Veep fans are everywhere — and sometimes, so are the show’s stars!
Julia Louis-Dreyfus shared an Instagram Story on Friday, June 6, revealing the moment she caught a fellow passenger on a flight watching the hit series, which aired on HBO from 2012 to 2019, without a clue that its star actress was seated nearby.
“Today on my flight this guy watched back to back episodes of @veephbo,” she captioned the Story. “He had no idea I was sitting right behind him.”
“I just loved making that show,” Louis-Dreyfus added.
The cast of Veep remained close after the show ended in 2019. In July 2024, co-star Tony Hale spoke to Us Weekly exclusively about the most recent text he and Louis-Dreyfus had exchanged.
“It’s funny because when we text, we typically never talk about the show,” he shared at the New York City premiere of his Netflix series, The Decameron, on July 24.
Hale told Us he often sends Louis-Dreyfus life updates instead. “My daughter just graduated high school, so we always talk about stuff, life, and [enjoy] the simplicity,” he shared. “We’ve lived so much life together, so we just kind of send each other [anything].”
Hale starred as Gary Walsh, the personal aide to Louis-Dreyfus’ Selina Meyer, on all seven episodes of the popular series.
Louis-Dreyfus can more recently be seen in Marvel’s Thunderbolts* alongside Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan. She reprises her role as La Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine, aka Val. She first appeared in the miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, again in the post-credits scene of Black Widow, and was featured in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
While speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about the movie in April, Louis-Dreyfus pointed out that her success has disputed the myth of the so-called “Seinfeld curse.”
“Yeah, I’m having a laugh now. It was ridiculous then, and fortunately, it’s really been dropped,” she said at the time. “It was so silly. Like you said, it was a media invention, but it made no sense. It did not make logical sense.”
Louis-Dreyfus starred on the popular sitcom from 1989 to 1998. Television media coined the term “Seinfeld curse” after the show’s conclusion to explain why the show’s stars — including Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards — were seemingly unable to find additional success.
In the years that have followed, Louis-Dreyfus has built a strong career in both television and film. Her other credits include The New Adventures of Old Christine and You Hurt My Feelings.
