Jerry Seinfeld’s monologue routine was interrupted by a pro-Palestine protester who stood up near the start of his show Saturday shouting “Free Gaza.”
in a video Obtained by TMZ, the caller is seen getting up from his seat at the Seinfeld show in Norfolk, Virginia, to yell directly at the Jewish comedian.
‘You are a supporter of genocide!’ the man said, before gesturing to the entire crowd and also accusing them of being “supporters of genocide.”
You should all be ashamed of yourselves! the Scream.
Audience members loudly booed the heckler, with some telling him to “get out of here.”
Less than 30 seconds after the Palestine supporter made himself known, a man in a green T-shirt ran up and began attacking him, eventually putting him in a headlock.
An audience member captured the confrontation between the protester, second from the right, and his attacker, standing immediately to his left wearing a green T-shirt.
A close-up of the man who attacked a protester who interrupted the Seinfeld routine by chanting in support of Palestine and calling everyone inside “genocide supporters.”
The protester tried to continue shouting to the stage during the fight, and some fans could be heard applauding now that the heckler was being silenced.
“I love a little Jew hate to spice up the show,” Seinfeld said when the fight broke out.
An alternate angle recorded from someone sitting even closer to the fight shows the man in the green shirt moments before the attack looking angry.
‘Go out. Go out. You’re ruining it for everyone else…Fuck you!’ the attacker says to the protester as he pushes him.
An audience member is heard telling the man to let go of the protester.
“You’re going to break his neck,” they said.
The fight lasted a solid 20 seconds before security guards arrived to break it up.
Pictured: Seinfeld on stage in Norfolk, Virginia, during the fight between a protester and an audience member. TMZ reported that he said people shouldn’t boo protesters because they have a right to protest.
Eight protesters reportedly disrupted Seinfeld’s show during the hour and a half show in Virginia.
Then the crowd started chanting ‘Jerry! German! German!’ as security escorted the protester from the scene.
According to people at the show, Seinfeld told everyone not to boo the man because he had the right to protest.
Others throughout the night certainly exercised that right, and TMZ reported that there were about eight protesters who disrupted the Seinfeld rally.
Another audience member interrupted Seinfeld in the middle of a joke by saying, ‘Save the children of Gaza! No more American tax dollars for genocide!’
The woman next to him told him to ‘shut up and get out’.
Seinfeld, who has been described as “unusually vocal” in his support for Jews in Israel, is seen giving a guest speech at Duke University’s graduation ceremony.
The comedian was greeted with a mix of cheers and boos when he was introduced at the ceremony.
Seinfeld has made his support for Israel very clear, making him a favorite target of angry agitators.
The billionaire comedian published in December 2023, just over two months after the war in Gaza began, to the Times of Israel, that he “lived and worked on a kibbutz in Israel when he was 16 and has loved our Jewish homeland ever since.” .
He added that he “will always support Israel and the Jewish people.”
Following those comments, Seinfeld was approached in New York City after attending the State of the World Jewry address in February.
Journalist Bari Weiss gave the speech, and as Seinfeld left the event, protesters repeatedly shouted “free Palestine” and “you support genocide” at him.
And more recently, dozens of Duke University students walked out of their own graduation ceremony frustrated that Seinfeld was about to speak.