Jerry Seinfeld was too quick for a pro-Palestine influencer who ambushed the comedic legend as he was exiting the NBA Finals game held Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.
“What up, Seinfeld? What up? Can we get a ‘Free Palestine’?” a streamer said, as he shoved a mic in Seinfeld’s face.
After an audible laugh, the Jewish comedian shrugged his shoulders and quipped, “It doesn’t exist!”
The streamer, FinesseFave, was thrilled that he got a sound byte sure to deliver views, but feigned offense to Seinfeld’s dismissal of Palestine in the caption of the clip he shared on TikTok, writing: “Clown hasn’t been relevant in decades anyway.”
An influencer walked up to Jerry Seinfeld to demand that he say free Palestine. Seinfeld laughs and says it doesn’t exist. The influencer pretends to be offended but he loves it for the views and asks his chat to clip it and says he’s gonna harass Larry David next. pic.twitter.com/rUHhNlegXA
— Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) June 11, 2026
In another video making the rounds, taken during a February 2025 event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, an influencer asked Seinfeld for a selfie, before proclaiming “Free Palestine” while taking the photo.
Seinfeld shot back, “I don’t care about Palestine.”
Jerry Seinfeld keeps getting ambushed. And keeps batting 1000.
“I don’t care about Palestine.” Undefeated. 🐐 pic.twitter.com/fxUkzrK0XR
— dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ (@DahliaKurtz) June 11, 2026
Seinfeld has not minced words when it comes to the Free Palestine movement, which he considers antisemitic. In fact, he likened its rhetoric to that of the Ku Klux Klan during an appearance last year at Duke University.
“Free Palestine is, to me, just … you’re free to say you don’t like Jews. Just say you don’t like Jews,” he said on stage, according to the Duke University Chronicle.
“By saying ‘Free Palestine’, you’re not admitting what you really think,” he continued. “So it’s actually – compared to the Ku Klux Klan, I’m actually thinking the Klan is actually a little better here, because they can come right out and say, ‘We don’t like Blacks, we don’t like Jews.’ OK, that’s honest.”
Seinfeld was at the event to introduce Omer Shem Tov, an Israeli man held captive for 505 days and being abducted at the Nova music festival on 7 October 2023, when the militant terrorist group Hamas killed nearly 1,200 Israelis and abducted 252 others.
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
Don’t understand all your losers who are part of the free Palestine cult, and also claim to be pro gay rights, women’s rights, and fighting for “the survival of democracy”. It’s like BLM fighting for the survival of the KKK.
— TexasRaj (@TXbizman) June 11, 2026
— Brandie with a 🐝 (@BrandieWithABee) June 11, 2026
LOL. Look at these sad losers excited someone successful talked to them. They are too stupid to realize they were just humiliated. Serves them right for harassing Jewish people.
— Lieutenant Aldo Raine (@LT_Aldo_Raine) June 11, 2026
Free Palestine — A terrorist resistance movement about nothing
Because it doesn’t exist. pic.twitter.com/edjAXdCToD
— Eamon 🇺🇸🕯️ (@Eamon_USA) June 12, 2026
“Palestine” was a mandate label, not an Arab country. Before the slogans, before the British, before the Ottomans, there was Israel and Judea. Stop selling propaganda as history.
— Jacob N (@JacobNaw1) June 12, 2026
Seinfeld gave an honest response not a blunt response. Palestine doesn’t exist. That’s not blunt but honest. He doesn’t play into a narrative that was originally formed by the KGB who used Arafat to promote such falsehoods and propaganda for Islamist Militants/Terrorists.
— Huggins🎗️ (@Huggins2687) June 12, 2026
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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