The “Seinfeld” star added that he “did not know that people care what comedians say.”
Jerry Seinfeldis letting the woke mob off the hook.
“I did say that.
Jerry Seinfeld.Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage
That’s not true.
It’s not true.”
“Now, they’re going to see stand-up comics, because we are not policed by anyone.
Jerry Seinfeld on ‘Seinfeld’.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
The audience polices us.
We know when we’re off-track, we know instantly and we adjust to it.
Yeah, but that’s the biggest, easiest target.
I’m taking that back now officially.
They have not.”
“That’s what I missed, and I mentioned Muhammad Ali and Sean Connery and Howard Cosell.
I mean, because these were all the people I wanted to be like as a kid.
I wanted to be, I wanted to have that kind of authority and style.
It was really a style thing.”
Seinfeld said he does miss more bold, individualistic figures dominating pop culture.
“Everyone conforms more to not offend.
I miss George C. Scott,” he lamented.
“I miss these gigantic personalities, just because I thought it was a great flavor in my youth.
“I did not know that people care what comedians say.
That literally came as news to me.
Who the hell cares what a comedian thinks about anything?
So the fun thing about being a comedian, I thought, ‘Say whatever the hell you want.
No one’s listening, no one cares.
And if it gets a laugh, you get to do another set tomorrow night.'”
Watch the full conversation between Seinfeld and Papa above.
