Jerry Seinfeld sledges Adelaide during Australian stand-up tour
Jerry Seinfeld kicked off his first Australian stand-up tour in 20 years by sledging the South Australian capital.
The 63-year-old comedian started the show at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, exclaiming, “Oh my God, Adelaide! You know how many years I've been wanting to come to Adelaide? Never. I've never wanted to come to Adelaide.”
But it was just some light-hearted sledging from the comedian who’s never visited Adelaide before, as Seinfeld went on to say: “And yet I'm thrilled to be here.”
The Seinfeld star is no stranger to poking fun at Australia, who famously joked that Melbourne is “the anus of the world” during his last stand-up tour Down Under in 1998.
Despite Seinfeld explaining he meant it as a reference to Melbourne’s “geographical location”, he apologised for any offence caused.
“I never said that,” he said during his promotional tour for Bee Movie in Sydney in 2007. “That was so mean of someone to put those words in my mouth. I love Melbourne.”
Jerry Seinfeld takes his stand-up show to Melbourne on August 6-8, followed by Brisbane on August 9, and Sydney on August 10-11.