Jerry Seinfeld on Lady Gaga: She was disrespectful, she should apologize
When the story broke Tuesday that comedian Jerry Seinfeld called Lady Gaga a “jerk” for flipping off fans and photographers at a Mets game (which she showed up to wearing a black bra and panties and fishnet stockings – you know, normal baseball game attire), resulting in her getting moved to Jerry’s luxury suite so she could have some privacy, a suprising number of people took Gaga’s side. But that’s not stopping Jerry from saying what he thinks about the whole situation. A longtime Mets fan, Jerry was doing some guest commentary on last night’s game when former Met Keith Hernandez, now a broadcaster for the Mets’ games, asked him about Gaga.
If you’ve ever watched Seinfeld, then you know Jerry is a big Mets fan. Tonight, he visited the Mets’ booth with Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez for a few innings. Lady Gaga came up, and Jerry did not hold back.
Once again, Seinfeld addressed head on the Gaga middle finger incident from her surprise appearance last week at Citi Field last week—one he was brought into after Gaga was given his luxury suite for a few innings without his prior consent. After discussing his feelings on her behavior (spoiler: he’s still not happy about it), Seinfeld delved into the steps taken to cleanse his booth of her presence.
Here’s a transcription of what Jerry had to say when asked about Gaga-Gate:
[Seinfield]: I wasn’t really upset. Let me just say that we’re all fans of Lady Gaga. Lame, out-of-it, white guys in their 50’s, that’s her core audience. But I’m very protective of my Mets fans, and I did not like the finger.
[Hernandez]: It’s disrespectful.
[Seinfeld]: Yes, it was disrespectful, and she was a guest in our park.
[Hernandez]: In your suite.
[Gary Cohen, another broadaster]: Well, she was in front row seats, and I guess she was upset with that.
[Jerry]: Well, we don’t understand the kids today and the music industry. I’m sure everyone will all be bigger fans of her now that she’s cussed us out. That’s how it works…She should make a nice apology to the Mets fans. That would be nice. She was a guest here.
We had her as a guest. And then I would be willing to forget the whole thing.
[Cohen]: Everything okay in your seats now? They didn’t trash them?
[Jerry]: No, everything’s fine. We brought the bedbug dog in, Rusty, what’s his name, the Beagle? And it’s all clean.
I think it’s pretty obvious that Jerry Seinfeld is doing what comedians do- making a joke about this whole thing. So what if he’s a “lame, out-of-it, white guy in his 50’s?” He’s still funny, and I think everyone is making kind of a big deal out of this whole thing- which, I’m sure, is exactly what Lady Gaga wanted in the first place. Why else would someone show up to a public place where there are lots of people with cameras, dressed in her underwear? I think Gaga would shrivel up and die if she had to go more than 30 seconds without people looking at her. So, well played, Gaga.
