John Oliver has been making thirsty comments about Adam Driver for months, and the actor just surprised fans by getting in on the joke

• Throughout the seventh season of “Last Week Tonight,” talk-show host John Oliver has been slipping in a running joke about Adam Driver being extremely attractive in a violent sort of way.
• In the season finale of the show, Driver himself stopped by to get in on the joke.
• “I’m sick of people stopping me on the street and asking me if I’m gonna punch a hole in you like a ‘Marriage Story’ wall,” Driver said in mock anger.
• You can watch the full video segment below.
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John Oliver ended the seventh season of his late-night HBO series “Last Week Tonight” with a surprise appearance from Adam Driver.

Throughout this season of the show, Oliver had a running joke about being violently attracted to Driver, often adding in aside comments about wanting the actor to “step on his neck” or other, thirst-related desires. 

During the final section of the episode, Oliver was reflecting on his ongoing bit about sexual attraction to Adam Driver when a FaceTime notification from the actor appeared. Though the exchange was scripted, both Oliver and Driver proceeded as if this was a total surprise.

“Listen to me: What the f— are you doing?” Driver asked in mock anger. “This bit. This thing you’ve been doing that’s either sexual or violent.”

“Do you realize, over this past year, what you’ve asked me to do to you?” Driver continued. “Collapse on your chest. Tie your fingers in a square knot. Step on your throat. Shatter your knees. Pull your heart out through your ear. What’s wrong with you?”

Oliver stammered throughout the bit, continuing to add in thirst-related jokes. 

"I'm sick of people stopping me on the street and asking me if I'm gonna punch a hole in you like a 'Marriage Story' wall," Driver said, alluding to the memed image of himself punching a wall in Netflix's Oscar-nominated movie.

Driver went on to beg Oliver to please end the jokes, and instead focus on getting himself out of the "void" he's been stuck in since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Oliver managed to turn that into yet another sexually charged joke, asking Driver to make it sound more like "an order."

"Explore the f------ space, you hollow-boned Mr. Bean cosplayer," Driver said. "Look around you, you under-baked gingerbread boy."

"Oh, God that feels good," Oliver said.

"I hated this, goodbye," Driver said before ending the call. 

"That went really well. But you know what? Adam Driver is right. And hot. And massive. But he's mainly right. Because I have been stuck in this empty void since March, and I'm realizing I haven't shown you any of it."

Then Oliver stood up, and showed himself in an "enormous expanse of nothing." The season finale ended with Oliver finding an escape from his void and blowing up a gigantic sculpture that represented the year 2020.

You can watch the Adam Driver segment from "Last Week Tonight" here, and stream the full episode on HBO Max.