John Oliver Argues That Multilevel Marketing Companies Are Pretty Much Pyramid Schemes (Video)
Know someone who's involved in Herbalife, Mary Kay or any number of similar organizations? Send them this "Last Week Tonight" video.Know someone who’s involved in Herbalife or Mary Kay or another, similar organization? You may want to send them this video of the “Last Week Tonight” host convincingly making the case that these companies are pyramid schemes.
And since U.S. Latinos are the main targets of this type of company, “Last Week Tonight” also released a Spanish version of the clip, with Jaime Camil, one of the stars of the TV show “Jane the Virgin,” replacing “Juan” Oliver in the last few minutes of the segment.
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