Jerry Seinfeld Criticizes Diversity in Comedy: "Who Cares?" Says 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee' Star

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Jerry Seinfeld had a lot to say during an interview with Buzzfeed on CBS This Morning. Peter Laura asked Jerry Seinfeld about the enduring criticism and the different diversities that carries over on Jerry Seinfeld's web show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. The host brings up the fact that most of the shows guests are white males.

This led Seinfeld to be very uncomfortable by answering back "Yeah, let's get into that!" and goading the audiences further saying that.

"Take a look around, Peter, what do you see? A lotta whitey! What's going on here?" said Seinfeld, drawing laughs.

"Oh, this really pisses me off, but go ahead. Really pisses me off."

Lauria went on to ask Seinfeld's thoughts on the recent episode with "30 Rock" creator Tina Fey and the lack of diversity in terms of comedy.

Seinfeld then took it upon himself to revisit the racial-diversity issue commenting that.

"People think it's the census or something, it's gotta represent the actual pie chart of America. Who cares?" Seinfeld said. "Funny is the world I live in. You're funny, I'm interested. You're not funny, I'm not interested."

"I have no interest in gender or race or anything like that," he added. "But everyone else is kind of, with their calculating - is this the exact right mix? I think that's - to me it's anti-comedy. It's more about PC-nonsense."

Seinfeld along with Jason Alexander (played by George Constanza) and Newman (played Wayne Knight) were together in a mini-"Seinfeld" reunion on the haft-time spot during Super Bowl.

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