Due to the ongoing conversation, John Oliver decided to tackle the subject on Last Week Tonight, beginning with a comparison to Jimmy Savile.
Oliver then offered some statues that could replace those celebrating Confederates, including Robert Smalls, a former slave who became the first black member of Congress.
However, following Savile’s death, allegations of sexual abuse were finally reported, memorials to the offender being removed from around the UK.
“Once we found out he was a monster, we decided it was not right to publicly glorify him,” Oliver told the audience.