--- title: Jerry Seinfeld Doesn't Let His Kids Watch the Kardashians description: In a new interview, the famous comedian says he's "offended" by reality television "on many levels," particularly the Kardashian empire. canonical: https://time.com/4811187/jerry-seinfeld-reality-tv/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-08T18:10:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:19.808Z og:title: Jerry Seinfeld Doesn't Let His Kids Watch the Kardashians og:description: The comedy star is not a fan of reality television og:url: https://time.com/4811187/jerry-seinfeld-reality-tv/ 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: Jerry Seinfeld Doesn't Let His Kids Watch the Kardashians twitter:description: The comedy star is not a fan of reality television twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Why Jerry Seinfeld Won't Let His Kids Watch the Kardashians > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=78016c12-72fe-4ce0-a34e-8726220f5072&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 8, 2017 6:10 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 8, 2017 6:10 PM UTC You won’t find Jerry Seinfeld watching any [_Keeping Up with the Kardashians_](http://time.com/money/4150495/federal-reserve-interest-rate-timeline/item/premiere-of-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians/) in his downtime. In fact, if he has his way, his kids won’t be watching the wildly popular show either. In a new interview with Mr. Porter’s [_The Journal_](https://www.mrporter.com/journal/the-look/dad-jokes-with-mr-jerry-seinfeld/2241), the famous comedian opens up about his parenting style — and his disinterest in the reality television industrial complex. “The one time I really, really got upset was when my daughter was watching the Kardashians on her phone in her bed and I could not take that scene,” he told the men’s fashion site about his ultimate limits when it comes to parenting and media consumption. “For someone who for their whole life, television was the Olympics of being a comedian. It was only for the very best. You had to have everything. You had to go through all the different hierarchies of your career to get to television.” Seinfeld, who starred on his self-titled hit show for nine seasons and currently helms [_Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee_](http://www.thedrive.com/a-list/7033/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-has-a-new-home), doesn’t mince words when it comes to his distaste for the [series](http://motto.time.com/4767883/kendall-jenner-vogue-india-cover-backlash/). “I’m offended by reality television on many levels and that show of course is the premier example of reality television. These people are not doing anything interesting. 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