Comedian Jerry Seinfeld had a sharp response when an influencer tried to get him to say “free Palestine,” telling the streamer that Palestine “doesn’t exist.”
The exchange was captured in a video posted to TikTok by streamer Finesse Fave, who approached Seinfeld and asked, “What up Seinfeld, what up? Can we get a ‘free Palestine?’ Come on, give us one ‘free Palestine.’”
Seinfeld laughed at first, then answered directly: “It doesn’t exist.”
The moment quickly drew attention online, adding to a series of recent public encounters in which Seinfeld has been confronted over his support for Israel.
In May, the comedian was heckled while leaving a New York Knicks game. Wearing a Knicks hat, Seinfeld appeared unfazed as a protester shouted at him while he made his way to a car.
“F— you, Jerry Seinfeld! Free Palestine,” the person yelled, according to video posted by the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation on Instagram. “You support the genocide of babies in Gaza!”
Seinfeld laughed during the encounter and did not appear to engage further with the protester.
The “Seinfeld” creator has also criticized the “free Palestine” movement in more direct terms. During an appearance at Duke University in September, he attended an event featuring Omer Shem Tov, an Israeli hostage who was abducted by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks and held captive for 505 days.
Seinfeld gave a brief introduction at the event before turning his attention to anti-Israel activists. He argued that the phrase “free Palestine” often masks hostility toward Jewish people.
“Free Palestine is, to me, just — you’re free to say you don’t like Jews. Just say you don’t like Jews,” Seinfeld said.
He continued by comparing the movement’s rhetoric to the Ku Klux Klan, saying the Klan is more direct about its hatred.
“By saying ‘Free Palestine,’ you’re not admitting what you really think,” Seinfeld said. “So compared to the Ku Klux Klan, I’m actually thinking the Klan is a little better here because they can come right out and say, ‘We don’t like Blacks, we don’t like Jews.’ Okay, that’s honest.”
Seinfeld has not limited his recent commentary to politics. In an interview with AirMail published Saturday, the comedian, who is known for his large collection of classic cars, said he has no interest in electric vehicles.
“I’m not interested in electric cars at all,” he said. “Anybody else wants to do it, that’s fine. I think it’s a big, stupid virtue signal. ‘Look at me. I’m saving the planet, yeah.’ What about the lithium? It’s all BS.”
He also joked about self-driving cars, saying he tells his children that future generations may look back with disbelief at the idea that people were once allowed to drive freely.
The 72-year-old comedian remains especially associated with rare Porsches, though he said he does not know exactly how many he currently owns.
“I always say it’s an amount that if you looked at it, you would not say, ‘This makes sense,’” Seinfeld said.
