Jerry Seinfeld misses ‘dominant masculinity’ in society: ‘I like a real man’

When he was younger, in the 1960s, Jerry Seinfeld recalled always wanting to be a "real man," like John F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali and Sean Connery.

Jerry Seinfeld has shared yet another hot take, this time saying he’s nostalgic for the “dominant masculinity” among men from decades prior.

During an interview appearance on The Free Press’ Honestly with Bari Weiss podcast, the 70-year-old comedian promoted his new Netflix original Unfrosted, a film about the fictionalized origin of the Pop-Tart.

Seinfeld said part of the reason he wanted to create the film was for reasons beyond jokes about breakfast foods. He said the film, set in Michigan in 1963, is also about an “agreed-upon hierarchy” that used to exist in society amid that era.

According to Seinfeld, that hierarchy, which allowed for social comfortability among the masses, has been “absolutely vapourized in today’s moment.”

“I think that is why people lean on the horn and drive in the crazy way that they drive, because we have no sense of hierarchy, and as humans, we don’t really feel comfortable like that,” he described.

Seinfeld said the social hierarchy of the 1960s is what makes the era “attractive” looking — that is, apart from the civil rights issues and “a zillion” other problems from that era which host Weiss briefly acknowledged. When he was younger, in the 1960s, Seinfeld recalled always wanting to be a “real man,” like John F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali or Sean Connery.

“I miss dominant masculinity,” Seinfeld proclaimed. “Yeah, I get the toxic masculinity thing. I get it, but still, I like a real man.”

Seinfeld, who alongside Weiss described himself as a “lone wolf,” also spoke extensively about comedy and comedy writing.