The ambassador’s career is clearly attractive: on the one hand, he exercises power, and on the other hand, he organizes parties for influential people in remote places. The series “Diplomat”, which premiered last month on netflix, it brings glamour, skipping the chores of notes, press meetings, and paperwork.

In the series, Keri Russell plays the US Ambassador to the UK, who handles international crises, lives in a mansion, poses for Vogue, and is married to a former ambassador played by Rufus Sewell.

The Diplomat, the most watched Netflix series in recent weeks, has been watched by U.S. ambassadors around the world, among others. Regarding the above, the New York Times correspondents asked the heads of American embassies how well their work was represented in the series.

“We are not as tough as the military and not as cold-blooded as the secret service,” said John Feely, a former US ambassador to Panama. “So Keri Russell is having sex with Rufus Sewell, we call that a diplomatic approach?” Well, damn it. I will accept it. But it’s fantastic.”

Where the series is not true

The ambassadors told the NYT about discrepancies such as For example: the lack of a Senate confirmation process and the main character’s use of a mobile phone in office.

“I have different memories of the confirmation process,” U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel told Motoko Rich. “The show may be an accurate picture of diplomatic life, but their perception of American politics and the American Senate? It’s kind of wrong.”