Jerry
Seinfeld
claimed
that
comedy
today
is
ruined
in
part
by
“extreme
left
&
P.C.
crap”
in
an
interview,
which
has
earned
him
serious
backlash
from
those
online.
Veteran
comedian
Jerry
Seinfeld
shared
some
thoughts
about
the
state
of
comedy
on
television
today
that
has
sparked
a
hefty
debate.
Seinfeld
sat
down
with
journalist
David
Remnick
for
the
New
Yorker
Radio
Hour
podcast
to
promote
a
Netflix
movie
about
the
origin
of
Pop-Tarts
and
was
asked
by
Remnick
about
how
he
handles
dealing
with
serious
issues
going
on
in
the
world.
“Nothing
really
affects
comedy.
People
always
need
it.
They
need
it
so
badly
and
they
don’t
get
it,”
Seinfeld
began.
“It
used
to
be
you
would
go
home
at
the
end
of
the
day,
most
people
would
go,
‘Oh,
Cheers
is
on,”
he
continued.
“‘Oh,
M.A.S.H.
is
on,
oh,
Mary
Tyler
Moore
is
on.
All
in
the
Family
is
on.’
You
just
expected,
there’ll
be
some
funny
stuff
we
can
watch
on
TV
tonight.
Well,
guess
what?
Where
is
it?
This
is
the
result
of
the
extreme
left
and
P.C.
crap
and
people
worrying
so
much
about
offending
other
people.
When
you
write
a
script
and
it
goes
into
four
or
five
different
hands,
committees,
groups
—
‘Here’s
our
thought
about
this
joke’
—
well,
that’s
the
end
of
your
comedy.”
Remnick
asked
the
70-year-old
if
he
ever
“had
that
experience”.
Seinfeld
simply
replied,
“Um,
no.”
When
Remnick
asked
him
about
Seinfeld
co-creator
Larry
David
and
the
conclusion
of
his
acclaimed
HBO
comedy
series
Curb
Your
Enthusiasm,
the
comic
replied:
“Larry
was
grandfathered
in.
He’s
old
enough
so
that
—
‘I
don’t
have
to
observe
those
rules,
because
I
started
before
you
made
those
rules.’”
Seinfeld
received
some
support
from
far-right
figures
such
as
Turning
Point
USA
leader
Benny
Johnson
and
Dinesh
D’Souza
after
the
interview,
The
comments
also
earned
Seinfeld
a
heavy
amount
of
backlash
online.
“Jerry
Seinfeld
whining
that
there
are
no
good
sitcoms
because
of
wokeness
when
his
writing
partner
just
ended
one
of
the
funniest
sitcoms
of
all
time
which
is
loved
by
leftists,”
wrote
one
user
in
a
post
on
X,
formerly
Twitter
who
quoted
platform
owner
Elon
Musk’s
post
of
a
Seinfeld
routine
with
the
caption,
“Make
comedy
great
again!”
Check
out
the
responses
to
Seinfeld’s
comments
below.