WATCH: John Oliver botches son's name in Emmy speech as he dedicates win to his dead dog

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Comedian John Oliver botched his son's name during his 2024 Emmy Awards speech as 'Last Week Tonight' won the Outstanding Scripted Variety Series - a win which he dedicated to his dead dog, per People. 

Oliver mistakenly called his son Hudson's name "husband" and regretted it saying, "That’s gonna come back to haunt me". After accepting the award, he gave a speech thanking his team and family.

John Oliver botches his son's name at 2024 Emmy Awards

Oliver said in his acceptance speech, "Thank you so much. Thank you to my staff — some of them are here, others are in Brooklyn — whether they’re watching this, I know they are in Brooklyn, I hope you’re having fun."

He added, "I’d particularly like to thank Liz Stanton and Tim Carvell. I’d like to say thank you to HBO for not canceling us over the last decade, that was never a guarantee, I appreciate it, please carry on."

He then said, "I’d like to thank my wife, Kate and our kids, husband — 'husband' — Hudson, his name is Hudson. Ouch. That’s gonna come back to haunt me."

He continued, "I also want to thank, may be silly, our dog. We had the most fantastic dog, and she was at our wedding and she got us through a pandemic. She was with us, two pregnancies."

Emmys plays John Oliver off while he dedicated his win to his dead dog

As Oliver delivered his speech, playoff music came on and Oliver reacted and said, "Perfect choice of music. We had to say goodbye to her. F*** you. I feel like Sarah McLachlan right now."

He added, "She was an amazing dog. This is for her, this is for all dogs. All dogs, you’re all very good girls. You’re all very good boys. You all deserve a treat. Play me off now. Thanks so much."

Oliver’s show was one of two nominees in the Outstanding Scripted Variety Series category which was held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The other nominee was 'Saturday Night Live'.

Internet slams John Oliver for his speech at 2024 Emmy Awards 

Many people on the Internet slammed John Oliver as he botched his son's name during his 2024 Emmy Awards speech as 'Last Week Tonight' won the Outstanding Scripted Variety Series.

A user wrote on X, "John Oliver is an incredibly unsavory individual... blegh", while one added, "Why do all these people think they matter or that we care about them?"

A person stated, "SILENCE, BUSINESS DADDY!", whereas one mentioned, "Who watches these shows anymore?"

A user also wrote, "2 minutes into a speech and you start talking about your dead dog yeah id blast the music too", while one commented, "So sick of him winning every single year. Stop, like Oprah did."

A person also added, "It's always great to see someone who spews so many lies get shut the f*** up!"

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