Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 'delighted' by 'Veep' resurgence after Harris bid, hopes it helps her campaign

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"Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus said that she is "delighted" by the resurgence of the political satire show since Vice President Harris became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and thinks that it could help her campaign.

"It's been a wild thing to witness. Viewership went up something insane, like 350 percent," Louis-Dreyfus told Entertainment Weekly. "I'm delighted. I'm happy people are getting a kick out of it. And I know that Kamala Harris is — big time."

"Veep," which aired on HBO from 2012 to 2019, starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a comically inept fictional female vice president, Selina Meyer. In recent years, comparisons between the titular character and Harris went viral with detractors calling out the VP's so-called "word salads."

On the day after President Biden bowed out of the race, the television show gained a 353% increase in viewership for its first season on HBO Max, according to Luminate’s Streaming Viewership data.

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After being asked if the show's viral popularity would help the Harris campaign, Louis-Dreyfus replied, "I certainly hope so. Please vote, ladies and gentlemen, please vote."

However, Veep series creator Armando Iannucci and executive producer David Mandel have rejected comparisons between Louis-Dreyfus' character