Veep star Timothy Simons said his insufferable character Jonah Ryan is rooted in reality.

On Tuesdays broadcast of Late Night with Seth Meyers , Simons revealed how he first based the fictional character on a smash together of different Washington lackeys who only care about proximity to power.

But as Simons character developed and began his own congressional campaign, the actor evolved, basing him on the charmless, graceless and universally disliked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

Begrudgingly you have to admit that Ted Cruz, he has fallen ass-backwards into some sort of power and until hes out, everybody just has to deal with him, and thats very much Jonahs vibe, thats his thing, Simons explained.

Check out the interview above.