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John Oliver on rooting for New York Yankees: ‘Wrong thing to do morally’

HBO’s John Oliver not only roots for the New York Mets, but he also abides by a code pertaining to the Yankees.

He made sure not to become a Yanks fan because it’s the “wrong thing to do morally.”

"By default, I was a Mets fan, because I knew being a Yankee fan was the wrong thing to do morally." – John Oliver pic.twitter.com/nXPHFSRafa

— Roger Cormier (@yayroger) May 26, 2019

“As a real sports fan in England, I knew it’s just not acceptable to come to America and support the Yankees.