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Video: Billy Eichner Investigates Whether Gay New Yorkers Care About John Oliver
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 3, 2017
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Billy On The Street has become must watch TV (or at least, must watch TV clips) for anyone who cares about the state of man-shouting-on-the-street humor. But this latest clip has the least amount of shouting I've ever heard in a segment—instead, Billy Eichner launches a very serious-ish investigation into whether gay people care about his guest, John Oliver. And it turns out most don't—but they do love Wendy Williams.
One person who gay NYers definitely care about? Debra Messing, who returned to the show for a special holiday-themed "IT'S DEBRA MESSING, YOU GAYS!!!" segment.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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