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Signature issue.

A historic backslide

Julia Louis-Dreyfus dons the Constitution (with an errant signature) and not much else on the Rolling Stone cover.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus dons the Constitution (with an errant signature) and not much else on the Rolling Stone cover.Read moreMARK SELIGER
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LOS ANGELES - Julia Louis-Dreyfus better hope her latest tattoo is a temporary one.

The cover of Rolling Stone magazine featuring the Veep star depicts a nude Louis-Dreyfus with a tattoo of the U.S. Constitution signed by John Hancock across her back. The problem is Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.

Louis-Dreyfus jokingly blamed the blunder on Mike McClintock, the fictional Veep character played by Matt Walsh who serves as communications director to Louis-Dreyfus' Vice President Selina Meyer on the HBO comedy series.

"Yet another Mike [expletive]," the actress posted on Twitter. "Dummy."

The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia mocked the flub by tweeting a photo of the cover alongside such Founding Fathers as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin with the words Thanks for the shoutout but no Hancock here.

A Rolling Stone spokeswoman said the Declaration of Independence was on the other side of Louis-Dreyfus' body, but they couldn't fit in the signatures.

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