{"id":2243469,"date":"2024-05-13T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jerry-seinfeld-apologizes-for-sexual-undertones-in-animated-bee-movie\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T13:03:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:03:15","slug":"jerry-seinfeld-apologizes-for-sexual-undertones-in-animated-bee-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jerry-seinfeld-apologizes-for-sexual-undertones-in-animated-bee-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Seinfeld apologizes for risqu\u00e9 content in &#8216;Bee Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjerry-seinfeld-apologizes-for-sexual-undertones-in-animated-bee-movie%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2243469&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jerry Seinfeld, during his \u200dDuke University commencement speech, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-ethics-committee-investigating-gop-rep-tom-reed-over-sexual-misconduct-allegation\/\" title=\"House Ethics Committee Investigating GOP Rep. Tom Reed Over Sexual Misconduct Allegation\">publicly apologized<\/a> for the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-messed-up-tampax-apologies-deletes-creepy-tweet-sexualizing-tampons\/\" title=\"\u2018We Messed Up\u2019: Tampax Apologies, Deletes Creepy Tweet Sexualizing Tampons\">sexual undertones<\/a> in his 2007 animated film, &#8220;Bee Movie.&#8221; Seinfeld acknowledged the discomfort some viewers felt regarding the relationship between Barry \u2062B. \u200cBenson\u200c and Vanessa.\u2063 The comedian expressed regret \u2064over the unintended implications\u2062 of the characters&#8217; interactions, \u200dsparking discussions about\u2062 the film&#8217;s appropriateness for children.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/jerry-seinfeld\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jerry Seinfeld<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  gave the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-bill-maher-televisions-last-true-liberal\/\" title=\"Is Bill Maher Television\u2019s Last True Liberal?\">commencement address<\/a> at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/duke-university\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Duke University<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  over the weekend and apologized during his remarks for the sexual content in his 2007 animated children\u2019s film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 70-year-old comedian mentioned \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bee Movie<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d while addressing the crowd gathered in Durham, North Carolina, on Sunday. \u201cI made a cartoon movie about bees you may have watched as a child,\u201d Seinfeld said in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@drummerofphc\/video\/7368144938531409195\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">video clip<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that\u2019s since gained traction on TikTok.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf any of you felt slightly uncomfortable about the sexual undertones in the relationship between Barry B. Benson and Vanessa, the florist who saves his life, I would like to apologize for that now,\u201d he added. \u201cI may not have calibrated that perfectly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over the years, there\u2019s been a lot of conversation about the nature of the relationship between Seinfeld\u2019s character, a bee, and his human co-star, Vanessa (voiced by Ren\u00e9e Zellweger).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This isn\u2019t the first time Seinfeld brought up his regrets about the relationship in \u201cBee Movie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI apologize for what seems to be a certain uncomfortable subtle sexual aspect of the \u2018Bee Movie,&#8217;\u201d he said during a 2021 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W_pOI7kHMTI\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">appearance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on The Tonight Show. \u201c[It] really was not intentional, but after it came out, I realized this is really not appropriate for children. Because the bee seems to have a thing for the girl, and we don\u2019t really want to pursue that as an idea in children\u2019s entertainment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712242396228000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3WzjrNXCr1KblP2z8dS_jB\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prior to his speech, several pro-Palestinian students walked out of the commencement ceremony when Seinfeld was announced as a speaker, as The Daily Wire previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/anti-israel-protesters-get-booed-as-they-walk-out-on-graduation-speaker-jerry-seinfeld\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The comedian has voiced his support for Israel publicly as the war against Hamas continues. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seinfeld received an honorary degree from Duke. His son Julian currently attends the college, while his daughter Sascha previously graduated from there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The stand-up star has recently been promoting his newly released comedy, \u201cUnfrosted,\u201d about the origin of Pop-Tarts. The movie, Seinfeld\u2019s directorial debut, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-kamala-harris-bought-375-pot-on-paris-trip\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Kamala Harris Bought 5 Pot on Paris Trip\">received mixed reviews<\/a> from critics. It currently has a 40% critical rating and a 55% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAll told, \u2018Unfrosted\u2019 is the cinematic equivalent of a kid mixing every cereal from his parents\u2019 cupboard into a giant salad bowl with the hope that a splash of milk will magically blend the various flavors into something palatable,\u201d one reviewer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/criticism\/movies\/unfrosted-review-jerry-seinfeld-pop-tarts-netflix-1234999325\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  of the film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his commencement address at Duke University, Jerry Seinfeld, 70, apologized for the adult themes in his 2007 animated film &#8220;Bee Movie.&#8221; The comedian acknowledged the issue in Durham, North Carolina, on Sunday, where he mentioned the movie while speaking to the crowd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2243470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Bee-Movie.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Bee-Movie.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}