Julia Louis-Dreyfus brought full Veep energy to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and absolutely destroyed the host in the funniest way possible. Appearing during Colbert’s final week on air, the actress revealed that she secretly reunited some of the writers from Veep to create a farewell tribute for him. Except instead of being emotional, the entire thing turned into a brutal roast.
Before starting, Louis-Dreyfus warned the audience that Colbert had no clue what was coming.
“I got some of the Veep writers together to write a Veep-style tribute to you,” she announced.
And from there, things spiraled immediately.
“I’ve been on this show multiple times, and I always thought you were Rachel Maddow. Are you not?” she joked.
But the most savage line of the night came seconds later.
“Don’t be too hard on yourself. You’re as relevant as the Bill of Rights.”
The audience completely lost it while Colbert sat there laughing through the pain.
Louis-Dreyfus also dragged Donald Trump into the segment, joking that Colbert’s cancellation probably brought him immense joy.
“Your cancellation gave Donald Trump so much pleasure, I always think of you as the Stormy Daniels of late night,” she said.
At another point, she mocked the emotional goodbye atmosphere by saying she expected the visit to feel “more of a hospice situation.”
Even Jimmy Kimmel caught a stray during the roast.
“I don’t want you to worry,” she told Colbert. “The only reason everyone rallied around Jimmy Kimmel is because he’s more popular.”
The entire segment instantly blew up online, especially among Veep fans who recognized the classic Selina Meyer-style insults immediately.
And honestly, watching Julia Louis-Dreyfus slip back into that character so effortlessly felt like getting one last unexpected episode of Veep.