John Oliver Acknowledges Kim Kardashian’s Affect In Serving to Clear up Artwork Fraud Scheme – Deadline

John Oliver was again on HBO and HBO Max with a brand new episode of Final Week Tonight the place Kim Kardashian obtained a particular point out. The comic gave the entrepreneur accolades for serving to resolve an artwork fraud scheme a few years in the past.

“A couple of years again, on the Met Gala, the 12 months 2018,” Oliver said. “Kim Kardashian made an look carrying head to toe Atelier Versace that was notably gold.”

Oliver confirmed an image of the coffin of the Egyptian Nedjemankh which, on the time, the Met museum had simply acquired. Kardashian, wearing gold, took a photograph with the golden coffin and the image went viral on social media.

An nameless informant tipped off worldwide authorities to say that the coffin had been looted and the museum had been fooled into shopping for it for $4 million {dollars}. Oliver was impressed with the ability of Kardashian including, “the lady has an actual knack for producing unbelievable photos simply by standing subsequent to males that appear to be they died a very long time in the past.”

As Oliver hit the punchline of his joke, a picture of himself subsequent to The Kardashians star appeared on-screen poking enjoyable of himself.

The late-night present’s episode continued to deal with sellers not doing their correct analysis when buying artwork items which can be, a number of occasions, stolen. Oliver took one other jab at Kardashian when he famous that museums couldn’t simply sit again and never do analysis and wait “till Kim Kardashian takes {a photograph} in entrance of one in every of our objects and we’re humiliated on the worldwide stage. This can’t be all her accountability, she’s too busy revolutionizing form put on.”

Final Week Tonight with John Oliver airs Sunday nights at 11 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.