‘Veep’ star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she’ll be ‘extra-involved’ in Kamala Harris’ campaign — and hints at DNC appearance

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The Sunday Times and later cut an advertisement aimed at telling Americans overseas how to cast their ballots.She mused about the advice that her alter ego in the show Selina Meyer would give to Harris but cautioned the VP against taking it.“If Selina had any advice for Kamala, she had best not take it.

I think Kamala is so intelligent she wouldn’t take the call,” Louis-Dreyfus joked.Louis-Dreyfus’s political satire show “Veep” has roared back into the spotlight after the life-imitates-art moment when President Biden announced he was stepping down and endorsing Harris to replace him.Some critics have compared Harris to Louis-Dreyfus’ character on the show, who is at once incompetent and vicious.In the HBO show, Meyer becames the first female president after the incumbent stepped aside.

On Friday, Harris secured the delegates for the Democratic nomination after President Biden threw in the towel last month. Harris and Louis-Dreyfus crossed paths at a state dinner in 2022 and the actress who is also famous for her role as Elaine Benes in “Seinfeld,” dished on how their conversation went.“We talked about — how shall I say? — how much ‘Veep’ got right in terms of the culture of Washington, both behind the curtain and in front of the curtain.

She was a big fan of the show,” she told the outlet.Louis-Dreyfus, who grew up in Washington, DC, and backed Biden before the mutiny against him, suggested that people pegging similarities between Harris and Meyer are doing so because of sexism. “Female candidates are more scrutinized,” she told the outlet.