--- title: John Oliver on Barack Obama Vacation Pictures VIDEO description: John Oliver revealed how he really felt about Barack Obama's vacation photos that show him kitesurfing in the British Virgin Islands. canonical: https://time.com/4670513/john-oliver-on-obama-vacation-photos/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-14T16:22:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:07.096Z og:title: John Oliver Is Sick of Those Barack Obama Vacation Photos og:description: "Just tone it down with the kitesurfing pictures" og:url: https://time.com/4670513/john-oliver-on-obama-vacation-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Oliver Is Sick of Those Barack Obama Vacation Photos twitter:description: "Just tone it down with the kitesurfing pictures" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # John Oliver Is Sick and Tired of Obama's 'Out of Touch' Vacation Photos  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 14, 2017 4:22 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 14, 2017 4:22 PM UTC It’s always hard to move on after a relationship ends, which is why [John Oliver](http://time.com/4668566/john-oliver-trump-president-lies/) feels completely justified for criticizing [Barack Obama’s joyful kitesurfing pictures from his recent vacation](http://time.com/4662331/barack-obama-richard-branson-necker-island/). During an interview on _Late Night with Seth Meyers_, the _Last Week Tonight_ host revealed how he really felt about the pictures from [Obama’s vacation in the British Virgin Islands](http://time.com/4656707/barack-obama-vacation-photos/) with billionaire Richard Branson. “This might be controversial, \[but\] I’m a little sick of seeing photos of President Obama on vacation with Richard Branson,” he joked. “Just tone it down with the kitesurfing pictures.” While Oliver noted that Obama is no longer our president and probably deserves a vacation more than any of us, he couldn’t resist a final jab. “America is on fire,” he said. “I know that people accused him of being out of touch with the American people during his Presidency. I’m not sure he’s ever been more out of touch than he is right now.…You’re fiddling while Rome burns!” Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4670513/john-oliver-on-obama-vacation-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4670513/john-oliver-on-obama-vacation-photos/"},"headline":"John Oliver Is Sick and Tired of Obama's 'Out of Touch' Vacation Photos","datePublished":"2017-02-14T16:22:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:07.096Z","description":"\"Just tone it down with the kitesurfing pictures\"","url":"https://time.com/4670513/john-oliver-on-obama-vacation-photos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Barack Obama","Television","Seth Meyers","Late Night","Culture","Late Night Television","John Oliver"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4670513/john-oliver-on-obama-vacation-photos/","name":"John Oliver Is Sick and Tired of Obama's 'Out of Touch' Vacation Photos"}}]}] ```