{"id":2355993,"date":"2024-10-16T23:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jerry-seinfeld-regrets-claiming-the-extreme-left-is-wrecking-comedy-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T23:29:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T03:29:26","slug":"jerry-seinfeld-regrets-claiming-the-extreme-left-is-wrecking-comedy-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jerry-seinfeld-regrets-claiming-the-extreme-left-is-wrecking-comedy-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Seinfeld regrets claiming the \u2018extreme Left\u2019 is wrecking comedy &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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-regrets-claiming-the-extreme-left-is-wrecking-comedy-washington-examiner%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=2355993&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>Comedian Jerry Seinfeld recently expressed regret over his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-pelosi-allowed-recently-covid-positive-rep-onto-house-floor-to-vote-for-her\/\" title=\"Report: Pelosi allowed recently COVID-positive rep. onto House floor to vote for her\">previous comments<\/a> claiming that\u200d the &#8220;extreme Left&#8221; is\u2062 harming comedy and television programming. During \u2062an appearance on Tom Papa&#8217;s\u200b podcast, Seinfeld admitted that his assertion was incorrect, emphasizing that comedians \u2064can thrive regardless of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-demand-answers-on-apples-censorship-policies-in-china\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Demand Answers On Apple\u2019s Censorship Policies In China\">cultural constraints<\/a>. He metaphorically described comedians \u200bas skilled \u200cathletes who adapt to various challenges, stating, \u201cWhatever the culture is, we make \u2062the gate,\u201d \u200cindicating that success in comedy depends on navigating the prevailing cultural landscape rather than being\u2063 limited by it.\u2062 This clarification\u200c follows Seinfeld&#8217;s earlier\u2063 frustrations about the sensitivity surrounding comedy and \u2062the need to avoid offending audiences.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jerry Seinfeld regrets claiming the &lsquo;extreme Left&rsquo; is wrecking comedy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1837421\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is backtracking his critique of the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"extreme Left\">extreme Left<\/a>&rdquo; that claimed it wrecked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/comedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"comedy\">comedy<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"television\">television<\/a> programming.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While appearing on comedian Tom Papa&rsquo;s <em>Breaking Bread<\/em> podcast this week, Seinfeld said that he now regrets his previous comments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I said that the &lsquo;extreme Left&rsquo; has suppressed the art of comedy. I did say that. That&rsquo;s not true,&rdquo; Seinfeld <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PQWslKu129g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not true. If you&rsquo;re a champion skier, you can put the gates anywhere you want on the mountain and you&rsquo;re going to make the gate. That&rsquo;s comedy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chelsea-handler-apologizes-for-canceling-vaccinated-and-horny-tour-last-minute-says-its-not-covid-from-hospital-bed\/\" title=\"Chelsea Handler Apologizes For Canceling \u2018Vaccinated And Horny\u2019 Tour Last Minute, Says \u2018It\u2019s Not COVID\u2019 From Hospital Bed\">comedian continued<\/a>, &ldquo;Whatever the culture is, we make the gate. You <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t make the gate, you&rsquo;re out of the game. The game is where is the gate and how do I make the gate to get down the hill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"PQWslKu129g\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jerry Seinfeld Declares: Comedy Is Not Dead! | Breaking Bread with Tom Papa #234\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PQWslKu129g?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In April, Seinfeld&rsquo;s frustration regarding &ldquo;people worrying so much about offending other people&rdquo; quickly went viral.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It used to be that you&rsquo;d go home at the end of the day, most people would go, &lsquo;Oh, <em>Cheers<\/em> is on. Oh, <em>M.A.S.H.<\/em> is on. Oh,[[<em>The<\/em>] <em>Mary Tyler Moore <\/em>[[<em>Show<\/em>]is on,<em> All in the Family<\/em> is on.&rsquo; You just expected [there would] be some funny stuff we can watch on TV tonight,&rdquo; Seinfeld had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@newyorker\/video\/7362296649592605998?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121351166%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=www.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2F2983802%2Fseinfeld-blames-extreme-left-pc-crap-nothing-funny-tv-night%2F&amp;referer_video_id=7362296649592605998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>New Yorker&rsquo;s Radio Hour<\/em> while promoting his Netflix movie<em> Unfrosted.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He added, &ldquo;Well, guess what? Where is it? Where is it? This is the result of the extreme Left and [politically correct] crap and people worrying so much about offending other people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In reflecting this week on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cancel-culture-media-calls-for-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-to-resign-over-past-comments-rep-greene-hits-back\/\" title=\"Cancel Culture Media Calls for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to Resign Over Past Comments \u2014 Rep. Greene HITS BACK\">past comments<\/a>, Seinfeld further defended his new viewpoint, doubling down that the &ldquo;extreme Left&rdquo; has not &ldquo;done anything to inhibit the art of comedy.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Does culture change and are there things that I use to say that [I can&rsquo;t because] people are always moving [the gate]? Yes, but that&rsquo;s the biggest and easiest target,&rdquo; Seinfeld said. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t say certain words about groups. So what? The accuracy of your observation has to be 100 times finer than that just to be a comedian. &hellip; So I don&rsquo;t think, as I said, the &lsquo;extreme Left&rsquo; has done anything to inhibit the art of comedy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1837421\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1837421\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Seinfeld regrets saying the &#8216;extreme Left&#8217; harms comedy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2355994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Jerry-Seinfeld.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7958,43188,40212],"class_list":["post-2355993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-comedy","tag-extreme-left","tag-jerry-seinfeld"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Jerry-Seinfeld.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355993","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\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2355993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2355993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2355993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2355993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}