--- title: Kesha Overcame Jerry Seinfeld Hug Denial Thanks to Bob Dylan description: The "Praying" singer put that viral moment when Seinfeld denied her a hug behind her after Bob Dylan gave her a healing hug. canonical: https://time.com/4849438/kesha-seinfeld-hug-bob-dylan/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-07T17:53:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:12.502Z og:title: Kesha Overcame Jerry Seinfeld Hug Denial Thanks to Bob Dylan og:description: After Seinfeld denied Kesha a hug, she found solace in the healing arms of Dylan og:url: https://time.com/4849438/kesha-seinfeld-hug-bob-dylan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kesha Overcame Jerry Seinfeld Hug Denial Thanks to Bob Dylan twitter:description: After Seinfeld denied Kesha a hug, she found solace in the healing arms of Dylan twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How Kesha Recovered from Her Jerry Seinfeld Hug Denial Trauma Thanks to Bob Dylan  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 7, 2017 5:53 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 7, 2017 5:53 PM UTC It was one of those awkward [red carpet moments](http://ew.com/news/2017/06/06/jerry-seinfeld-kesha-hug/): singer Kesha went in for a hug with Jerry Seinfeld, and he firmly rebuffed her. The footage of the encounter at the David Lynch Foundation’s National Night of Laughter and Song in early June quickly went viral. But luckily, Kesha — who just released a [brand-new song “Praying”](http://time.com/4847114/kesha-praying-comeback/) and announced an upcoming album — is bouncing back from the trauma of being let down by the comedian, all thanks to the healing powers of one Bob Dylan. “Hugging is magical, hugging is beautiful, it’s this beautiful exchange of wonderful soul energy,” she said during an interview on Sirius XM radio of her affinity for the act. She went on to describe how she got over the snafu: “My idol in life, [Bob Dylan](http://time.com/4806017/bob-dylan-nobel-prize-literature-lecture/), agreed to meet up with me because we were playing the same festival. And I was like so scared, because I had just got hug denied. So I was a little hug traumatized… And he just opened his beautiful arms and gave me the most wonderful, healing Bob Dylan hug that I had ever dreamt of, and I just could care less about anything else.” She added that he even gave her a hug after their conversation, too, making her twice-blessed by the folk legend. As for that _Seinfeld_\-esque moment?” “I should’ve known better,” she admitted. “I’ve seen the hugging episode. That was my fault.” She noted that she’s a huge fan of the show, even carrying out DVDs with her when she traveled in the past. Looks like she’s well on her way to recovery, though. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4849438/kesha-seinfeld-hug-bob-dylan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4849438/kesha-seinfeld-hug-bob-dylan/"},"headline":"How Kesha Recovered from Her Jerry Seinfeld Hug Denial Trauma Thanks to Bob Dylan","datePublished":"2017-07-07T17:53:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:12.502Z","description":"The \"Praying\" singer put that viral moment when Seinfeld denied her a hug behind her after Bob Dylan gave her a healing hug.","url":"https://time.com/4849438/kesha-seinfeld-hug-bob-dylan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","Jerry Seinfeld","Kesha","Bob Dylan"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4849438/kesha-seinfeld-hug-bob-dylan/","name":"How Kesha Recovered from Her Jerry Seinfeld Hug Denial Trauma Thanks to Bob Dylan"}}]}] ```