Legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld made some comments that has the internet buzzing. Seinfeld recently appeared on the talk show Honestly with Barri Weiss.
During his appearance, Seinfeld said that he misses the prominence of “a real man” in today’s society.
Jerry Seinfeld Wants to be Like ‘Real Man’
“The other thing is as a man, I’ve always wanted to be a real man,” he said. “I never made it, but I really thought when I was in that era — again, it was JFK, it was Muhammad Ali, it was Sean Connery, Howard Cosell, you can go all the way down there — that’s a real man. I want to be like that someday.”
Seinfeld also lamented the lack of hierarchy in today’s society as one of the reasons that people don’t feel “comfortable.”
“There’s another element there that I think is the key element [of the ‘60s], and that is an agreed-upon hierarchy, which I think is absolutely vaporized in today’s moment,” Seinfeld added.
“I think that is why people lean on the horn and drive in the crazy way that they drive — because we have no sense of hierarchy and as humans, we don’t really feel comfortable like that.”
Comedian Name Drops Ryan Gosling
Earlier this month, Seinfeld appeared on the late-night program Saturday Night Live to promote his new movie Unfrosted. The flick follows the journey of how the popular Pop-Tart snack came to be.
And although he was on one of the top television shows in the country, SNL, Seinfeld admitted to doing too much press for the film.
He also namedrops movie star Ryan Gosling.
“I want to help other people. If you’re struggling with the press, you’re not alone. I’m talking to you, Ryan Gosling,” he said.
Gosling was one of the stars of last summer’s blockbuster film, Barbie. He did a considerable amount of press for the film including an Oscars performance after the movie was released.
“When I started doing press for Unfrosted I was like you. Funny, good-looking, now look at me. Do you think this is how I wanted to celebrate my 26th birthday? But you can get clean.”