‘Veep’ Stars React After An Australian Politician Chokes, Knocks Himself Out Laughing At The Show

In Australia last week, a politician by the name of Graham Perrett had to get three stitches under a black eye and surgical glue for a split nose after he laughed so hard at an episode of Veep that he choked on his sushi and banged his head on a granite countertop, leaving him unconscious. He also broke his glasses. The Australian lawmaker’s wife found him knocked out on the floor with “blood everywhere.”

“I must have been out for only a few seconds because, when I came to again, I was still laughing at Jonah,” he told The Guardian.

After reports that a man literally injured himself watching Veep broke, Julia Louis-Dreyfus to took Twitter to express her disbelief.

As it turns out, the episode was this season’s premiere episode, and the scene in question involves Jonah being caught shaving his head to continue milking sympathy from the public after his bout with cancer.

Here’s that scene:

Louis-Dreyfus offered her condolences on Twitter, although Simons — who plays Jonah on Veep — was typical Jonah in his response:

https://twitter.com/timothycsimons/status/859911322682638337

David Mandel, the series’ showrunner, told the Australian Guardian that he was “very glad someone thinks the episode was as funny as we do”.

“I can think of a few officials in the USA that I may send the episode. With any luck, their wives won’t be home.”

Our advice to the Australian MP is to consider wearing a helmet for the rest of the season’s episodes.

(Via The Guardian)