Howard Stern breaks silence on Jerry Seinfeld shading his comedy skills: ‘This is embarrassing’

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“Fly on the Wall” podcast. After Seinfeld’s comments went viral, he issued an apology to the famous radio host. Stern broke his silence on Seinfeld’s remarks and subsequent apology on “The Howard Stern Show” Monday. “Jerry had said that basically I’m an interviewer and that I’m not a comedian and that now comedians have podcasts and comedians are, you know, funnier or something than me,” Stern said. “I read it, and I went, ‘Oh, that’s weird,’ because Jerry is a personal friend of ours.

Especially his wife Jessica [Seinfeld] is really good friends with Beth [Stern].”Stern confirmed that Seinfeld called him “immediately” to apologize for his comments — and Stern was happy to forgive his friend. “I said ‘Jerry, you don’t even have to — please.

This is embarrassing. I’m the king of going on the air and having millions of regrets afterward. Apology accepted, I don’t care, and you know what?

If I’m not a comedian, I’m an interviewer, I don’t know what I am. I always considered myself a bit of a comedian, but whatever it is, don’t worry about it,’ ” Stern explained, adding that Seinfeld “apologized for a really long time, and he said it really came out wrong.”Stern also revealed that Seinfeld asked to come on his SiriusXM radio show to apologize there, but Stern shut him down.“I said, ‘Not necessary, I don’t wanna get into it.