Marianne Williamson's 'Seinfeld' reference was 'bizarre,' says Julia Louis-Dreyfus
The Democratic debates had a "Seinfeld" moment Tuesday, when controversial candidate Marianne Williamson told the audience, “For politicians, including my fellow candidates, who themselves have taken tens of thousands — and in some cases, hundreds of thousands — of dollars from these same corporate donors to think that they now have the moral authority to say we’re going to take them on, I don’t think the Democratic Party should be surprised that so many Americans believe yada, yada, yada."
Williamson's "yada, yada, yada" comment weirded Julia Louis-Dreyfus out, as she told Jimmy Kimmel on an appearance on his show Wednesday, shrugging and making a face when he greeted Louis-Dreyfus with a clip of the moment.
"That was so bizarre," she said. "I guess she's gonna pick me as her running mate? Is that what that means?"
"Well, it's bizarre, it's kind of like worlds colliding and then some, right?" she added when Kimmel asked her what the cultural impact of the line meant to her. "It'll be weird when they say, 'No soup for you!' "
Louis-Dreyfus explained that, thanks to her time playing politician Selina Meyer for seven seasons on the recently-ended HBO series "Veep," told Kimmel that when it came to the debates, she understood the "true anxiety that a lot of these people probably feel, going in and trying to sell themselves."
"Watching the debate tonight, it gave me a lot of anxiety, I kind of had to turn away."