Jerry Seinfeld isn’t worried about ‘political correctness’ during his comedy routines

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Jerry Seinfeld has ne'er deferred to governmental correctness successful his drama acts and doesn’t scheme connected ever doing so.

“Political correctness is thing of a interest for group that can’t think,” he told Page Six successful a caller exclusive interview.

Because of that, they make “stupid mistakes” that are “offensive,” nan “Seinfeld” alum explained.

Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t interest astir governmental correctness. FilmMagic
The comedian has been doing standup for complete 50 years. Tasos Katopodis

So what does he suggest? “Pick up a paper, find retired what’s going connected and conscionable navigate astir it.”

Seinfeld, whose emotion of cereal was documented successful “Seinfeld,” offered that proposal while promoting “Unfrosted” — a movie inspired by nan 1963 title betwixt Kellogg’s and Post to create a pastry that would alteration nan look of meal forever.

The sitcom alum shared that “political correctness is thing of a interest for group that can’t think.” Getty Images for Baby Buggy
Seinfeld suggested that group prime up a newspaper and “find retired what’s going on.” Victoria Will/Invision/AP

The movie came astir because of nan standup comedian’s well-documented emotion of meal cereals, and Pop-Tarts — nan pastry that was created during nan race.

“[Pop-Tarts] conscionable benignant of stuck out,” he recalled. “There’s for illustration a fewer things that I retrieve from puerility that [I was] like, ‘Wow! I can’t judge they’re giving america that…the Pop-Tart was nan craziest nutrient that I remember.'”

“It didn’t subordinate to immoderate different merchandise that they produced. It was hot, it came successful these packets, it conscionable seemed truthful abstraction age, and it was great!”

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He co-created nan sitcom, “Seinfeld.” ©Castle Rock Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection
Seinfeld is promoting “Unfrosted,” a movie loosely based connected nan title to create Pop-Tarts. AP

It sounds for illustration nan emotion matter has continued unabated.

“Everybody I cognize loved it and everybody I cognize still loves it and it’s funny,” he gushed.

“The sanction is funny, everything astir it is funny, not everything is funny, not each nutrient is funny. That nutrient is funny.”


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Seinfeld, who turns 70 adjacent week, not only stars successful nan movie pinch Jim Gaffigan, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer and Hugh Grant arsenic Tony nan Tiger, he besides co-wrote nan book and directed it.

The movie besides stars Melissa McCarthy and Jim Gaffigan. AP
Seinfeld co-wrote and directed nan comedy. AP

Unlike galore performers who dream of yelling “Action!” Seinfeld seemed non-plussed astir being nan large kahuna connected set.

“I ne'er really cared astir it,” he revealed. “I emotion being a writer, that’s what I really love. But for a writer, nan dream is to person nan activity that you wrote represented precisely arsenic you want it and that occupation is being a director.”

“There are 2 awesome things successful nan world, successful my opinion,” he added. “There’s only 2 things that count — penning and performing. Everything other is conscionable a pain.”

“Unfrosted” will beryllium released connected Netflix connected May 3.

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