‘It's a comedy show you moron’: Jerry Seinfeld roasts anti-Israel heckler during Sydney show
The comedy legend delivered a brutal roast to a “moron” anti-Israel heckler who briefly derailed his show in Sydney on Sunday. Watch the video and read what he said.
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Jerry Seinfeld has delivered a scathing roast to an anti-Israel heckler who briefly derailed his show in Sydney on Sunday.
In the video posted by the Australian Jewish Association, a person in the audience can be heard shouting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” as Seinfeld stands on stage.
Members of the audience call for the protester to “get out” as the crowd chants “Jerry, Jerry,” in support of the comedian before the heckler is swiftly ushered out by security.
Jerry Seinfeld demolishes anti-Jewish heckler. - Sydney, Australia
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) June 16, 2024
Crowd cheers as security boots the activist.
Taken by AJA CEO Robert Gregory pic.twitter.com/9rUhfHu7tG
As the crowd boos the demonstrator, Seinfeld says sarcastically from the stage, “We have a genius ladies and gentlemen, he solved the Middle East,” he joked.
“It’s the Jewish comedian that’s who we have to get, they’re the ones doing everything.
“They’re going to start punching you in about three seconds, so I would try to get all of your genius out so we can all learn from you.”
But the veteran comedian doesn’t stop there.
“You’re really influencing everyone here we’re all on your side now, because you’ve made your point so well, and in the right venue, you’ve come to the right place for a political conversation,” he said.
“Tomorrow we will read in the paper, ‘Middle East 100 per cent solved thanks to man at the Qudos arena stopping Jew comedian.’
“They stopped him and everyone in the Middle East was like ‘Oh my god let’s just get along, we can do that.’”
Seinfeld then touched on Australia’s unstable history with racism and said he could “solve that” if he heckled a comedian overseas.
“Because I know there are problems here, with Indigenous Aboriginal people and the white,” he said.
“They have problems here so maybe to solve that, I will screw up a Jim Jeffries in a show in New York.
“If that works, this will work. You have to go 20,000 miles from the problem and screw up a comedian, that is how you solve world issues.”
Seinfeld has openly supported Israel and its conflict against Hamas, and in December, he visited a kibbutz to meet with the families of hostages.
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