US comedian Jerry Seinfeld didn’t back down when hecklers interrupted his Melbourne show on Saturday night, sending the crowd at Rod Laver Arena into laughter.
The response drew raucous laughter from the crowd as he continued with a two-minute spiel in response to the interruption.“Listen, dude, listen, listen, let me explain something. You and I are in the same business,” he said. A handful of protesters had gathered at the entrances to Rod Laver Arena. At least 10 police officers were also on hand, but no trouble was reported. Event organisers had been expecting a crowd of up to 500 protesters.It follows incidents at two of Seinfeld’s recent Sydney shows, where he was targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters during his performances.
Accepting that their protests might make patrons uncomfortable, the Sydney activists said “but such discomfort surely pales in comparison to our community’s collective trauma at the devastating loss of life in Gaza and the West Bank for the last eight months ”.The activists, who claim not to have bought tickets to Seinfeld’s shows but to have received them from people who had decided against attending after becoming aware of the comedian’s views, insist they are not antisemitic.
On October 10, Seinfeld had himself posted an image of a young woman wrapped in an Israeli flag, with the legend “I stand with Israel”.
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