Judd Apatow thinks its hard to write political comedy now because Donald Trump's administration is so 'ridiculous'

Judd Apatow thinks its hard to write political comedy now because Donald Trump's administration is so "ridiculous".

The 40-year-old Virgin filmmaker believes the current climate in the US is hard to write about because the president and his officials are already behaving in a way that is hard to exaggreate for laughs.

He told the Sunday Times' Culture magazine: “It’s much harder to do comedy right now.

“If you look at what’s happening in the world, it’s stranger than Dr Strangelove. Characters in our country are more ridiculous than characters in Kubrick’s film, so what can comedy do?

"The Trump administration is hard to be exaggerated in a sketch, so it’s a difficult moment for political comedy.”

And Judd is also worried that major world issues have become so "serious", he's not sure comedy is appropriate right now.

He said: “It’s very difficult and so cruel that there’s not a lot of humour in it.

“Indeed, sometimes I think things have become so serious that, maybe, it’s a moment for us not to joke about it and to instead have a bit more energy to fight for our values. It is important people have an outlet and an expression, but it doesn’t mean anything without action. And it’s certainly the time for that.”