J.K. Rowling Once Told John Oliver He Looked Like Harry Potter

In 2006, four Harry Potter movies had already turned into box-office blockbusters and only one book, Harry Potter and theDeathly Hallows, remained to be released. To say the least, the franchise was a huge deal.British comedian John Oliver first got his start on The Daily Show in 2006, doing a segment about thenPrime Minister Tony Blair. And as journalist Chris Smiths new book, The Daily Show: An Oral History, recently revealed, J.K. Rowling happened to be in the audience for his debut.Smiths book is based on interviews with Jon Stewartand his co-workers on the show. Oliver himself tells the story of meeting Rowling. Being a bigger fan of Rowling than the Queen of England ' in his own words ' Oliver remembers the interaction with the author vividly.As Oliver claims in the book, Rowling was briefly reassuring about his performance ' giving him a hug ' and then told the comedian he looks just like her most famous character.Heres Olivers re-telling of the moment:I went out, and did it, and it went by in a blur, and then I turned round to leave. And there was one audience member in the corner, whose eye I caught, and it was J.K. Rowling. So, I walked past her thinking, what the ' theres no fucking way thats J.K. Rowling. This is on my first day on the show. It turns out Jon was interviewing her at Radio City that night for the latest Harry Potter book, so she comes round afterward, saying, Oh, well done, and I said, I havent been here before, this is my first day. So she hugged me.And thats like being hugged by the queen, if you cared about the queen. I care about J.K. Rowling much more than I care about the queen. She hugged me, and I had round glasses, and she said, You look like Harry, and then glided off. For a tired, jet-lagged, overwhelmed man, that was... I absolutely felt stoned.For reference, heres what Oliver looked like during his first segment, in July 2006:Watch Olivers first segment on The Daily Show below: -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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