{"id":39755,"date":"2026-08-12T01:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T20:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=39755"},"modified":"2026-08-12T01:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T20:41:20","slug":"john-oliver-is-the-soap-guest-star-goat-on-days-of-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=39755","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver Is the Soap Guest Star GOAT on Days of Our Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/days-of-our-lives-john-oliver.jpg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1617388\" data-title=\"On Days of Our Lives, John Oliver Confirms He\u2019s the GOAT of Soap Opera Guest Stars\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/john-oliver-days-of-our-lives-guest-star\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/john-oliver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Oliver<\/a> barges right into long-running soap opera <i>Days of Our Lives<\/i>. Literally. The first shot of Tuesday, August 11th\u2019s episode features him striding into the office of Mayor Pauline Price (Jack\u00e9e Harry), announcing that he\u2019s Devlin St. John \u2014 \u201cyes, <i>that<\/i> Devlin St. John\u201d \u2014 and revealing that he\u2019s going to be making trouble for many residents of Salem, Illinois. Or saving them. As he tells Rita Lesley (Maggie Carney), \u201cI\u2019m the only thing standing between this town and a catastrophic plumbing failure. A literal sewage apocalypse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Devlin St. John is the chief water inspector of Salem, a job he takes seriously. \u201cI\u2019m never not talking about water,\u201d he says at one point. \u201cShe\u2019s the most popular girl in school and the nerd who does her homework for her.\u201d His primary interest is in a contaminated well that\u2019s recently been decontaminated (tragically obliterating data regarding the contamination), but he\u2019s also got dirt on the evil, flu-suffering EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel). And maybe some sexual chemistry with Rita, EJ\u2019s assistant? There\u2019s definitely a spark.<\/p>\n<p>The Tuesday episode marks the first of three episodes which will feature Oliver as a guest star, coming on the heels of <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/john-oliver-general-hospital-abc-z-wsb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his recent turn on <i>General Hospital<\/i><\/a>. Episodes of soap operas largely exist as two or three-person storylines, intercut with each other and connecting occasionally. However, Oliver gets a variety of scene partners in this episode while the other scenes flow around his storyline.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/john-oliver-days-of-our-lives-wig-video.html?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">In an interview with <i>Vulture<\/i><\/a>, executive producer Ken Corday revealed that the show (which typically tapes episodes almost a year before they actually air) had to do some behind-the-scenes finagling to shoehorn Oliver\u2019s appearances into previously completed episodes, but the production was quite pleased by the <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/last-week-tonight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Last Week Tonight<\/i><\/a> host\u2019s commitment to the bit. \u201cHe had about 60 pages that he\u2019s in, and he knew it cold,\u201d Corday said of the two-day shoot.<\/p>\n<p>Like a true actor, Oliver approaches the character of Devlin differently from the role of Z on <i>General Hospital<\/i> \u2014 Devlin\u2019s a little goofier, which presumably makes sense because he\u2019s a water inspector and not the head of an international spy agency. One nice touch: Devlin has a habit of assuming people have heard of him, because there\u2019s a sewage plant named after him \u2014 perhaps a deliberate nod to the fact that in real life, there is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Oliver_Memorial_Sewer_Plant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant in Danbury, Connecticut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Devlin\u2019s got some pretty good jokes and asides, which Corday confirmed were punched up by Oliver and his producer because \u201che\u2019s very machine-gun in how he speaks, so that took a little work. But in the end, we both got what we wanted.\u201d Just a few of Devlin\u2019s quips, in addition to the ones quoted above:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cAre you sure that information is <i>water tight<\/i>?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFlattery will get you everywhere\u2026 One of my top three weaknesses, right behind historical documentaries and direct sunlight.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI have the immune system of an ostrich. And the comparisons stop there.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He\u2019s also got an incredible wig, which Oliver brought to set himself. His feeling, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=le-r7aeWfkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he revealed to <i>Access Hollywood<\/i><\/a>, was that his normal hair wouldn\u2019t work to play the character: \u201cThe name Devlin St. John is writing checks that my regular hair can\u2019t cash. However, this,\u201d \u2014 he points to the wig \u2014 \u201ccashes it in full.\u201d His advice to Ryan Gosling, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/john-oliver-days-of-our-lives-guest-star\/leirne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who may also make a future appearance on the show<\/a>, is to not bring his own hair, because Gosling\u2019s natural hair isn\u2019t enough to contend with Oliver\u2019s mop top.<\/p>\n<p>As with his time on <i>General Hospital<\/i>, Oliver feels like he\u2019s just warming up in this first episode \u2014 the <i>Access Hollywood<\/i> interview teases slaps-a-plenty to come on <i>Days<\/i> (giving and receiving). He\u2019s also once again approaching the assignment with the right mix of serious commitment and giddy glee over getting to play in this sandbox. It\u2019s so damn fun, a particular flavor of silliness that I might be getting addicted to. Maybe next, Oliver could hit up <i>The Young and the Restless<\/i>. Genoa City, brace yourself.<\/p>\n<p><i>Days of Our Lives<\/i> is streaming on Peacock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=1;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('set','agent','tmgoogletagmanager', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><script defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;appId=434175690014\" nonce=\"6gwmbCtM\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Oliver barges right into long-running soap opera Days of Our Lives. 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