Comedian John Oliver offers to buy Melbourne’s ‘demonic’ banana statue

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Comedian John Oliver offers to buy Melbourne’s ‘demonic’ banana statue
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Artwork by Adam Stone provoked a public backlash, culminating in its attempted decapitation and removal from a Fitzroy street

“Since the citizens of Melbourne seem to think that their money has been wasted, I might have a solution for you,” Oliver said in his show Last Week Tonight on Sunday. “I would gladly take that banana off your hands.”“If you take us up on our deal, we will make those donations and, as a sweetener, send you this magnificent creature on a ship,” he said.“And frankly, I think it would fit right in there.

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