Jerry Seinfeld took back statements he previously made, attributing leftist-driven political correctness as being a death knell for comedy.
The 70-year-old comedian made the initial comments during an interview with The New Yorker in April. At the time, he said, “People [are] worrying so much about offending other people” that the art of comedy has been going downhill.
“When you write a script and it goes into four or five different hands, committees, groups—’Here’s our thought about this joke.’ Well, that’s the end of your comedy,” Seinfeld declared at the time.
Now, the sitcom creator is changing his story. On an episode of his “Breaking Bread” podcast released on Tuesday, Seinfeld told fellow comedian Tom Papa that he “regrets” making those statements, which went viral at the time.
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