Host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver, revealed a dark secret to his audience the night before America went to the polls to choose between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Oliver confessed that back in 2013, he had actually urged Trump to run, thinking it would be funny. “I’m an idiot,” said Oliver.

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“The point is that there is a lot to consider on Tuesday and then, barring recounts, this nightmare of a campaign will be over—which is good, because this election hasn’t so much appealed to our better angels as it has groped our better angels, mocked their weight, and called them ‘6s at best.’”

“We are at a point where this man has a genuine shot at the presidency despite having blown up a political party, undermined confidence in our electoral system, declared open season on journalists, and unleashed a river of racism and misogyny. Also, and I feel like we’ve lost sight of this: He has really stupid hair,'" conclude Oliver, in what he praised as the final segment he will ever have to do on this terrible, terrible election.