wardrobe items from Cinderella Man Initially donated to the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Alaska
Great news, late night fans: John Oliver once again has the jock strap that Russell Crowe wore Cinderella Man. Jock strap has been acquired last week tonight The show has been hosted many times and has a long history as both a kind of joke and a kind of charity thing.
Oliver initially purchased the undergarment in 2018 during an auction by Crowe called “The Art of the Divorce,” in which the actor sold more than 200 items following his divorce from Danielle Spencer. last week tonight Bought it for $7,000 and eventually donated it to the last remaining Blockbuster Video store in Anchorage, Alaska in an effort to boost his business. Crowe said he donated the profits to Australia Zoo, which said it would use the money to fund a “John Oliver Koala Chlamydia Ward”.
After the Blockbuster Video store closed that same year, Jockstrap returned to Oliver. They Reunited It With The Crow section on last week tonight. In 2025, last week tonight Put it up for auction again to help raise money for public TV and radio stations. This time it was purchased from an anonymous buyer for $21,000. In August it once again went up for auction, where someone paid $10,000 to acquire the jock strap. That person was obviously Oliver.
“I’m sure the historical legacy of this show would be worth a few hundred thousand dollars for everything that’s going on right now with food banks, koala chlamydia wards and Russell Crowe’s jockstrap,” Oliver said on Sunday night’s episode. last week tonight. “Because, quick update, when we auctioned off the jockstrap late last year in aid of Public Media, it was apparently put up for auction again in August, where, I’m happy to tell you, it sold for $10,000. And I know the reason, of course we bought it back. Of course, we did.”
“I can’t wait to find out where you’re going to go next,” Oliver said, speaking straight from the jock strap. Crowe has not commented yet.