Jerry Seinfeld's show in Norfolk, Va., was interrupted eight times by pro-Palestinian protesters, one of whom was wrestled to the ground by other audience members.

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.”

  • frankgrimeszzEnglish
    466·
    10 months ago

    And just like that, I lost all respect for him.

    • Zehzin
      743·
      10 months ago

      Not the time he dated a highschooler when he was 38?

      • Lost_My_Mind
        242·
        10 months ago

        I’m 40. I cannot FATHOM what conversations he had with a girl who wouldn’t have even been born when his show went off the air.

        • can@sh.itjust.works
          161·
          10 months ago

          Who tf cares. That’s not the point, being 38 with an 18yo is weird regardless of legality.

          • refalo@programming.dev
            24·
            10 months ago

            I would think if the majority of people agreed with you, he’d have been cancelled hard already, but nobody really seems to care except the vocal minority of terminally online nerds with even more questionable minds

        • Flying Squid
          172·
          10 months ago

          That’s when he admitted it. We don’t know how old she was when it started.

        • Zehzin
          231·
          10 months ago

          You’re not gonna trick me into doing math

          • Lost_My_Mind
            32·
            10 months ago

            Found the legal loophole justified into sleeping with an 18 year old.

            Anytime people would get upset, and ask “do you know how much older you are than her???”

            He would just reply “You’re not gonna trick me into doing math!!!”