Jerry Seinfeld Blew up at Larry King Over Cancelation Question - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 01-24-2021, 03:02 AM

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January 23, 2021

Larry King interviewed more than 30,000 people in his lifetime, according to CNN. Naturally, that meant there had to be a few uncomfortable moments here and there. One such moment manifested when King hosted Jerry Seinfeld on his show in 2007. King asked Seinfeld a question that the prickly comic didn’t take well to.

In 2007, Larry King hosted Jerry Seinfeld for an interview. At the time, Seinfeld was filming for Bee Movie, and promoting it during filming. However, King asked Seinfeld a question about his eponymous sitcom that didn’t go over well.

“You gave it up, right? They didn’t cancel you? You canceled them,” King asked Seinfeld of the sitcom.

Seinfeld sat there and stared at King with a dumbfounded expression before shooting back, “You’re not aware of this?”

“No, I’m asking you,” King retorted.

“You think I got canceled? Are you under the impression that I got canceled?” asked Seinfeld, his voice rising.

King sensed that Seinfeld was behaving rather sensitively to the question, despite the fact that King put emphasis on the fact that “you canceled them” in his question.

“Have I hurt you Jerry,” snapped back King.

“I thought that was well documented. Is this still CNN?” asked Seinfeld. “Yeah no, I went off the air, I was the number one show on television Larry. Do you know who I am? 75 million viewers, the last episode!”

“Well don’t take it so bad,” replied King. Clearly Larry King was asking the question to establish a basis of information for the audience, something common to talk shows that Jerry Seinfeld seemed incapable of grasping.

PracTz · 01-24-2021, 04:46 AM

And I don't BLAME Mr. Seinfeld for getting upset!

I'm sorry Mr. King died and had had to suffer ill health for sometime before, but he was one of the lamest interviewers out there who actually seemed to believe his own hype!

Oh, and many times he'd cut off the answer before the person had barely even started answering the question then go on to an entirely different question.

rusty spike · 02-17-2021, 06:42 AM

One thing about comedians, only THEY are permitted to tell the jokes. Perhaps that's what Jerry thought when Larry asked the question.

I think both of them looked foolish, but clearly Jerry overreacted.

Added: It had almost been 10 years (Seinfeld wrapped up in May 1998) since Seinfeld show had went off the air during the 2007 interview. Only the die-hard fans of the show would know that Jerry had decided to end a #1 show during 1997-98. I don't think it was that "below the belt" type of a question intrusive to his personal life, but it sure bruised Jerry's ego.

01-24-2021, 04:46 AM	#2
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	And I don't BLAME Mr. Seinfeld for getting upset! I'm sorry Mr. King died and had had to suffer ill health for sometime before, but he was one of the lamest interviewers out there who actually seemed to believe his own hype! Oh, and many times he'd cut off the answer before the person had barely even started answering the question then go on to an entirely different question.

02-17-2021, 06:42 AM	#3
rusty spike Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 08, 2015 Location: Southwest Posts: 1,124	One thing about comedians, only THEY are permitted to tell the jokes. Perhaps that's what Jerry thought when Larry asked the question. I think both of them looked foolish, but clearly Jerry overreacted. Added: It had almost been 10 years (Seinfeld wrapped up in May 1998) since Seinfeld show had went off the air during the 2007 interview. Only the die-hard fans of the show would know that Jerry had decided to end a #1 show during 1997-98. I don't think it was that "below the belt" type of a question intrusive to his personal life, but it sure bruised Jerry's ego.