The comedian said he feels “a little bit” politicized by the current state of affairs.
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.”war, modern masculinity and why he choose to film a movie “about breakfast”–
“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” and his support of Israel and its war on Gaza that have prompted headlines in recent weeks. Seinfeld posted days after the Oct.7 attack expressing his support for Israel, and again.
On May 19, his comedy show was interrupted by a member in the audience who yelled “Free Gaza,” and jeered with other audience members,Seinfeld said he feels “a little bit” politicized by the current state of affairs, describing it as “so dumb” and that while he supports younger generations diving into politics, “we have to just correct their aim.”
“When we get protesters occasionally, I love to say to the audience, ‘you know I love that these young people, they’re trying to get engaged with politics, we have to just correct their aim a little bit, they don’t seem to understand that as comedians we really don’t control anything,” Seinfeld said.
Of being described Nazi scum, he said it was “so silly, they want to express this sincere intense rage, but again, a little off-target. That’s to me, comedic,” he explained of the smile that was attached to his face during the confrontation.
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