John Oliver’s 2 Children: All About His Sons

John Oliver has received over a dozen Emmys, however he retains his awards distant from his two youngsters.

The Final Week Tonight host shares two sons together with his spouse, Kate Norley. 4 years after marrying in 2011, the couple welcomed their first little one collectively, Hudson. Their household grew once more in 2018 with the start of a second child boy whose identify has not been publicly revealed.

Months after his youthful son was born, Oliver advised PEOPLE in September 2018 that having two kids below the age of three was “the perfect” expertise, regardless of the dearth of sleep. “It’s bewildering [and] exhausting juggling that and the present, however no, it’s the best,” he mentioned.

Over time, Oliver and Norley have stored their two boys out of the highlight. Although they haven’t shared photos or particulars about their youngsters, the tv host has usually shared humorous anecdotes about fatherhood, together with why he retains his Emmys distant from Hudson and his brother.

“No, they’ll completely not get to the touch this as a result of it’s … a sharp, heavy steel object,” he advised Leisure Tonight after successful the award for Excellent Scripted Selection Present in 2024. “In the event you’re offended along with your sibling, it is a method to settle that argument. So, no they won’t see or contact these.”

From the tales of their births to their favourite songs, right here’s all the things to learn about John Oliver’s two kids.

Hudson Oliver, 9

The Final Week Tonight host welcomed his first little one, son Hudson Oliver, in November 2015. “John and his spouse Kate are mother and father of a child boy,” a rep confirmed to E! Information. “Everyone is comfortable and wholesome.”

Nonetheless, his start wasn’t completely easy crusing. “[Hudson] had a fairly tough time and it was not the simplest being pregnant as nicely,” he advised Rolling Stone in February 2017. “It was a degree of trauma all through his gestation and start, and within the aftermath.”

Changing into a brand new father after a tough being pregnant and start was significantly difficult for Oliver since he was nonetheless chargeable for producing a weekly comedy present. Sometimes, he mentioned, his British heritage made pushing apart damaging feelings simpler, however fatherhood modified that.

“I’d flick the swap: OK, this. Now this. Now this. And now you possibly can compartmentalize all the things,” he mentioned. “Then, as soon as your child is born, you fall in love with it and understand, ah, that most likely doesn’t f—— work anymore. Like that swap is damaged.”

That June, Oliver spoke once more about his son’s start throughout an episode of Final Week Tonight the place he gave an impassioned monologue concerning the risks of the anti-vaccine motion. “Parenthood, generally, is terrifying,” he mentioned, noting how scary vaccination tales could cause worry in new mother and father earlier than wrapping up with a private admission.

“I’ve a son. He’s 19 months outdated. He was born prematurely following a really tough being pregnant and I am frightened about his well being and I nonetheless fear about his well being lots,” he shared as a display behind him confirmed a photograph of Oliver holding a new child Hudson within the hospital.

After successful an Emmy in 2018, Oliver shared an replace on Hudson, who was on the brink of embark on a brand new milestone in his life.

“He’s going to preschool. It’s going to be unbelievable,” Oliver shared. He went on to explain his personal feelings on the thought of watching his older little one go to highschool for the primary time. “As a British individual, I don’t actually have a center floor — it’s both no emotion in any respect or I’m collapsing in tears. So it should most likely be the second.”

In January 2024, Oliver received one other Emmy for Excellent Scripted Selection Sequence and used his acceptance speech to offer his youngsters a candy and humorous shout-out. 

“Thanks to my spouse, Kate, who’s right here tonight. I really like you very a lot. Our children … will not be right here,” he mentioned. “And they’re so mad that I left this morning. I promised them Pokémon playing cards. And I do not know the place to get Pokémon playing cards in L.A. So if anybody is aware of the place to get Pokémon playing cards between right here and LAX, it is a vital drawback that I’ve labored myself into.”

9 months later, in the course of the 76th Emmy Awards, Oliver received the Emmy and devoted the award to his household as soon as once more. This time, although, he by accident flubbed his older son’s identify.

“I’d prefer to thank my spouse, Kate and our children, husband — ‘husband’ — Hudson, his identify is Hudson. Ouch. That’s gonna come again to hang-out me,” he joked.

Oliver and Norley’s second little one, 6

On the Emmy Awards in September 2018, Oliver revealed to PEOPLE that he and his spouse had quietly welcomed their second little one, one other child boy, three months earlier. The comic, who received the Emmy for Excellent Selection Discuss Sequence, shared the stunning information when requested the place he would show his award.

“I don’t know! Now we have a 3-month-old, in order distant from the 3-month-old as attainable,” he mentioned.

He went on to say that though he was sleep-deprived, he cherished being a dad of two earlier than joking that his new child son “doesn’t do something” fascinating other than “sleeping, s——- and crying, in good rotation.”

In November of that 12 months, the tv host defined why he and his spouse opted to not share an official start announcement for child quantity two as they did for Hudson throughout an look on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon.

“We didn’t actually announce it as a result of it doesn’t matter,” he mentioned earlier than including, “To me, it issues a terrific deal. Let me make that clear.”

He went on to joke about it, saying he felt it will be “boastful” to announce the information publicly.

“This isn’t a royal child. By way of how far in line he’s to the throne, it’s a peasant. I’ve a peasant little one. So, it didn’t even cross my thoughts that we must always make a public factor about it,” he mentioned. “I simply made a judgment name that it was not high-value data for anyone.”

Throughout one other look on The Tonight Present in March 2022, Oliver shared a humorous anecdote about his youthful son’s favourite music.

“The three-year-old has acquired actually into the Purple Scorching Chili Peppers,” he mentioned. “He heard ‘Beneath the Bridge’ as soon as and has turn into obsessive about it. It is the one factor he desires to be performed, it is the one factor he desires to be sung to him at night time, and ‘Beneath the Bridge’ specifically.”

His son’s curiosity has additionally modified the way in which Oliver himself sees the band’s saddest music. “You have not heard ‘Beneath the Bridge’ till you have heard a 3-year-old gaze sorrowfully into the mid-distance and [sing],” he joked earlier than launching into the lyrics.

Whereas accepting the Emmy in January and September 2024, Oliver did point out his youthful little one’s identify, nevertheless it’s by no means been formally confirmed.