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# Jerry Seinfeld Talks 'Creepy P.C.' Culture with Seth Meyers

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## Melissa Locker


Jun 10, 2015 3:28 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Jun 10, 2015 3:28 PM UTC

Jerry Seinfeld made headlines earlier this week when he [revealed in a radio interview](//youtu.be/zP769IdU%5FYE) that he no longer performs at college campuses because of the political correctness. While Seinfeld is known for being a clean comedian, who doesn’t use profanity in his routines and rarely delves into controversial topics, he thinks the obsession with being politically correct hurts comedy as a whole.

When Seinfeld stopped by _Late Night_ on Tuesday night, host Seth Meyers engaged him on the topic along with _New Yorker_ editor David Remnick, who was also on the show. Seinfeld held his line saying that there is a “creepy P.C. thing out there that really bothers” him, using an example of one of his jokes whose punchline is about a “gay French king.” He’s seemingly worried that it is becoming inappropriate for him to suggest that gay people “move their hands in a flourishing motion.” He feels that the lines of what is and is not politically correct are being constantly moved inwards, to the detriment of comedy.

It was nice of Seinfeld to stick around for the conversation, because earlier in the episode he made it clear that he did not want to be on the show at all:


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