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Seinfeld’s Darkest Secrets
Seinfeld is one of the top-top sitcoms, according to some, the best to have ever aired. Although it hasn’t been in the circulation for two decades, people still remember the many laughs they had thanks to the show – and nowadays, the cast is more prone to handing us drama than comedy. Here we are with a list of biggest scandals in which the Seinfeld stars have been involved.
Accusations of Plagiarism Thrown At Seinfeld’s Wife
Via: cbsnews.com
So Jessica Seinfeld, Jerry’s beloved wife, did one day decide to reap the fruit of her passion and publish a children’s cookbook called Deceptively Delicious. Jessica didn’t stay happy for long as in January 2008 she got sued for having plagiarized the whole thing! According to author Missy Chase Lapine, Seinfeld’s book is a “brazen plagiarism” of her own piece, The Sneaky Chef. Jerry didn’t actually walk off from the case unscathed, either, as Miss Missy decided to file charges against him, too. Why? He made fun of her accusations in an interview with David Letterman. Fortunately for the Seinfelds, they were both cleared after a lengthy trial that took more than three years. “Stockpiling vegetable purees for covert use in children’s food is an idea that cannot be copyrighted,” the judge declared quite down-to-earthly. It seems that the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan does have a good day once in a while. As far as Jerry’s defamation trial is concerned, according to the judge it’d have been “inconceivable that a reasonable viewer would have believed that Seinfeld’s statements [on the Late Show with David Letterman] were conveying facts about Lapine.”
Someone’s Racist and It’s Michael Richards
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So as we know, his career never actually recovered after his horrific racist rant. TMZ got a video from an unknown source that had the actors repeatedly insult a heckler at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood, CA in some truly disgusting ways. “Shut up!” he started, but unfortunately for his reputation, he didn’t quite stopped there. “Fifty years ago, we’d have you upside down with a f****** fork up your a**.” Even that wasn’t enough – Michael kept throwing obscenities at the poor comedian with the audience utterly repulsed. The stand-up was actually paused because of Richards’ sickening behavior. The only positive thing we can now say about Richards is that he said sorry: “I busted up after that event. It broke me down,” he admitted. The humility wasn’t enough to help him, though – he’s only acted four times since that infamous night.
Jerry Seinfeld’s Not Innocent Either
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He did wait until Richards’ case died down, but Jerry Seinfeld also put in his penny’s worth as far as multiculturalism is concerned. “It really pisses me off,” he said on air in a BuzzFeed Brews with CBS This Morning interview, when inquired about equal representation on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. “People think [comedy] is the census or something, it’s gotta represent the actual pie chart of America. Who cares?” He didn’t stop at that: “Funny is the world that I live in. You’re funny, I’m interested. You’re not funny, I’m not interested.” Although the second part of his remark, when he’s not trying to be savvy about demographics, is quite down to earth, his opinions were dressed down by every key magazine. Kind of ironic when you think that his own show was, according to the black community, entirely cut off from their world, which went unrepresented.
Seinfeld Likes Them Young
Via: defamer.gawker.com
Seinfeld was 38 years old in May 1993. Guess how old was his then-sweetheart… Yeah, you wouldn’t guess it. Shoshanna Lonstein was a 17-year-old and still in high school when Seinfeld fell head over heels for her. The brave fellow approached her for her number in Central Park; the rest is history. Howard Stern, a radio host, spent a significant amount of time questioning Seinfeld about the age gap between him and his beloved, but he would repeatedly state that “She’s not 17, definitely not.” Maybe she wasn’t… Because almost as soon as they met, the girl turned 18. When he talked to Stern, Seinfeld explained: “This is the only girl I ever went out with who was that young. I wasn’t dating her. We just went to a restaurant, and that was it.” People report that the beginnings really were innocent, but the couple’s status “changed slowly” during the months after their first encounter. They’d later take turns visiting each other, as Shoshanna was already a college student enrolled at George Washington University. Unfortunately, the relationship was broken off in 1997; Daily Mail reported it was due to overwhelming media attention. When the couple was still well, Seinfeld said: “She is extremely bright. She’s funny, sharp, very alert. We just get along. You can hear the click.” It seems it’s a shame such a well-matched pair had to split.
Cricket’s Gay and Jason Alexander Didn’t Mean ‘Happy’
Via: fullnetworth.com
You know how I know it’s really kind of a gay game?” Was Alexander’s comment. “It’s the pitch. It’s the weirdest… It’s not like a manly baseball pitch; it’s a queer British gay pitch.” His offensive remark was broadcast on Craig Ferguson’s The Late Late Show in 2012, and it quickly became the target of various LGBT organizations. Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) actually agreed to let Jason announce a statement with their mediation. “I should know better,” Alexander explained. “My daily life is filled with gay men and women, both socially and professionally. I am profoundly aware of the challenges these friends of mine face and I have openly advocated on their behalf. So, I can only apologize and I do. In comedy, timing is everything.”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Missed History Class
Via: indierevolver.com
So we don’t really have anything that controversial to say about Julia – I mean if you want to compare her misdeeds to the aforementioned… She did have a hard time recovering after one certain faux pas back in 2014 when she stepped nude into a Rolling Stone cover. We’re not complaining about her nudeness, most onlookers probably enjoyed it, but the star had a tattoo that really caught our attention – the Declaration of Independence on her back, hmm… What a beautiful act of patriotism but the problem is that Julia’s version is signed by John Hancock. And he had nothing to do with the Declaration of Independence – it’s the dude who signed the Constitution. Oops! “John Hancock not part of tattoo. It is a birthmark,” Julia remarked on Twitter, sending us all into laughter. No one can avoid this kind of blooper with such grace!