John Oliver has some ideas on former Superman actor Dean Cain becoming a member of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), saying the recruitment suggests the company is likely to be in “hassle.”
The comic addressed the state of affairs on Sunday’s (August 10) episode of HBO’s Final Week Tonight as a part of an prolonged phase on ICE’s newest recruitment strategies. Oliver stated the company is coming throughout “greater than slightly determined” in its makes an attempt to entice folks to affix, pointing to their “gross recruitment advertisements” and eradicating age limits.
In direction of the top of the phase, he targeted on Cain, greatest recognized for portraying the Man of Metal within the Nineteen Nineties sequence Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, who final week introduced he was being “sworn in” as a member of ICE.
“I felt it was essential to affix with our first responders to assist safe the protection of all Individuals, not simply speak about it,” Cain informed his followers in a video shared to social media.
Oliver mocked Cain’s video, quipping, “You realize, there’s an outdated saying in Hollywood: if all you may get is Dean Cain, you might be f*****!”
He continued, “I’m not saying that ICE isn’t discovering folks. I’m simply saying, if you end up diminished to pinning a badge on the 59-year-old star of The Canine Who Saved Christmas, The Canine Who Saved Christmas Trip, The Canine Who Saved Holidays, The Canine Who Saved Halloween, The Canine Who Saved Easter, and The Canine Who Saved Summer season, possibly you might be in hassle.”
The late-night host was referring to a franchise of made-for-TV motion pictures Cain has starred in since 2009. Whereas a lot of Cain’s credit today are TV movies, he’s additionally just lately appeared within the TV reveals Supergirl, Woman Dynamite, and The Curse, along with internet hosting The CW’s magic-based efficiency sequence, Masters of Phantasm.
Oliver obtained in a single final dig earlier than concluding the phase, pointing to how ICE officers cowl their faces whereas on obligation to keep away from being doxxed. In the case of Cain becoming a member of ICE, Oliver joked, “On the plus facet, no want for that man to put on a masks as a result of the probabilities of anybody recognizing him are f****** zero!”
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Final Week Tonight with John Oliver, Sundays, 11/10c, HBO