Oz is a doctor and one with degrees from two Ivy League schools,” said Oliver, who wasn’t won over by Oz’s argument that he does “personally believe” in some of the products he plugs on his show, even though he recognizes that “often times they don’t have the scientific muster to present as fact.” So why then had Oz done things like touting green coffee bean extract - a compound that may actually be harmful - as “magic beans” on his show? “Name me one case where a man named Oz claimed mystical powers and led people astray.”īesides, Oliver insisted, Oz knows that there’s no such thing as a “miracle pill,” which is why he told the Senate subcommittee last week that “there’s not a pill that long term is going help you long term lose weight and live your best life without diet and exercise.” “What’s so wrong with that?” Oliver wondered. As a well-known and trusted physician, Oz wields an unusual amount of influence, and his endorsement of a product has been known to increase sales exponentially. Oz has been known to tout the fat-fighting benefits of various dietary supplements on his show, using phrases like “miracle in a bottle” and “lightning in a bottle” to describe products whose efficacy is, at best, unproven. Oliver even enlisted celebrity friends George R.R. Then on Sunday, comedian John Oliver devoted more than half an episode of “Last Week Tonight” to a highly critical segment about Oz’s “shameless pandering,” which contains some salty language. On Tuesday, the celebrity health guru faced tough questioning before a Senate subcommittee investigating the marketing of weight-loss scams, some of which Oz has featured on his syndicated talk show.