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Julia Louis-Dreyfus has insisted that she doesn’t believe Kamala Harris is anything like the female vice president she played in Veep. The political satire comedy has enjoyed a surge in popularity since President Joe Biden withdrew his candidacy in the forthcoming presidential election and his vice president Harris took his place.In an interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, which aired live from the Democratic National Convention, Colbert mentioned that streams of the show had gone up 350 per cent.“It’s a great thing, I think?” Louis-Dreyfus said, before emphasising that her character, Selina Meyer, bears little resemblance to Harris.“Let me explain to you, on Veep I played a narcissistic, megalomaniac sociopath, and that is not Kamala Harris,” she said, adding: “It might be another candidate in the race.”She was then asked which Veep character was most like Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance.

Ellise Shafer Kamala Harris and Julia Louis-Dreyfus‘ “Veep” character Selina Meyer were both female vice presidents, but the actor says that’s where their similarities end. During an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” live from the Democratic National Convention, Louis-Dreyfus discussed the spike in popularity “Veep” has experienced following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from this year’s election and Harris’ announcement of her candidacy.

“I have no breaking story about a Veep comeback,” Matt Walsh told us at Deadline’s SXSW studio, “I wish I did because it would blow up the internet.”