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Posted: 2024-06-18T15:51:17Z | Updated: 2024-06-18T15:51:17Z

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has again pushed back on the idea that political correctness is killing comedy after her longtime friend, Jerry Seinfeld, recently suggested thats the case.

In an On with Kara Swisher podcast interview released this week, the Veep star was prompted to talk about the topic by host Kara Swisher.

Im not going to wade you into the Seinfeld controversy because I think it has nothing to do with you, but Id love to know what you think is funny now ... I think theres a lot of talk about how comics cant be funny now, Swisher said.

I think thats bullshit. Physical comedy and intellectual comedy, political comedy I think, has never been more interesting because theres so much to do, Louis-Dreyfus said.

Comedy is risky, and it can be offensive, but thats what makes it so enjoyable, she added.

I personally dont buy the conceit that this is an impossible time to be funny, she continued. Maybe some people arent laughing at your jokes, but that doesnt mean they shouldnt be made.

Louis-Dreyfus did not mention her former Seinfeld co-star while making the remarks.

Seinfelds comments in an April New Yorker interview made headlines that month. In the interview, he asserted that the extreme left and P.C. crap was hurting televised comedy.

In a New York Times profile published earlier this month, Louis-Dreyfus was asked about the controversial take, and she pushed back , saying it was a red flag to hear people complain about political correctness.

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