The Democratic National Convention comes to an end tonight, and the stars have been showing up to support Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz.
During her enthusiastic endorsement, Oprah sought to encourage voters to cast their ballot for “the best of America”.
“Values and character matter most of all,” said Oprah.
Also present was actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who played Vice President (and later on, President) Selina Meyer for seven seasons on HBO’s fantastic political satire Veep.
However, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has insisted that she doesn’t see a parallel between her fictional counterpart and Harris.
“It’s a great thing, I think?” Louis-Dreyfus said, before emphasising that her character bears little resemblance to Harris.
“I understand that people all over the internet are dying to make the narrative somehow that Kamala is Selina.
Asked if she had a favorite scene that embodied this, Louis-Dreyfus referenced a moment between her character and Matt Walsh’s Mike McLintock.
Stars have been out in force to support Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, as the Democratic National Convention draws to a close tonight.
Harris has a lot of support from celebrities like Eva Longoria, John Legend, Common, and Spike Lee. Oprah Winfrey, who made a surprise return to prime time yesterday at the DNC, encouraged Americans to choose “inclusion over retribution” and “optimism over cynicism.”.
Voters were urged to support “the best of America” by Oprah during her fervent endorsement.
Oprah declared, “Character and values are most important.”. “In life and in leadership. Most importantly, you already know that in 2024, respect and decency will be up for election. “.
Referencing the song “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie, Winfrey stated, “I’ve actually traveled from the red wood forests… to the Gulf Stream waters.”.
“They represent the best of America, and we are not that dissimilar from our neighbors, despite what some would have you believe. Winfrey remarked, “If the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out too. When a house is on fire, we don’t ask whose house it is.”.
She was making a reference to JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, who has drawn a lot of criticism for claiming that “childless cat ladies” run the US. “.
“Very soon, our kids will learn from us how this child of Indian parents and Jamaican parents—two enthusiastic, idealistic immigrants—grew up to be the 47th president of the United States,” Winfrey said to the assembly.
The wonderful political satire Veep on HBO featured actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President (and eventually President) Selina Meyer for seven seasons.
Eight female governors participated in the panel, which Louis-Dreyfus introduced by saying that JD Vance, the running mate of Donald Trump, would refer to the group as “a coven of semi-menstruating witches.”. “.
Together with Louis-Drefus, eight other female governors took the stage: Katie Hobbs of Arizona; Laura Kelly of Kansas; Janet Mills of Maine; Maura Healey of Massachusetts; Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan; Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico; Kathy Hochul of New York; and Tina Kotek of Oregon.
Although Selina Meyer isn’t the greatest female president ever portrayed on screen, she is undoubtedly the funniest. The actress has received numerous Emmys for her work in this role. The fourth season of the show concluded in 2019, but since President Joe Biden withdrew his candidacy in the upcoming presidential election, many have seen it as a work of art, with real-life events and the fictional vice president ascending to the White House in Season 4 seemingly mirroring each other.
Nonetheless, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has stated emphatically that she does not draw any similarities between Harris and her fictional counterpart.
During a live interview from the Democratic National Convention on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Colbert mentioned that Veep’s stream count had increased by 350%.
Louis-Dreyfus remarked, “It’s a great thing, I think,” before highlighting how little her character resembles Harris.
She clarified, saying, “Let me explain. On Veep, I played a narcissistic, megalomaniacal sociopath, and that is not Kamala Harris. It might be another candidate in the race. “.
Veep showrunner David Mandel said in Vanity Fair that he also doesn’t see many similarities between Meyer and Harris after the show’s cultural comeback.
“I am aware that there are ardent supporters on the internet who are trying to fabricate a story that Kamala is Selina. For my part, I refuse to accept it,” Mandel remarked. The approach appears overly straightforward, and it lacks enjoyment. It doesn’t seem enjoyable to me, and I believe they’re trying to somehow minimize her. “.
In his interview with Louis-Dreyfus, Colbert brought up the topic of Veep’s heavy emphasis on the mistreatment of women in politics. Louis-Dreyfus mentioned a scene involving her character and Matt Walsh’s Mike McLintock when asked which scene best captured this.
“He presented this speech to me, and it started ‘as a woman.'”. “It’s a first for me to begin a speech as a woman because I can’t identify as a woman,” I said, glancing at him,” Louis-Dreyfus recalled. “Women who despise women, which is most women, also detest that,” men say. “.
In response to Colbert’s question about which Veep character most resembles Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance, Louis-Dreyfus said, “That would be Jonah Ryan,” alluding to Timothy Simons’ portrayal of Meyer’s White House liaison.
Referring to the persistent (though unfounded) rumor that Vance had sex with a couch in the past, the actress joked, “I’m sure he’s made love to many couches.”.
