Jerry Seinfeld Addresses the Backlash to His Pro-Israel Advocacy

Jerry Seinfeld responded to pro-Palestine demonstrators who in recent weeks have confronted him at shows and during a commencement speech, claiming they need to “correct their aim” because comedians “don’t control anything.”

In an interview with firebrand former New York Times writer Bari Weiss on her Honestly podcast Tuesday, Seinfeld opened up on a number of topics including the Israel-Hamas war, modern masculinity (“I miss a dominant masculinity–yeah I get the toxic thing, I get it–but still, I like a real man”) and why he choose to film a movie “about breakfast”–Unfrosted–in a time of uncertainty.

“Because I want to,” he said, adding he started the movie during COVID-19 because he “couldn’t stand sad faces” and hoped he could “make a face happy, even if just for a few minutes.” Of the prospect of Trump regaining the presidency in November, Seinfeld added, “I don’t like that kind of talk.”

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