The late-night show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver has won an Emmy every year since 2015, and most comedy fans know John Oliver as the very British writer, producer, television host, and political pundit.
But there is, of course, an equally clever and talented partner behind every intelligent and talented comedian with an eight-year Emmy-winning run. That’s his wife, American and U.S. Armed Forces veteran Kate Norley, for 44-year-old Oliver.
Kate Norley, 41, is John Oliver’s wife. While Norley can be found on IMDb—or at least, someone with her name featured as an unknown subway passenger in a short film called Tran.si.tions in 2009—she’s more renowned for her honorable service in the ranks. Norley joined the Army after 9/11 and served in Iraq as a combat medic, mental health specialist, and counselor to soldiers.
(Oliver is occasionally seen wearing a 1st Cavalry Division lapel button to honor his wife’s unit in Iraq much than a decade into their love affair)
Norley began actively advocating for additional support for veterans after returning to the United States, which led to appearances on FOX News and other news channels.
Kate Norley was born on May 25,1978, in Arlington, Virginia, to Pam Mannion and Walt Norley, who divorced when she was four years old. Norley was 16 years old when she was involved in a car accident on her way to a soccer game and sustained a severe head injury.
John Oliver’s wife, Kate Norley is 41 years old in 2021.
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Kate Norley attended the Episcopal High School boarding school in Arlington, Virginia.
Norley’s mother nursed her back to health, a difficult effort given that she had to relearn several fundamental abilities such as reading and writing.
Oliver and Kate Norley met in a pretty unusual way: she protected him from getting deported!
Norley was working with the political advocacy group Vets for Freedom during the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, while Oliver was there as The Daily Show’s tongue-in-cheek “Senior British Correspondent.”
Security boxed Oliver into a restricted area, according to The Daily Beast, due to a misconception concerning his temporary work visa. There, Oliver took refuge with a group of veterans, one of them was Norley, who shielded him from security, allowing him to avoid deportation.
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After meeting at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Oliver and Norley reportedly exchanged a few emails and began dating soon after. While on vacation in St. Thomas in 2010, Oliver proposed to his future bride.
Oliver and Norley married in a very private wedding in October 2011 after three years together. (Seriously, it’s very impossible to locate any evidence of the wedding taking place online!)
Oliver and Norley have two sons together, born in 2015 and 2018, but they are notoriously secretive about them. Oliver, who isn’t known for divulging any information, only announced the birth of his second son in 2018 after winning an Emmy Award and then telling PEOPLE, “We have a three-month-old.”
After announcing that baby bombshell, Oliver then responded to others’ reactions—hilariously, of course.
“The next day [after the Emmys], there was like a bunch of stories about, ‘John Oliver has Secret Baby,’” he said. “Whoa, whoa, I had a baby with my wife! She knew about it the whole time. We had another. No one’s pulling the wool over anyone’s eyes here. It was very strange.”
Kate and Oliver’s first son, Hudson, arrived prematurely but survived.
“Kate was in the hospital, it was very difficult for months beforehand,” Oliver shared of his wife’s pregnancy. “And doing the show at the same time, it was the absolute worst… It was a surreal experience”
John Oliver states why he and his wife preferred not to disclose either child’s birth.
“Yeah, well, we didn’t really announce it because it doesn’t matter,” he explained. “To me, it matters a great deal, let me just make that clear. But just like, publicly, it just doesn’t feel like it’s worth making—this is not a royal baby, in terms of how far in line he is to the throne.”
He added, “It’s a peasant, I have a peasant child. So it didn’t even cross my mind that we should make a public thing about it, ’cause that seemed weird.”
After the 9/11 events in New York City in 2001, Kate Norley enlisted in the Army. She worked as a combat medic in Fallujah, Iraq, and provided mental health therapy to soldiers on the ground.
“If they told me tomorrow I could go home…,” she reportedly said in 2004. I wouldn’t be satisfied if I’d completed everything I set out to do.”
Norley returned to the United States and began working as a veteran rights activist, frequently appearing on television to advocate for increased funding for veterans.
KateNorley is still employed with Vets for Freedom, an American political advocacy group created in 2006 by veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who had deep contacts to Republican Party leaders at the time.”
“It’s the most emasculating thing I could possibly do to go out with someone who has actually done something valuable with their life,” Oliver once said of his wife’s respected career. “I can’t come home and say I had a really tough day at work today and see her roll her eyes and go, ‘Really?’ And she would be like, ‘I can’t imagine how difficult it was for you. You clown!’ Rightly, I have no place to whine about anything. That’s the problem with living with someone who has fought a war. You lose the moral high ground.”
Kate Norley’s net worth is estimated to be in the region of $3m while that of her husband is said to be $30m.
She later joined the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, before being sent to Iraq to work as a mental health expert. She was assigned to the Walter Reed Army Medical Facility in Washington, D.C. when she returned from Iraq. She then enrolled at George Washington University to pursue a medical degree.
Of course, the fact that John Oliver is married to a republican will come as a shock to many, but the couple appears to be happy together. They’ve managed to put their political differences aside and appreciate each other’s viewpoints.
If you’ve ever wondered who Kate Norley is, you finally have all the answers. John Oliver’s wife has a unique way of life. During the Iraq war, she served her country. She is still dedicated to serving her country, pushing for veterans’ rights, and empowering women after returning from the war
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