{"id":4308,"date":"2026-06-29T07:47:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=4308"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:47:43","slug":"john-oliver-lands-general-hospital-and-days-of-our-lives-roles-after-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=4308","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver lands \u2018General Hospital\u2019 and \u2018Days of Our Lives\u2019 roles after plea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John Oliver is officially stepping into the world of daytime drama after turning a public challenge into not one, but two major soap opera guest roles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Last Week Tonight host revealed during the June 28 episode of his HBO show that he has been cast in both General Hospital and Days of Our Lives, fulfilling a playful ambition he first voiced earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oliver will appear in a three-episode arc on General Hospital, beginning Thursday, July 2, followed by additional episodes airing Friday, July 3 and Monday, July 6. He will also make a week-long guest appearance on Days of Our Lives, with episodes scheduled to air on August 11, 12 and 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement comes months after Oliver openly expressed interest in joining a soap opera, issuing a humorous \u201ccasting call\u201d during a March episode of his show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo all the soap operas out there, let me say this: I am officially offering myself to you. Write me a role, and I will be on your set so fast, it will make your head spin,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday\u2019s episode, Oliver joked about his motivation, admitting he was \u201cfilled with scorching-hot jealousy\u201d after seeing ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith appear on General Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clarifying that the move was not a career shift, Oliver added, \u201cSoap opera-acting is not my Plan B. I simply offered my hypothetical acting abilities to any soap that would meet my terms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Valentini, executive producer of General Hospital, praised Oliver\u2019s involvement, saying the comedian arrived on set fully prepared and embraced the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Oliver\u2019s episodes of General Hospital will air on July 2, 3 and 4, while his episodes of Days of Our Lives will run August 11, 12 and 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Oliver is officially stepping into the world of daytime drama after turning a public challenge into not one, but two major soap opera guest..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amazing"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-124647-1.png",815,422,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-124647-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-124647-1-300x155.png",300,155,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-124647-1-768x398.png",768,398,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-124647-1.png",815,422,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-124647-1.png",815,422,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-124647-1.png",815,422,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=30\" rel=\"category\">amazing<\/a>","tag_info":"amazing","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4311,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308\/revisions\/4311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}