Democrat star Julia Louis-Dreyfus claims her gaffe-prone Veep character isn’t based on Kamala Harris
Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus has insisted her character on HBO’s hit series Veep looks nothing like Vice President Kamala Harris.
In the show, the actress, 63, plays self-centered and ambitious politician Selina Meyer, the vice president, who later becomes the president of the United States.
Following news that President Joe Biden had withdrawn from the 2024 race, fans recirculated a hilarious clip from the political satire comedy in which Louis-Dreyfus’ character responds to a similar situation.
However, the Seinfeld alum said her gaffe-prone Veep character isn’t based on the first real female vice president.
“I play a very, shall we say, almost narcissistic, sociopathic, mega-maniacal type of person. I’m not a Kamala Harris type,” Louis-Dreyfus said MSNBC‘s Ari Melber on Friday.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus insisted her character from hit HBO series Veep looks nothing like Vice President Kamala Harris
The award-winning actress told MSNBC’s Ari Melber that her Veep character is more like “someone from the other side”
Veep aired on HBO for seven seasons between 2012 and 2019, before Harris was elected vice president
“I may be much more like someone from the other party whose name I won’t even say.”
The show aired on HBO for seven seasons between 2012 and 2019 — before Harris’ tenure as vice president.
The fan-favorite clip that went viral after Harris was endorsed for president shows the shocked reactions of Louis-Dreyfus character’s team as she informs them that she will be running for president.
‘I’m not leaving. POTUS leaves. He will not run for a second term. I’m going to run. I’m going to run for president!’ she says excitedly.
“I didn’t see that coming,” someone replies. “Leader Meyer, Team Veep is on fire!” another joke.
“Let’s go to the damn moon!” someone else on her team explains, while yet another team member adds, “I lived so close on my boat.”
However, the award-winning actress insisted that Harris has nothing in common with her character.
“I played a character who was a woman, but also hated being a woman and didn’t want to define herself as a woman because she didn’t think it would be an asset,” Louis-Dreyfus said.
In the show, the actress, 63, plays self-centered and ambitious politician Selina Meyer, the vice president, who later becomes the president of the United States.
In 2020, Louis-Dreyfus congratulated Harris by tweeting that the idea of a “Madam Vice President” is “no longer fictional.”
‘She didn’t want to draw attention to that. In other words, we just turned it inside out and back on itself.”
The cast of Veep reunited on Sunday for a talk to benefit the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Term.
Louis-Dreyfus hosted a panel at the Democratic National Convention this year and previously supported the Biden-Harris administration.
She hosted Biden’s largely virtual 2020 convention during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2020, Louis-Dreyfus congratulated Harris by tweeting that the idea of a “Madam Vice President” is “no longer fictional.” She also congratulated Biden at the time.