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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Roasts Stephen Colbert as Selina Meyer From 'Veep'
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Roasts Stephen Colbert as Selina Meyer From 'Veep'

Variety·Zack Sharf·20 days ago
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus stopped by Stephen Colbert ‘s “ The Late Show ” for one last interview before the CBS late night franchise comes to an end on Thursday, May 21. While she was on to promote her new movie, “The Sheep Detectives,” Louis-Dreyfus had a ruthless surprise in store for Colbert when she resurrected her “ Veep ” character Selena Meyer in order to roast him. The actor notably won six consecutive Emmys for playing Selina during “Veep’s” seven season run on HBO. “You know how much I love you,” Louis-Dreyfus told Colbert near the end of their interview. “I wanted to add to the chorus to boost you along to whatever brilliant thing you do next. Since I know you’re a huge fan of ‘Veep,’ I got some of the writers together to write a ‘Veep’-style tribute to you. I will read them to you as Selina Meyer.” Louis-Dreyfus then effortlessly stepped back into Selena’s venomous shoes, rattling off dirty jokes such as: “You’re Irish, but you decided to pronounce your name to sound French?…

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