U.S. News

Students Walk Out on Jerry Seinfeld’s Duke Commencement Speech

NO LAUGHING MATTER

Videos showed dozens of students leaving the ceremony as Duke’s president introduced the pro-Israel comedian.

Corbin Bolies
Corbin Bolies 

Media Reporter

Jerry Seinfeld at a premiere.
Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty
Corbin Bolies

Corbin Bolies

Media Reporter

CorbinBolies

corbin.bolies@thedailybeast.com

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.

Trending Now
U.S. NewsSlapped-Down Musk Forced Into Massive U-Turn After MAGA Meltdown
Leigh Kimmins
MediaSteve Bannon Escalates MAGA Civil War With Call for ‘Reparations’ Over H-1B Visas
Corbin Bolies
PoliticsTrump Ticks Off MAGA With U-Turn on Jimmy Carter
Amethyst Martinez
MediaDemocrat Gov ‘Stirs Up S***’ With Pro-Trump Posts— Making MAGA Fans ‘Sorry’ About Election Vote
Katie Francis
PoliticsTrump Pulls a 180 on Jimmy Carter After His Death
Yasmeen Hamadeh