The Untold Truth Of Jerry Seinfeld

After conquering network TV with his hit sitcom, Seinfeld turned his attention to the web and launched the online series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee in 2013, but it wasn't easy. According to Huffpost, despite his fame and showbiz success, Seinfeld was repeatedly told by social media and content experts that people won't watch web videos that are longer than five minutes. He even got shot down by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who opted not to sponsor the show. Fortunately, Acura stepped in and let Seinfeld have full creative control of the series, which not only became a hit for Crackle, but was nominated for two Primetime Emmy awards. 

However, things got dicey when audiences noticed that the majority of Seinfeld's guests were white male comedians. He didn't exactly take the criticism well. "Who cares?" he told Buzzfeed. "Funny is the world that 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."

Despite bristling at the criticism, Seinfeld did expand the show's guest list to feature a more diverse selection of comedians. Still, he landed in hot water again after sending out an unfortunate tweet to promote Lewis Black's appearance on the series. "New! Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Lewis Black. Black's life matters." Needless to say, that did not go over well, but Seinfeld never offered an apology nor did he delete the tweet.

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