After The Simpsons accurately predicted Donald Trump‘s presidency, Armando Iannucci doesn’t want that smoke.
The Veep creator took to X to remind fans that his Emmy Award-winning HBO series (2012-2019) was purely fictional, despite perceived similarities to President Joe Biden‘s announcement that he’s dropping out of the 2024 presidential election and his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Let’s remind ourselves that #Veep has already written a fictional version of this script .. Kamala *inherits* the actual presidency. Then runs. The electoral college is tied. The house vote is tied. Which means the Senate has to choose the tie breaking candidate. And that ends up with … JD Vance as POTUS (Nb this is DRAMA …)” wrote one fan.
Iannucci quoted the post, adding: “Don’t forget we made all that up, though.”
Since Biden’s endorsement of Harris, plenty of fans have taken to social media with memes pointing out the parallels to Julia Louis Dreyfus‘ titular character, Vice President Selina Meyer, in the hit political satire comedy.
After several fans shared a scene from the show of Selina announcing to her staff that the president has decided not to run for a second term and she’s running in his place, one person credited Iannucci with “continuing to predict our political reality” in a post.
“Still working on the ending,” Iannucci joked as he quoted the post.
Iannucci had one last laugh as he posted a throwback image of Dreyfus and Biden having a slow-mo walk through the White House in a clip from the 2014 White House Correspondent’s Dinner.
Following Biden’s endorsement, Harris has secured enough pledged delegates in record time to win the Democratic nomination on the first ballot.