Duke Students Walk Out of Jerry Seinfeld’s Commencement Speech

College students at Duke College walked out on commencement speaker Jerry Seinfeld Sunday afternoon. Seinfeld, whose son at this time attends Duke and whose daughter matriculated there, was providing the commencement address as very well as finding up an honorary degree. CNN estimates the number of graduating learners who walked out to be all-around 30, even though Reuters place the variety in the dozens. Attendees in the bleachers also still left. NBC Information suggests a group of learners with Palestinian flags could be noticed in the aisle. Jerry Seinfeld has been vocal in his aid of Israel because Oct 7, and his wife Jessica reportedly donated $5000 to a GoFundMe for professional-Israel counterprotests at UCLA.

From all those who stayed, Seinfeld was met with the two boos and encouraging chants of “Jerry! Jerry!” Seinfeld was able to complete his speech, which he reported was a protection of privilege. “I say, use your privilege,” he claimed. “I grew up a Jewish boy from New York. That is a privilege if you want to be a comedian.”

“We comprehend the depth of feeling in our local community, and as we have all calendar year, we respect the proper of every person at Duke to express their sights peacefully, without having avoiding graduates and their households from celebrating their accomplishment,” Duke spokesperson Frank Tramble mentioned in a statement.