Jerry Seinfeld begs Howard Stern to forgive him after ‘insulting’ his ‘comedy chops’

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“Fly on the Wall” podcast Wednesday. “Howard is interesting. Howard is a great interviewer, but comedy chops, I mean, can we speak candidly?” he said.

The “Seinfeld” creator claimed that Stern has “been outflanked” by other talented podcasters, including Carvey, 68, and Spade, 59.Seinfeld later apologized for his comments about Stern in a statement to Page Six Wednesday. “I really feel bad for what I said about my friend Howard Stern in a conversation with David Spade and Dana Carvey, talking about the glut of comedy podcasts,” Seinfeld said.“I meant to say he must feel surrounded but I said ‘outflanked’ which sounded terrible and insulting,” the stand-up comedian continued. “And of course, none of these little shows are any threat to his giant show.

Anyway, it was bad and I’m sorry, Howie. I still love you. Please forgive me.”Stern has yet to respond to Seinfeld’s apology.On the “Fly on the Wall” podcast, Seinfeld acknowledged that while Stern “invented” comedy interview podcasts, he thinks the King of All Media has lost his touch. “We’re better than him now,” Seinfeld said.

The Emmy Award winner criticized Stern’s “comedy chops” and said that “Fly on the Wall” is the “best” comedy podcast on-air. “Because you guys play nice together, it’s smooth, you’re not jumping on each other, which is annoying to listen to,” he said.