"Your cancellation gave Donald Trump so much pleasure I always think of you as the Stormy Daniels of late night"

Julia Louis-Dreyfus revived Selina Meyer, her beloved character from Veep , to help say farewell to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show . The actress, appearing in support of her new film The Sheep Detectives , read a series of lines as Selina, much to the surprise of Colbert.

“People have been coming on this show recently to sing your praises and give you gifts,” Louis-Dreyfus explained. “And you know how much I love you. I really do. I wanted to sort of add to the chorus to boost you along to whatever brilliant thing you do next. And since I know you’re a huge fan of Veep I got some of the Veep writers together to write a Veep -style tribute to you. And I’m going to read them to you as Selina Meyer.”

The tribute began: “I’ve been on this show multiple times and I always thought you were Rachel Maddow.…