And when the title got bigger-than-expected applause from the audience, he broke off from his anecdote and said “I apologise for what seems to be a certain uncomfortable subtle sexual aspect of the Bee Movie. And, at the very least, Seinfeld wants to address this.Īppearing on The Tonight Show last week, Seinfeld mentioned Bee Movie in passing. Yes, in Bee Movie, the bee was uncomfortably horny for the human. Yes, in Bee Movie, Reneé Zellweger played a human. Yes, in Bee Movie, Jerry Seinfeld played a bee. And then those children grew up and, in a collective epiphany, realised “Hang on, was that a film about a bee trying to have sex with a human woman?”Īnd now, in this punishing climate where every past transgression is summoned back for judgment, Seinfeld has understood that it is time to address this. But it was a children’s movie, so children saw it. At the time it came out, it was largely ignored as a folly a plaything for a bored millionaire wasteful enough to make an entire film out of what is arguably the worst pun in cinematic history. The stock of Seinfeld’s 2007 animated comedy Bee Movie has risen precipitously in the years since its release. Jerry Seinfeld, Reneé Zellweger and friend at the UK premiere of Bee Movie, 2007. Making a film about a bee that wanted to have sex with a human woman. Between all the hoo-hah of the Netflix deal – which, let’s not forget, has seen him dress up in a giant Lego costume of himself and tip hundreds of Lego bricks into his mouth for reasons that may never be fully explained – Seinfeld has taken the time to take stock of his past mistakes and apologise for the most egregious error of his life. He can quite happily insulate himself from regret, using all the wads and wads of cash he has lying around the place.īut still, something has clearly been nagging at him. So Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t need to be reflective. And now Seinfeld has arrived on Netflix as part of a deal worth over $500m. He has earned tens of millions more in syndication deals. When it finished its run in 1998, he was earning a million dollars an episode.
At this point, his sitcom – dead for almost 25 years – is still making money faster than any human being could spend it.
Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t need to be reflective.
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