--- description: JOHN Oliver also talked to Edward Snowden about your naked pictures title: Watch John Oliver Tell Edward Snowden No One Knows Who He Is image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch John Oliver Tell Edward Snowden No One Knows Who He Is by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 6, 2015 11:41 AM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 6, 2015 11:41 AM CUT NSA leaker Edward Snowden says his disclosure of government surveillance activities have been vindicated by American awareness of the issue. John Oliver says, eh, not so much. “I think we’re seeing something amazing, which is that if you ask the American people to make tough decisions to confront tough issues to think about hard problems, they’ll actually surprise you,” Snowden said in an interview with Oliver in Russia for _Last Week Tonight_. “OK, here’s the problem,” Oliver responds. “I did ask some Americans, and boy, did it surprise me.” He went on to play clips of Americans befuddled by questions about who Snowden is. Oliver also talked to Snowden about your naked pictures. Watch the full segment below: _Read next:_ [_Watch Norman Reedus and His Crossbow Crash_ ](http://time.com/3771749/walking-dead-weekend-update/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined")[SNL_‘s Weekend Update_](http://time.com/3771749/walking-dead-weekend-update/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ### See Jon Stewart's Most Memorable Guests On The Daily Show  Kurt Vonnegut appeared on the show in 2005, one of his last public appearances. Comedy Central  Denis Leary and Jon Stewart have long been friends, so every time the actor appeared on the show, the two comedians would opt to make fun of one another rather than conduct an interview, leaving the audience in stitches Comedy Central  After releasing Hugo in 2011, Martin Scorsese visited the show Comedy Central  Last year, Christopher Walken talked tap dancing on the show Comedy Central  Barack Obama appeared on the show in 2005 as a senator, twice in 2008 as a presidential candidate, again in 2010 during his fist term, and finally in 2012 as he ran for a second term Comedy Central  First Lady Michelle Obama has appeared twice on the Daily Show, once in 2008 and twice in 2012 Comedy Central  During one of Paul Rudd's may appearances on the show, Stewart revealed that the comedian was his first test guest after her took over for Craig Kilborn Comedy Central  Rachel Maddow was a repeat guest on the show where she described Justice Scalia as a "troll," said she could kill Bin Laden with a spoon and declared she was "embarrassed" by Bush Comedy Central John Oliver Tells Edward Snowden No One Knows Who He Is ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3771818/john-oliver-edward-snowden-last-week-tonight/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3771818/john-oliver-edward-snowden-last-week-tonight/"},"headline":"Watch John Oliver Tell Edward Snowden No One Knows Who He Is","datePublished":"2015-04-06T11:41:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:49:40.796Z","description":"Oliver also talked to Snowden about your naked pictures.","url":"https://time.com/3771818/john-oliver-edward-snowden-last-week-tonight/","keywords":["Television","Edward Snowden","John Oliver","Last Week Tonight"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3771818/john-oliver-edward-snowden-last-week-tonight/","name":"Watch John Oliver Tell Edward Snowden No One Knows Who He Is"}}]}] ```