John Oliver reflected on the recent controversy around Mel Gibson on Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight. The late-night host recapped the news about U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer, who wrote in a column for Rolling Stone that she was fired after refusing to allow the right-wing actor to have guns.

If you're not all that familiar with Mel Gibson's father, "Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver would definitely recommend checking out the man's Wikipedia page. The HBO host was simply stunned by it on Sunday night.

John Oliver made a jab at the expense of Mel Gibson — and the actor’s father — on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. The HBO late-night host recapped the news about Liz Oyer, a U.S. pardon attorney who wrote an opinion column for Rolling Stone last week theorizing about why she was fired from her job.

John Oliver sounded off on a Justice Department official’s claim that she was fired for refusing to recommend that Mel Gibson’s gun rights be restored, saying that the “Mad Max” and “Braveheart” actor is “best known for his work in screaming.

John Oliver took a jab at Mel Gibson after the news a high-ranking Justice Dept. attorney was seemingly fired for refusing to restore his gun rights.

Tonight host John Oliver has taken a swipe at Mel Gibson after a Department of Justice attorney suggested the actor was the reason she was fired. DOJ pardon attorney Elizabeth G Oyer was asked two weeks ago to join a working group reviewing cases of individuals with past convictions who could be eligible to restore their gun rights.

Justice Department lawyer Elizabeth Oyer tells the New York Times she was fired for failing to recommend that Mel Gibson have his gun rights restored.