John Oliver Addresses Atlanta Shootings, Slams America’s ‘Long, Ugly History Of Anti-Asian Racism’

Antonio Ferme editorThe 5-year-old son of Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) came home one day to tell his father a story about an older child that kept calling him “Chinese boy” over and over again.

star Rebecca Robertson Loflin shared her firsthand experience with anti-Asian racism amid the coronavirus pandemic on the latest episode of her adoptive parents Korie and Willie Robertson's Facebook Watch series, Rebecca came into the Robertson family when she was 16 years old and was a foreign exchange student. Korie noted that they «fell in love with her from day one,» and she became their daughter.

Parasite director Bong Joon-ho has spoken out against anti-Asian violence in the US.It comes after a number of recent attacks in the country, including the deadly shootings in Atlanta, Georgia on March 16 where eight people were killed.Speaking about the violence to Deadline, he said: “As someone who is a part of mankind, as a person, it’s quite fearful to watch the hate crimes against Asian-Americans and the BLM movement.“I do think about what the film industry can do at this time.

The Robertson family’s conversation about racism continues.

Duck Dynasty‘s Willie Robertson and Korie Robertson have sat down with their adopted daughter Rebecca Robertson for the latest episode of their Facebook Watch series, At Home with the Robertsons, which premiered on April 5. Taiwan-born Rebecca spoke about the anti-Asian racism she’s faced, which has been particularly heightened during the coronavirus pandemic.

John Cena on Monday dropped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert where he discussed several topics, including the struggle of sharing a birthday with comedian John Oliver. The Last Week Tonight host on multiple occasions has joked about how, every year on his birthday (April 23), he stops to think that he and the WWE World Champion-actor Cena were born on the same day and year — to vastly different lives and physiques.

Ever since Rege-Jean Page announced his exit from Bridgerton, the news irked a strong response from fans of the show including some celebrity fans. Although Last Week Tonight host John Oliver has a rather different response for the same, who on his recent episode stated that it was fitting for the Duke's character to not show up in the second season.

While many fans are still reeling from the Friday official announcement that Regé-Jean Page will not be returning to Netflix and Shondaland’s Bridgerton, John Oliver is taking the news in stride and finds it fitting for Page’s character, Simon, the Duke of Hastings.

On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver returned after a week off with a lot to discuss from his blank void which the host described as “an Apple store that only sells sadness.”

Ethan Shanfeld Early in the pandemic, actor Christine Chang was attacked in a grocery store. She told her story to “New Amsterdam” co-executive producer and writer Y.

On Thursday, CAA kicked off the month of April with the CAA Amplify Town Hall to address the surge of violence against Asians and Asian Americans. These acts of violence and harassment have been on the forefront in the past week with the Atlanta shootings and the most most recent attack in New York City where a man brutally attacked 65-year-old Vilma Kari while saying racist remarks.

The Emmy award-winning Top Chef kicks off in 18th season on April 1 and Padma Lakshmi has hosted the reality competition for 17 of them (she was asked to do the first season but was unable to — we get into that in the episode). Throughout the run of the Bravo series, Lakshmi has seen — and eaten — a lot. She stopped by Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast to spill all the tea about the series and how it’s been like for her in the past 17 seasons.

BTS have taken to social media to speak out against anti-Asian racism.On Tuesday (March 30), the K-pop supergroup released a statement on Twitter in support of the ongoing #StopAsianHate movement, condemning the uptick of anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States. “We send our deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones.

Megan Thee Stallion has donated £36,300 ($50,000 USD) to the victims of this month’s Atlanta spa shootings.The rapper pledged the money to Advancing Justice Atlanta, an organisation “protecting the civil and human rights of Asian Americans in Georgia and the Southeast”.In an Instagram post, Megan Thee Stallion said she was “heartbroken” by the March 16 shootings, which left eight dead, including six women of Asian descent.

Megan Thee Stallion is stepping up for the Asian-American community in Atlanta.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVBowen Yang joined the March 27 “Saturday Night Live” “Weekend Update” segment to tell the audience to “do more” to stop anti-Asian racism.Regular “Update” co-anchor Colin Jost brought Yang out, calling him the NBC late-night sketch comedy series’ “Asian cast member.”But it was all part of the segment, as Yang first pretended to be concerned and confused that that was his “official title,” to which Jost said, “That’s how you told me to introduce

Meghan McCain is apologizing for her past comments about COVID-19.

Meghan McCain has apologized after John Oliver called her out for saying she had “no problem” with Donald Trump calling COVID-19 the “China virus”… and then tweeting “Stop Asian Hate” a year later. The View co-host wrote March 22 on Twitter, “I condemn the reprehensible violence and vitriol that has been targeted towards the Asian-American community. There is no doubt Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric fueled many of these attacks and I apologize for any past comments that aided that agenda.”

John Oliver admonished President Biden for saying last week that the recent mass shootings in Atlanta are "un-American" on Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight. Last week, authorities charged a 21-year-old man, Robert Aaron, with eight counts of murder for the slayings, four of which occurred at a massage parlor in Cherokee County.

On March 16, a white man traveled to three Atlanta area spas and took the lives of Soon C. Park, Hyun J.