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As long as he gets out before they’re doing the June decisions, I would be willing to open discussions again.
If you want to get in touch and open up the negotiations again, I still have the contract in the drawer in my desk. And I’d be willing to do that. But again, until one of us dies, and hopefully that will be you.
— Comedian John Oliver of “Last Week Tonight,” in comments given during a recent appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” where he reinstated his offer to pay Clarence Thomas $1 million a year until one of them died if the controversial justice resigns from the Supreme Court. The offer also included a $2 million luxury motor home. “It was both a huge relief and massively disappointing that he didn’t take it,” Oliver told Meyers, referring to the offer he originally made to Thomas in February 2024. Check out the full clip, below.
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