Julia Louis-Dreyfus simply shared a pitch-perfect instance of life imitating artwork.
The “Veep” star, who portrayed fictional Vice President Selina Meyer within the HBO satire, revealed Monday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as soon as praised her efficiency in a glowing letter — just for an e-mail leak to expose Clinton’s true emotions.
Louis-Dreyfus instructed Stephen Colbert and his “Late Night” viewers that it was “exciting” and “divine” to fulfill Clinton backstage, however then revealed simply how comparable the present’s fictional Washington, D.C., is to the real-life capital — by merely studying a few paperwork.
The primary was a buck slip, or envelope insert, which Clinton despatched the actor in 2013.
“It says, ‘Julia you’re a great veep,’” Louis-Dreyfus learn aloud with a wink Monday earlier than persevering with. “‘Hope you can get gun control, immigration reform and job creation this season. All the best, Hillary Rodham Clinton.’ And it’s dated 1/29/13. Very nice, so nice.”
Colbert went on to remind viewers that Clinton’s emails had been leaked in 2016, nevertheless. He had Louis-Dreyfus learn a very illuminating change between Clinton and considered one of her advisers.
“It says, ‘A friend wants me to sign something for Julia Lewis-Dreyfus for ‘Veep,’ any ideas?’” the actor learn with one other understanding look earlier than Colbert chimed in: “He wrote back, ‘Let me brainstorm on this one, do some research. I confess I haven’t seen the show.’”
The raucous crowd laughter solely grew louder when Colbert confirmed each the buck slip and a printout of the e-mail encased in glass — and Louis-Dreyfus confirmed: “Well, I put them in a frame together” — earlier than asking his visitor what the two-part memento means to her.
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“This represents to me, and I say this with all respect of course to Secretary Clinton, but this represents to me Washington, D.C.,” mentioned Louis-Dreyfus. “And really, it’s kind of a little ‘Veep’ moment, in fact. It’s what we were satirizing very sort of extremely on ‘Veep.’”
Louis-Dreyfus additionally shared that she was raised in a staunchly Democratic family by “politically active, very involved” dad and mom who instilled in her that voting “is a sacred act.” The actor notably obtained the Nationwide Medal of Arts from President Joe Biden in 2021.
Clinton, whose 2016 election upset spawned a tell-all marketing campaign memoir titled “What Happened” and the Apple TV+ documentary collection “Gutsy,” has since thrown her full assist behind Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for 2024.
When Colbert argued that the unwittingly public Clinton e-mail is one thing Mike McLintock would’ve written, Louis-Dreyfus argued it could’ve been even “more botched” if the fictional “Veep” character had executed it — and gave Clinton some grace in regards to the matter.
“She obviously handled it very elegantly,” she mentioned Monday. “But anyway, there you go.”
