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Jerry Seinfeld apologizes for 'sexual undertones' in movie while giving Duke commencement speech that was hit by anti-Israel protests


The 70-year-old comedian has said the movie in question was 'not calibrated perfectly' but added he 'would not change it' in a light-hearted remark at the North Carolina college campus.

The 70-year-old actor's address made international headlines after it was hit by an anti-Israel protest, but he refused to be drawn into the political quagmire and instead deployed comedy to give the graduates a lesson on life. Bee Movie received mixed reviews from critics over the romantic relationship between the human character, played by Renée Zellweger, and Seinfeld's cartoon insect despite being a family film. The 70-year-old Jewish comedian, who voices Barry the Bee in the 2007 animation, said the movie was 'not calibrated perfectly' but added he 'would not change it' in a light-hearted remark at the North Carolina college campus

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