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Larry David Hates When People Call ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Cringe Comedy: “I Want to Wring Their Necks”

At a PaleyFest event on Thursday, the star also noted that he was "kind of blown away at the response" to the HBO series' finale.

Later in the conversation — which also featured Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman and Cheryl Hines — J.B. Smoove mused how because of the iconic show, people would forever say that cringe moments were just like a Curb scene, to which David quickly reacted. Apatow responded with an example of a clip shown earlier in the night, with David putting a water bottle in his pants and then being hugged by young girl, who gets wet and runs off to tell her parents. On a more sentimental note, after enduring each person on stage saying one nice thing about him, David admitted, “I’ve been unbelievably lucky, twice, to be surrounded by just the greatest cast and just a comedy that we were able to produce.

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