO

@michaelhourigan7553 Πριν 11 μήνες

@@mmjackk667 underrated comment😂

@greenlover4522 Πριν 7 μήνες

The face of that official when the journalist told him he's been there and saw everything was priceless.

@vandhuymartins2459 Πριν χρόνο

"A cartel-like group of scumbags and assorted criminals who ocassionaly put on soccer matches." This is by far the best FIFA's description I've ever heard of.

@TaroTrejo Πριν χρόνο

I believe it's assorted criminals, not assaulted.

@lukewithann7256 Πριν χρόνο

@@TaroTrejo unfortunately you're correct

@DutchDreadnaught Πριν χρόνο

And yet people are fine with it. As long as they get to watch football (or soccer for the USA) they're willing to look past everything FIFA and Quatar do. Making up watever excuse they can that will allow them to watch it and not lose any sleep over it. That i find even more disgusting.

@NeroVuk Πριν χρόνο

It's a good description for the game as well

@seanmac77 Πριν 11 μήνες

I love how John absolutely picked the outcome for England, several weeks ago 😂

@morpheus6749 Πριν 11 μήνες

It was planned.

@beenaplumber8379 Πριν 11 μήνες

John is really Q. This was his proof. Let him who hath understanding reckon the *Prophecy of England.*

@1313tennisman Πριν 11 μήνες

@@beenaplumber8379 Anybody who follows soccer even a little bit could have predicted that one

@juliansandoval8022 Πριν 11 μήνες

@@1313tennisman I hate to have to agree with you

@paulclissold1525 Πριν 11 μήνες

That was easy the draw matched them up against france. Frances best player wasnt even playing.

@jodievukmir3187 Πριν χρόνο

Loved that guy's face when he said to the reporter.."you have been to the housing area?"

@Royan1900 Πριν 11 μήνες

"shit, we are made, I repeat we are made! Disperse, disperse!"

@williamyoung9401 Πριν 11 μήνες

How bad are these workers' home countries that they come to Qatar for the hope of a better life and providing for their families? o_O

@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479 Πριν 11 μήνες

@@williamyoung9401 they don't want a better life there they want to send money from qatar, same reason there are european workers in america supply and demand, india, bangladesh, and nepal are making constructions but qatar is making even more of them so the competition there is less serious Only once they're hired they realize there is basically no pay, they're enslaved, and they have no or limited contact outside

@kevinmoreira86 Πριν 11 μήνες

I used to live in Rio, Brazil and it would hit 50 degrees in the summer some days. The government would send out water trucks to dose the businesses and some people who asked to get sprayed. It was so incredibly hot and humid that if just got out of the shower and dried yourself off. By the time you wrapped the towel and started walking to your room your entire body would be sweaty. (No most people don't have AC, and if they do its just in room of the house to save costs) I can't imagine doing any actual labour in that type of environment without straight up passing out. Reminds me of the old movies of Egyptian slaves working to build temples in the heat while getting whipped. So damn sad

@deannabanman243 Πριν 11 μήνες

This is why we always need to push against goonies like this. No matter what you do, if they could pay you less they would. This is what it use to be for all workers and slowly we got things like minimum wage and days off. Never stop, they have more to give than we could ever know. Edit: And also why we need to be *thankful* to those who came before and sacrificed so we have our own heated homes with all the amenities once only reserved for royalty. We have come far and we must never become complacent ❤️✊🏼

@onkelpappkov2666 Πριν 11 μήνες

To think that rights were fought for and paid with blood. And many people want to give them away and go back to servitude for a feeling of safety. Rough.

@bullwhiz650 Πριν 11 μήνες

Just remember that all great business find a way. You make it easy for them, they get it done. You make it hard for them, they still get it done. Get what you want. They will get what they want.

@augustlandmesser1520 Πριν 11 μήνες

Oh that terrible socialism.

@D64nz Πριν 11 μήνες

Right you are comrade

@alliefe2439 Πριν 11 μήνες

I always like watching you. Everything has a good and bad side, and you get to the heart of it and don't back down because the topics are difficult. Plus, I still laugh, even though it's a little depressing.

@AMortalDefiant Πριν χρόνο

To add some context to the environment those stadium workers had to deal with: I was deployed there as a Navy Corpsman in a USMC unit back in 2014. The Navy/Marines use a system called the WBGT (Wet Bulb Globe Test) index. When it is over 90, all non-essential activity is prohibited as a severe risk of heat stroke, dehydration, etc. This is known as "Black Flag". Over the summer (we arrived in August), it was Black Flag before the sun even rose, and was often into the low 130s. The heat is exacerbated by the extreme humidity (it was often over 90% humidity when we were there), so your sweat doesn't evaporate, which means your body can't cool off naturally, and you have an increased risk of heat injuries. When that man said it felt like it was raining, that's not an exaggeration. As soon as you left an air-conditioned space, your clothes soaked through with sweat in 5-10 minutes. It felt like what I imagine being in an oven would be like. Our commanding officer cancelled a lot of our training, includeing MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program). We were finishing up a Brown Belt course, and about to start Black Belt, and we were having heat injuries, even training at 5 a.m. to avoid the heat. In my time in the military I've been to CA, NM, AZ, TX, FL, IL, WA, NC, Guantanamo Bay, Japan, and Qatar (and many more places aside from military service). No place on Earth had weather as miserable as Qatar... it's not even close. It's hard to imagine working outside all day in such a hellscape. I feel for all the workers who had to endure that.

@robote7679 Πριν χρόνο

Thank you for this enlightening albeit terrifying description of the environmental situation in Qatar.

@stirlingfletcher7040 Πριν χρόνο

Bahrain, Oman, UAE, Yemen, SA - was pretty much the same.

@nhokonhokopuala Πριν χρόνο

Ty sir...

@zerocool5395 Πριν χρόνο

I live in Miami, I totally understand.

@michaeltuffin5002 Πριν 11 μήνες

Thank you John for highlighting the disgusting way these poor men are treated

@ericboyle8296 Πριν 11 μήνες

Great story. He should do an update given everything that has happened since the tournament started like FIFA bowing to pressure from Qatar on the armbands!

@jacobferrera1777 Πριν 11 μήνες

Even if it was like a small 10 min segment

@fantasticbeck3938 Πριν 11 μήνες

And then there’s the journalist who died there too

@ericboyle8296 Πριν 11 μήνες

@@fantasticbeck3938 Yes he was reporting on the migrant worker issue and was detained and told to take off his rainbow shirt by security. Big voice for soccer/football in the US. Very sad.

@naomi7503 Πριν 11 μήνες

Enforcing yellow cards for armbands was a new low, even for them. They are fully participating in the abuse.

@PlyrMava. Πριν 11 μήνες

Couldn't watch the World Cup this time. Watched a game in Brazil, followed Russia, but I can't stop thinking about FIFA and the people who died to build this cash grab scheme. Thank you, John

@landondonovanify Πριν 11 μήνες

Too bad it was a great world cup to watch

@augustdice3914 Πριν 10 μήνες

Good for you! Any view is revenue and if they profit, they continue. Can’t keep watching and say you don’t IN SOME WAY, support what they have done. Personally, I do not love anything enough to support that.

@akmal94ibrahim Πριν 8 μήνες

You shouldn't have watched Brazil and Russia either. And when the World Cup comes to the US, you shouldn't watch that one too. They torture innocents over there (a war crime).

@Sund3v3 Πριν χρόνο

Ever since your first video about FIFA's practices, I've actively stopped following the world cup. The excitement I used to get from it as a kid and young adult, has really soured knowing how shameless of an organization FIFA is.

@greenlover4522 Πριν 7 μήνες

Thanks for this episode. We also saw how Qatar supported irans dictatorship and didn't allow anyone to support women and freedom rights in iran. They even wouldn't let anyone wear the woman,life, freedom t-shirt in there. They're the disgrace

@morpheus6749 Πριν χρόνο

There are few things in life as satisfying as watching a Brit mocking another Brit's British accent.

@camelopardalis8506 Πριν χρόνο

David Beckham puts on a fake accent. You can look it up on ELvids. There is at least one video comparing his natural accent with his artificially put on one.

@k80_ Πριν χρόνο

Also unsettling to hear “soccer” in a British accent

@BeaverChainsaw Πριν χρόνο

@@k80_ he assimilated well into his host country!

@BoHoGoJo Πριν χρόνο

@@k80_ It's unsettling to hear soccer in any accent.

@prabhatsourya3883 Πριν χρόνο

@@camelopardalis8506 Exactly what John Oliver was mocking: The Overly made up British accent.

@commonsense99 Πριν 11 μήνες

I love John Oliver. He puts a spotlight with humor on many topics but 60 minutes covers and gets respect. Love you John! Keep going You're going to change the world in a small way my friend.

@beenaplumber8379 Πριν 11 μήνες

Don't underestimate the respect John and this show get. He's won 2 Peabodys and 26 Primetime Emmys. His audience is huge, and he has the attention of those in power.

@beepbopp54 Πριν 3 μήνες

Thank you to the LWT team for reporting on this. Im Malayalee and my family has so many people who have worked and dealt with the shittiness of working in countries like UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. It’s appalling and disgusting what my people have done to essentially build there economy, only for their bodies to be collateral for elf wages. It’s a shame, especially bc we’re Muslim, and I find that these nations use their religion to justify slavery and homophobia especially against other Muslims.

@FlamingWalrus317 Πριν 11 μήνες

John's impression of David Beckham was so good lol

@jeanlind7540 Πριν 11 μήνες

Not if you can do a real East End accent.

@FlamingWalrus317 Πριν 11 μήνες

@@jeanlind7540 True but I think he got the smarminess spot on

@shwetharam4584 Πριν 10 μήνες

John's impression of Sep Blatter was just as good lol

@tausifkarim2537 Πριν 7 μήνες

The 'ahh' from the audience after oliver converted 52°c to Fahrenheit did it for me 😂😂😂

@219Megatron Πριν μήνα

That's so funny that you said England would inevitably get knocked out in the quarter finals on penalties and that's exactly what happened 😅

@32fps Πριν χρόνο

My mom was deployed to Qatar when I was younger, and she used to write home and tell us about how birds would just fall out of the sky dead when they hit these pockets of particularly strong heat. I can't even begin to imagine laboring there.

@kylestubbs8867 Πριν χρόνο

Is she still there?

@whatthebeepvideos Πριν χρόνο

@@kylestubbs8867 I believe the US has military bases there, so they were probably a soldier. Also, op used past tense, their mom is not still there.

@32fps Πριν χρόνο

@@whatthebeepvideos She was an airman actually (they get hilariously uptight about those things lol, she was in the airforce not army so technically not "soldier"), either a Captain or Major at that point. But yeah to @Kyle Stubbs, this was in like 2003 or 2004

@32fps Πριν χρόνο

@@sarafinasummers7863 Damn, well that's one way to test your nerve agent 😅

@LeCharles07 Πριν χρόνο

@@32fps Safer than the Bhopal method.

@larserik8899 Πριν 6 μήνες

When I deployed to Qatar most of the workers didn’t speak English but alot of them played chess so I hung out with them a good amount, and it’s so fun making people who can’t understand you laugh.

@neilfleming2787 Πριν 3 μήνες

the whole thing in Qatar with the migrant workers has been going on for decades. I worked in Qatar for 2 years (1998 to 2000). I'm English and we still had to have a sponsor to even get the visas to work in the country, we had to have ID cards (you had to have a medical and there were hundreds of people lined up to go into basically containers fitted with chairs and tables, to give blood, which was taken by completely untrained people). We actually still had to pay the sponsor a monthly fee and visit their offices ever 4 months to show we were still there. In the time I spent there I think we only ever interacted with maybe two or three actual Qatari nationals and of course you always had to bow and scrape to them because of the power they have in the country. We even heard stories of Qatari drivers who had run someone down with their car and were not fined or had any backlash BECAUSE they were Qatari and the person killed was a migrant worker. Many of the workers we did meet were from very poor regions (like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal and Sri Lanka) and they were still making more money than they could at home because they lived in shacks with tin roofs and no air-conditioning and lived mainly off rice. In fact a couple of the Sri Lankans were there because they were on the run from being drafted by the Tamil Tigers.

@hughjanus5093 Πριν 11 μήνες

Crazy I used to serve the woman they interviewed at 5:49, Heidi Blake, at the coffee shop in Manhattan I used to work at, presumably while she was researching and writing about Qatar. We talked about her work at Buzzfeed News. Nice to see she’s doing big things

@CraigMcGuinn Πριν 3 μήνες

I hope you told Heidi Blake your real name: since I doubt you are Hugh Janus unless you can’t afford to get your name changed

@tristxn3616 Πριν 11 μήνες

I usually don’t like late night talk shows but this was brilliant

@thinhnonyt Πριν 11 μήνες

Last week tonight is absolutely brilliant compared to other late night shows, and this is coming from an Australian, I’m not even the target audience.

@jasweengujral Πριν 11 μήνες

We are so lucky to have a show like yours, who is not afraid to speak the truth. I'm very proud about the freedom of expression which often is taken for granted in the West.

@frand2701 Πριν 11 μήνες

😂😂😂😂

@onkelpappkov2666 Πριν 11 μήνες

Cue death threat spam sent to reporters.

@redcitadel9123 Πριν 11 μήνες

Freedom of expression is so important, it should never be taken for granted

@KAte-ng9zg Πριν 11 μήνες

Freedom of speech depends on your race in the west similar to all countries in the world. I mean the amount of articles and interviews I have seen plus experiences I have seen people suffer, for example how the UK reacted to Ukraine and said things like we have to help because they look like us or have light eyes/blond hair or look European. I mean definitely help I'm not disputing that if able you should help where you can, we alll should. However, not due to the way the people look plus what about offering the same help and making just as big of a deal with others from other countries who UK and US have attacked and caused issues for such as Iraq. Clearly Qatar like many other countries have the issues. In fact no country is remotely even close to perfect. Qatar as shown has major issues with the locals letting their wealth, authority and power get to their heads whilst forgetting their religion that encourages them to be kind and good to all humans. The west is not without issues to. I've seen it with my eyes how minorities are bullied and treated, I mean Islamaphobia has been going on for so long it's crazy that it's only now been given a name. Some of the racism and human inequalities are just more tactical in the west because the west has learnt to deflect and be undercover unfortunately. I say unfortunately because I am from the west and it does need to be better along with all the world. Therefore, we can't advise others when we have so many institutionally inhumane, racist, gender, culture, powertrip issues to.

@nednoah1 Πριν χρόνο

I lived in qatar when I was younger for several years and have witnessed this "slavery" first hand, and it's true. I remember seeing 20-30-40 dudes living in a small dirty trailer outside of construction sites and seeing them working outside in the blistering heat and hearing stories regularly about people dying on the job. It's heartbreaking. I remember feeling so bad for those people it made me cry and decide from a young age I want to change the world and help those people and all people in shitty situations. Treat others the way you'd like to be treated and be the way you'd like others to be.

@rexsceleratorum1632 Πριν χρόνο

Being from India, the living conditions are largely known here, but enough people are desperate for the money even if there is a known risk of not getting paid all that is promised.

@mohammedsaad4731 Πριν χρόνο

Why is he not talking about China hosting Olympics?

@HashknightGaming Πριν χρόνο

This is the way Ned. 🖖🏼

@FridgeChic Πριν χρόνο

@@mohammedsaad4731 he has several episodes where he talks about China, as far as I know, this is the 1st on Qatar

@brekerr Πριν 11 μήνες

Really impressed with real football fans that didn't watch the world cup. I only watch a match or two from the world cup, so easy for me to boycott, but I know full on hardcore football fans that didn't watch, very impressive.

@blackpanthar906 Πριν 9 μήνες

Well it's your loss. The Qatar world cup was voted the best world cup tournament on social media by far by world cup fans

@brekerr Πριν 9 μήνες

@@blackpanthar906 it's a choice ethics vs personal gain. The equation doesn't work out the same for everyone.

@brekerr Πριν 9 μήνες

@@blackpanthar906 it wasn't just the US and UK media I saw it on French and German news. But more to the point reputable independent organizations such as amnesty international were saying the same and it wasn't just the forced labour and conditions that are an issue. Qatar has an appallingly human rights record. Like I say the equation doesn't work the same for everyone but the facts are fairly well established.

@TheAlexfortin Πριν 11 μήνες

At what point do the sponsors get some blame for this? I wish John would put some pressure on them. They had to know these things too. There is no FIFA world cup without the sponsors.

@glennyoverbeek Πριν 7 μήνες

They really don't care, people will be buying their product's anyway. Heineken said they move away from Russia when the war started, but they didn't they launched 60 other brands and knock-off brands. The only way you can get back at this companies is by not buying them.

@stephenwright8824 Πριν 3 μήνες

The opinion of the alcoholic beverage sponsors would have no effect anyway since Muslims are forbidden to drink.

@tomboy2980 Πριν 18 ημέρες

I know this comment is 11 months old at this point but I will say that there's two older episodes of the show (like 2015-16ish) that were also centered on FIFA, and John talked at length about how powerful losing sponsorships could be in changing FIFA's behavior. He did a whole extended bit about "if FIFA's sponsors like McDonalds, Bud Light, and Adidas can make Sepp Blatter go away, I will drink a bud light lime on camera and say it was delicious etc." So then when Sepp finally resigned, he ended up keeping his word, and it was hilarious (the video of him actually doing it isn't on the LWT channel, but you can find it just by searching, and I highly recommend it)

@toobasaurus23 Πριν 11 μήνες

I was one of many Butlers at a 5-Star Island resort for the Prince of Qatar and his entourage in the very early 2000s. While I never met the Prince personally, his staff were rude and belittling throughout their stay of one week. We essentially needed to work 24-7 as we had much to prepare and organise during the daylight hours, and would need to be on-call for anything in the evening. As their home is so hot during the day, the Prince had a very nocturnal timetable. We even had a beach volleyball court set up for his staff and family with lighting, multiple chefs, and the butlers to attend to their needs as they like to operate when it's cool. The women where courteous, but so reserved and veiled.under the watchful eyes of the security staff. After a few days I was sleep deprived and quite over the rudeness of the security detail. They do not care about anyone but themselves. They did tip us very handsomely in mid 5-figures each which was ridiculous money. I gave half of it to a few animal care charities, as I felt that it was too much, and that it was a payoff for being treated like a piece of shit for a week. When they left in a multi-billion dollar yacht, I was so relieved. Slept for 22-hours straight after. To this day, I still can't talk about anything specific I witnessed or experienced during that time. We all had to sign a binding NDA that lasts for 50-years. These royals don't mess about.

@OO-gd7 Πριν 11 μήνες

Money man money

@asifrahman60 Πριν 11 μήνες

I think that this was a great tackling of this topic. John did it in a witty way. Whilst the football at Qatar was some of the best, I did indeed watch many games, including the final - that doesn't mean various migrant rights issues should be brushed under the rug. I hope safety reform will happen

@flingo4979 Πριν 11 μήνες

I was in Dubai at the airport years ago, and was put on a bus for 30 minutes in 50+ degree heat with my toddler. He People were fainting walking up the stairs to the plane. I can’t imagine the horror these people went through.

@brandonwei2430 Πριν χρόνο

I want an hour of John mocking Beckham.

@barumbadum Πριν χρόνο

Me too...

@fredrickbeondo8695 Πριν χρόνο

He's another one like Tyson whose voice doesn't match up right with the look 🤣

@MrLadyMaroles Πριν χρόνο

Everybody knows how I would love to see John mocking people.

@josephawatson Πριν χρόνο

same with kid rock id watch an hour of john mocking him

@davidofergals6947 Πριν χρόνο

John is a nobody compared to Beckham.

@carlosswLAX Πριν 11 μήνες

Brilliantly described, John. Thank you, Sir. 🙌🏼

@austinemms9772 Πριν 11 μήνες

Yet again, John proved he’s Nostradamus with that prediction about England losing in the quarterfinals.

@joshuasalem5022 Πριν 11 μήνες

Came back to look for this comment

@Mad5am Πριν 11 μήνες

It was the most likely outcome to be fair.

@Onigirli Πριν 10 μήνες

@@Mad5am This, even Quasimodo could've predicted that

@Paulo-py4mm Πριν 11 μήνες

I still remember when it hit 45 degrees celsius here in Sydney back in 2013. It was so oppressively hot that it was difficult to even move let alone conduct physical work....

@tylerkeller8869 Πριν 27 ημέρες

I love LWT & John Oliver so goddamned much. Nowhere else can you find a source offering insightful, intelligent analysis of some of the most tragic and corrupt people places and organizations on television.

@user-wo6ge5lz3m Πριν 11 μήνες

His impersonation of David Beckham is hilariously spot on.

@michaelconstantinemiranda2352 Πριν χρόνο

Im from the Philippines, and the kafala system has been in place and exploiting a lot of my countrymen since the late 80's. And not only in Qatar but most of the countries in the Arabian Peninsula. I admire John for putting a light on this issue, but I dont think any change will be coming soon.

@lollorosso4675 Πριν χρόνο

Slavery is just too damn convenient and cost effective for the slavers. That is why it took the nations of Europe so many centuries to (legally) abolish it. I hope for your countrymen‘s sake and for the world that somehow, miraculously a concerted effort is made by the more influential nations in the world to render the kafala system economically non-viable (e.g. by imposing santions).

@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 Πριν χρόνο

The Philippines has also been routinely taken advantage of by the United States, too. *The USA was founded on genocide and slavery* and the devastation they have committed in the Philippines and other countries should not be ignored.

@SwaveWorm Πριν χρόνο

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@suzannef138 Πριν 9 μήνες

I can't believe more people didn't bring this into the light. I was expecting to see more reports on this as the world cup played out. Sad

@matthewjohnson6886 Πριν 11 μήνες

As always thank you for the update sir and keep doing what you do best 👍

@cloudynine6376 Πριν 9 μήνες

John's writers nailed this

@jeffgregory8974 Πριν 11 μήνες

OMG! Just watched this and Jon Oliver was SPOT-ON with England's outcome: eliminated in the quarterfinals on penalties! How hilarious!! Give that guy another Emmy!

@oracle8589 Πριν 11 μήνες

What penalties were they then? Considering the game never went to extra time, how is that even possible?

@michaelgillman2505 Πριν 11 μήνες

@@oracle8589 It didn't even go to penalties and STILL went out by missing a penalty. It's the most England thing to happen for ages.

@BullC6 Πριν 11 μήνες

Fact that England were actually knocked out in a Quarter Final due to a missed penalty is hilarious.

@kaythemagiciankenyanmagici8794 Πριν χρόνο

I'm a Kenya who works in Qatar, and John has got it right again. Last week John talked on what happened to us in the past and now the present.... thank you.

@ShesMongolianASMR Πριν χρόνο

Be safe working out there.

@TheZachary86 Πριν χρόνο

Oh but you do love the sweet sweet money. If you don’t like it, why don’t you find a job back in your country or your neighbours? Oh wait, conditions are actually worse

@thiccboyfinn2740 Πριν χρόνο

@@TheZachary86 because he doesn’t have his passport or visa because they got taken by the government?

@nicolasgomez5207 Πριν χρόνο

@@TheZachary86 ah yes, blame the victims of slave trade

@RaymondHng Πριν 11 μήνες

There were only 22 eligible voters when selecting the 2018 and 2022 World Cup. Five of them were later indicted on corruption charges. The voting was subsequently opened to all 203 members for the 2026 World Cup bid.

@majeedp8760 Πριν 11 μήνες

Something to add is how the Qatari officials dealt with Iranians. They threatend the anti-iranian regime fans that they would be arrested. They didn’t let them bring their human rights flags to the stadiums.

@tedioussugar384 Πριν 11 μήνες

John is thankfully wrong about one thing: under FIFA’s own 2017 rules, Saudi Arabia can’t host the 2030 event. They’re classified as a part of Asia under the divisions, so no World Cup for them. Current front runners to host are either a joint bid from Argentina and Uruguay, a joint Iberian bid from Spain and Portugal, or a solo bid by John’s very own England.

@aellalee4767 Πριν 11 μήνες

I am glad they mentioned how too hot weather but construction workers have to keep doing it. I've worked some pretty awful weather and some bad conditions in a first world country. Not to mention the state of the camps, the camps I go to aren't great and have drama, and it's nothing like this level. Those workers deserved so much better as people, and so much more than bare minimum (that they didn't get) for the beautiful work they did.

@lisahenry20 Πριν 5 μήνες

Whenever I get reminded of the world Cup, I think about Josh Witcombe on Taskmaster. "It sounds like we're choosing who's going to hold the next world cup!" when his fellow contestants were offering to pay for 1st place

@samriddhi43 Πριν χρόνο

As a Nepali, hearing and seeing dead Nepalese body entering country now and then, hearing the stories of the family members of the deceased people. I am so glad that John Oliver and HBO decided to shed light on this topic.

@hassanbuali9923 Πριν χρόνο

Can you name 5 of them? How they died? Any official statement from their government or embassy?

@yessum15 Πριν χρόνο

@@hassanbuali9923 Do you typically collect the names and beurocratic details of deceased people you don't know personally? That's a morbid hobby.

@chrisyacoback6320 Πριν 11 μήνες

John... very hard hitting... well done, for what it's worth....too bad all the teams, all the players who actually are the real draw don't just form their own, new organization and screw the current shity heads of the FIFA organization. Is that possible

@jonathanvillalba3214 Πριν 11 μήνες

Next to impossible to say bye bye to all the sweet sponsors

@rdyornot77 Πριν 8 μήνες

The sad thing is FIFA can do what they like because no one holds them accountable. Even John is going to watch anyway. It's like saying I know these shirts are made with child labor in horrible working conditions and I'll publicly denounce it and even do a show exposing it - but i really love the shirts and i'm going to keep buying them. FIFA gets away with what it does because the fans care more about the game than the ethical behavior of it's organizers.

@robbielahaye Πριν 11 μήνες

absolutely brilliant, John Oliver at his very best.

@PersonaOhnlyne Πριν 11 μήνες

To be fair the 1978 cup was given to Argentina before the coup happened, so it was a democracy when the cup was granted to them. With that being said, the correct thing for FIFA to do would have been to take away the cup from Argentina after the coup happened and grant it to another country. Instead they just continued with business as usual even if they knew of all the human rights violations.

@annab8532 Πριν 11 μήνες

The NFL is horrific, but FIFA just goes the extra mile.

@salchipapa5843 Πριν χρόνο

I'm super proud of my team (Bolivia) for boycotting this World Cup by not qualifying at all. I mean, they boycotted so hard they probably ended up last in the CONMEBOL as a whole.

@josemerlos1011 Πριν χρόνο

Lol!

@salchipapa5843 Πριν χρόνο

I stand corrected: They ended up second to last, only above Venezuela. Man, they could have put more of an effort with the boycott.

@salchipapa5843 Πριν χρόνο

Jack Smith Are you sure you're responding to the right comment?

@peachblossom13 Πριν χρόνο

Me with Paraguay

@salchipapa5843 Πριν χρόνο

Jack Smith Pretty sure you have no idea what you're talking about, or even noticed the fact that my comment was a joke.

@katia.namaste Πριν 11 μήνες

in luxury resorts in maldives some of the workers also work on kafala system with their passports taken away by the agencies. when you go on vacation, ask about work conditions of the gardeners and cleaners

@helenanilsson5666 Πριν 7 μήνες

Good point, but *who* can you ask to get a reliable answer? I work as a cleaner with fair conditions in a European country and I don't think I would be able to answer honestly if a customer asked me about my workload. It's a customer service job, you have to smile at the customer and reassure them that you just *love* being their servant for the day because your income depends on it. And you sure as fuck can't trust the employer to admit if they're fucking over their workers.

@ada7180 Πριν χρόνο

The German team had that photo with their hands covering their mouths, a form of protest I believe. If the team was so opposed to whatever, why didn't they take a real step, for example by boycotting the world cup? Nah, they just want to look a certain way but when it comes to real action they just shrug. At the least such a boycott would have saved them the humiliation.

@dodekaedius Πριν χρόνο

Virtue signalling.

@mahnoorkhan7601 Πριν 11 μήνες

Because it would be career suicide.

@SprocketWatchclock Πριν 29 ημέρες

They drastically reduced the death count down to 3 but even 3 work related deaths is absolutely unacceptable.

@Derekivery Πριν 2 ημέρες

1 is too many when you're the 1

@abigailrayne4298 Πριν 11 μήνες

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THAT FIFA CHOOSES AUTHORITARIAN COUNTRIES DURING THE OPPRESSION IVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS

@matt4048 Πριν 11 μήνες

YOU ARE WELCOME ABIGAIL I AM ALSO GLAD THAT JOHN OLIVER IS SHINING A LIGHT ON IT AS I THINK IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT COMPANIES ARE WILLING TO IGNORE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR PROFIT

@Rowsy91 Πριν 11 μήνες

WHO CARES THE SOCCER HAS BEEN AMAZING

@lan8401 Πριν 11 μήνες

Pfft, the worst offender lecture others about Behaviour ? Double Standart in its natura Habitat, not even Whataboutsim can hide the Hypocripsy.

@estherphilip2515 Πριν 10 μήνες

Not me reading this while shouting in my head

@jeffmooney8638 Πριν 11 μήνες

as much as bringing attention to this issue is important, he himself is absolutely part of the problem. literally reporting on how awful this is and calling out the country and fifa for being hypocrites and then going on to watch the games himself! smh

@williamvaux7500 Πριν χρόνο

When that reporter said "Have you been to the labor camps?" that was such a powerful question.

@cc1k435 Πριν χρόνο

Ended an interview before it could begin, it was so to the point. 🤔

@rutvin8763 Πριν χρόνο

I wish he asked it BEFORE revealing he himself had been to the camps.

@teresastillabower8361 Πριν χρόνο

The look on that vile man's face. I hope the reporter had a huge security team.

@lenas6246 Πριν χρόνο

only westrners can expect that guys like that go to labour camps

@ashen5055 Πριν 11 μήνες

I swear you guys already discussed this internally but please, please make an episode talking about China's recent "Blank Sheet Movement" :) People should know that happened :)

@jlguidry2 Πριν 11 μήνες

It will be interesting to see, as with the Olympics, what happens with all of the stadiums and hotels after the World Cup?!

@mario74. Πριν 11 μήνες

They'll rot. There's more seats in stadiums that Qatari citizens

@Hades3k Πριν 11 μήνες

Although I do agree that FIFA is a garbage organization, literally everyone can be blamed. I don't know how first world countries can willingly send their teams or be proud of them when they know of these abuses. It's truly a weird situation when countries will pull their athletes from the Olympics but not from the World Cup

@shreeyakful Πριν χρόνο

Thank you for talking about this.... you never disappoint 👍 As much as I love football I completely boycotted this one especially as a Nepalese American my heart goes out to the poor migrant workers that died during this inhumane ordeal. This had to be exposed to the western media audience!!! Thank you 🙏

@j0kez708 Πριν χρόνο

I hope you also boycott any British goods since UK is completely fine with having it's football equipment produced at cow shit prices in bengladesh.

@prefersoxygen9373 Πριν χρόνο

Why did they go to work in one of the hottest places in the first place? Middle east was already known for the lack of worker rights

@j0kez708 Πριν χρόνο

@@prefersoxygen9373 Lawl. Wait till you come to the west.

@jeanlind7540 Πριν 11 μήνες

Well done John, you are almost on a par with Ian Hislop 😊

@dukuyebenjamintega3535 Πριν 11 μήνες

Happy New Year my dear friend. I hope for only good things for you and your family in 2023.❤️

@EdibleClown Πριν χρόνο

I love how shocked that one Qatari sport agency leader was when he said "you actually went there?"

@Utonian21 Πριν χρόνο

He was like: "Who let them go there?"

@EdibleClown Πριν χρόνο

@@Utonian21 "I explicitly said not to let that happen!"

@puellamservumaddominum6180 Πριν χρόνο

Was not part of the plan.

@zeroweaver13 Πριν χρόνο

How many security got fired that day

@thibod07 Πριν 11 μήνες

You bring a very good point! If Qatar in mid summer is too hot for athletes to play football for 90 minutes with air conditioning on in the stadium. How can it be cold enough for immigrants working in that scorching heat for likely more than 12 hours a day while being under fed and hardly any water available. Hummmmm! That is food for thought.

@user-qo3pf6tw5f Πριν 11 μήνες

بسيط انا من السعودية دائما يعمل العمال من الصباح حتى ترتفع الحرارة ثم يتوقفون ، حتى تخف الحرارة بعد الضهر الساعة 3 يكملون العمل

@TonyMacina Πριν 11 μήνες

@@user-qo3pf6tw5f it's similar in many Mediterranean countries, but I doubt anyone working on those horrific stadiums got the courtesy of long midday breaks.

@user-qo3pf6tw5f Πριν 11 μήνες

@@TonyMacina اتساءل اذا توجد ادلة على ادعاء الغرب ام انه مجرد تشويه لحكومة قطر ؟

@SanDeezyBreezy61986 Πριν 11 μήνες

Well… John was half right about England, getting knocked out in the quarterfinals. It wasn’t in PKs, but it was a missed PK that did it.

@ackshayshukla Πριν 11 μήνες

The momentum for stoppage of world cup should have gained before FIFA began in Qatar or while the projects were under due. The news, though better late than never, never helps the people in need when they need it. But this segment would help the host to get another Emmy so that's fine I guess. The workers are still stuck and will die anyway.

@karthi2612 Πριν 11 μήνες

The trolling beckham part was fucking hilarious 🤣😂 And what would people do for power and money ? Play the world cup in Qatar 😏

@Virgien Πριν 9 μήνες

I really want John to do an episode on cupcakke remixes and floptok (especially the badussy war), cause its a goldmine of weird and horknee horror, sure he might get banned but its worth a try

@irvingg2342 Πριν χρόνο

John Oliver covering FIFA is always a treat

@mohammedsaad4731 Πριν χρόνο

Why not about China hosting Olympics ?

@XVeganDaveGodFreeX Πριν χρόνο

I lost a lot of respect him when he said he's still going to watch. He should be telling people to #boycottFIFAworldcup

@JawadBhuiyan Πριν χρόνο

@@XVeganDaveGodFreeX Won't really make a difference. The majority will still watch.

@cagliari5984 Πριν χρόνο

@@mohammedsaad4731 because last I checked the olympics is a completely different athletic event?

@corpsecoder_nw6746 Πριν 8 μήνες

23:34 he literally predicted the outcome of his home team. Wish it "comes home" at least some time this decade.

@tranha3616 Πριν 9 μήνες

Waiting for Beckham to run out of things he loves in Qatar aged me drastically.

@blipmachine Πριν 11 μήνες

John's prediction about England losing on penalties got torpedoed into orbit, much like Harry Kane's football.

@mikayelhakobyan1653 Πριν 11 μήνες

but he was right about the quarterfinals

@firstnamelastname-nk4ut Πριν 11 μήνες

The thrust of this message (important as it is) is hugely undercut by John saying, at the end of it all, he *will still* be watching i.e., supporting instead of boycotting The World Cup!? And it is one of the main reasons why things will keep marching on as before b/c, ultimately, bets are that viewer$hip and attendan$$e can still be relied on. People can kick up a bit of a fuss; but at the end of the day, they will still tune in - still participate in its success. I love this show, but such a stance is very baffling to me.

@patriciaa4451 Πριν χρόνο

The fact that so many people lost their lives because FIFA officials took bribes is tragic. What sticks in my craw even more is that after the tournament those stadiums will be abandoned like in previous host countries. The wealthy organisers will have profited and the poor will die for nothing.

@dunbar9finger Πριν χρόνο

What sticks in my craw even more is that John said he was going to watch anyway. As long as the insane fans can't get a decent sense of proportion and realize that their sport isn't as important as people's lives, nothing will change.

@FS-me8mj Πριν χρόνο

The poor don't care , they want Money as well - a Bangladeshi

@itsmyboardwhotalk Πριν χρόνο

@@dunbar9finger not necessarily (although I agree with you and I wont watch any games). the world cup in its current form is a financial catastrophe, countries like south africa, brazil or russia spent billions and barley earned anything (ticket profits are for the fifa, fifa earns a few billions without any costs). even germany lost money and they had stadiums, infrastructure etc. the reason why those countries do that is bc they hope to be seen more modern, meaning if we really pointing out how terrible this all is, maybe those people will stop investing in it. long stretch but maybe...

@KatieGray1 Πριν χρόνο

@@itsmyboardwhotalk yes, it's a P.R. purchase plain and simple. lots of international sporting competitions are this way, including the Olympics though they do make much more of an effort to pretend like human rights really matters nowadays as if that'll make any difference. and yet athletes will continue to compete in them as long as they have incentive to do so, and people will continue to watch them. it's almost like stadium sporting competitions were invented to be an opium for the masses so they didn't realize how shitty their lives are and overthrow their governments or something. oh, that's right, they were. can we stop pretending these things are otherwise now?

@jediping Πριν χρόνο

I read an interesting section of a book that talked about how hosting major sporting events and sports teams improves people’s level of happiness. In the US, there’s lots of promise of creating jobs around these things, and they’re false promises, and many now protest against hosting because of that. But maybe if we accept it’s a way to get a buzz without risking addiction, more democracies would be willing to splash the cash to compete with the dictatorships that are trying to sports-wash.

@AustinAto Πριν 11 μήνες

At least his prediction about England was 100% right

@usadigital62 Πριν 10 μήνες

John Oliver, this will capture my respect for you. In a world where this may mean nothing to others, it has great meaning when applied to you: Thank You.

@Truffle_Pup Πριν 11 μήνες

23:18 Holy moly! John is a real life soothsayer lol! Even down to the penalties bit. As just like all soothsayers, they're right, but not exactly how you thought. England did lose on "penalties", but not Penalties.

@ShaveThis Πριν 11 μήνες

He totally called the quarterfinal exit. Except that they lost the game on a missed penalty during the game instead of at the end, lol.

@yohann2768 Πριν 11 μήνες

When you are a temporary foreign worker, you can't swich job or company without the your company's approval. That's not just Qatar, it is pretty much every country. Most immigrants I know in Canada had this kind of Visa.

@amys500 Πριν 11 μήνες

They don't prevent you leaving the job and leaving the country though

@daeric7572 Πριν χρόνο

I’m a gulf citizen and I am so glad that the western media is shedding light on the abusive Kafala system. Our governments are only reactionary to global pressures and hopefully the events in Qatar can drive our leaders to abolish this exploitation driven system.

@sumomaster5585 Πριν χρόνο

I know it used to be a thinkg in KSA, but Qatar as well? and like why do the gov do that? UAE doesn't..so why are Qatar and KSA so hesitant to abolish it?

@sumomaster5585 Πριν χρόνο

@@Mirsab buildings popping up don't necessarily mean the workers had to be under Kafala...I have some friends who got office jobs there and my understanding is there isn't kafala system there...maybe I am wrong

@vice.nor.virtue Πριν χρόνο

I'm glad that you're happy to see us putting the Gulf in the spotlight so much. I'm actually starting to feel bad for the good citizens of Qatar, because sadly they're going to have to whether the staining of their countries politics even if they have nothing to do with them.

@dkstewy Πριν 11 μήνες

From CNBC : Qatar received just over 765,000 visitors during the first two weeks of the World Cup, according to an organizers’ report obtained by Reuters, falling short of the country’s expectations for an influx of 1.2 million during the month-long event. (So, not a big success)

@hQ86610 Πριν 11 μήνες

The fact that people on the show are surprised that PSG (Messi's club) has QATAR on the shirt or that the WC was held in and won by Italy in the 30's, shows how little important the show's audience's opinion on this topic.