Jerry Seinfeld’s week of difficult appearances continues, this time in Virginia.

As soon as Seinfeld took the stage for a stand-up comedy set at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk on Saturday night, a man in the audience jumped up and yelled, “Free Gaza,” TMZ reported. The audience immediately began booing the heckler and chanting “Jerry! Jerry!” as another bystander wrestled the protester into a headlock.

Security escorted the man out of the building, but the show was interrupted by other protesters eight times throughout its 90-minute run.

The controversy around Seinfeld’s views stems from his vocal support of Israel — which he visited following the Oct. 7 attacks — and his wife’s $5,000 donation to a GoFundMe for pro-Israel counterprotesters at UCLA after a late April protest turned violent.

Seinfeld didn’t seem bothered by the interruptions, telling the crowd not to boo the man because he had a right to protest.

“This is exciting. I like this,” the comic said as the original protester was escorted out of the venue. “I like a little Jew hate to spice up the show.”

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    7 months ago

    If you think pro-Palestinian demonstrations are Jewish hate, you’re a complete chud, Seinfuck. Also, it’s literally making people associate anti-Palestinian sentiment with Judaism at large. Can’t stop people from shooting themselves in the foot, I suppose.

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      7 months ago

      Everytime the Zionists imply that being against the mass murder of children is being against Jews a little child dies … quite literally, either bombed by Israel or snipped by an IDF soldier.

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    7 months ago

    another bystander wrestled the protester into a headlock

    That’s assault, right? Cause it sounds a lot like assault.

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      Nonono, if someone is peacefully protesting a political opinion that is not shared by the government, all measures of silencing are legal /s

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    I’m simply shocked people are passionate enough about Jerry Seinfeld to stand up and chant his name.

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        7 months ago

        It’s become clear that the show was almost entirely Larry David. Seinfeld was just lucky enough to be his buddy at the time and ride along.

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            I don’t know enough to say either way, but the quality definitely changed. Regardless, by that point, the cadence of the show, characters, etc. had already long been established so (as NBC execs figured out) they could just do it without Larry.

            But obviously Larry David was the soul of that show. The show was about him, he is just too introverted and malcontent to play himself so he let his far more outgoing friend take the lead role.

            Probably. Seems that way at least.

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    7 months ago

    While reading I was like ok maybe he’s not so bad. He says the man has right to protest, right on Jerry. Then he says “a lil jew hate to spice up the show” get fucked sienfeld

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    It seems counterproductive to pay for tickets to go see a comedian just to protest heckle.

    Like, you just gave that man money to yell at him. I’m sure he’s drying his tears with the dollar bills.

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      Lol, do you have any idea how much money this guy has? These hecklers achieved A huge victory here. I had no idea until now how far he’d gone. What a piece of shit this guy is.

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      Recently? He’s been a smarmy douche about his success for a very long time.

      That syndicated show money has done nothing but inflate his ego.

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        7 months ago

        Let’s not forget the grooming or at very least his very young partners.

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    Jerry has been going on the wrought ideas of cancel culture inhibiting his ability to tell jokes. As if he was attempting to make high-art and the “woke” mob isn’t letting him. His two movies have been about a bee and the other about a pop tart.