“For me, it's a purity thing about the joke itself. It's a test of a joke whether or not you do it completely clean and it works. If it does, then that's a legitimate item you have there. For me, it's nothing to do with finding those words offensive. It's just not what I'm in search of. Do it clean, and you are really earning that laugh.”

American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, filmmaker, and television producer

Jerry Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, filmmaker, and television producer, known for observational comedy. He was born Jerome Allen Seinfeld and rose to wide fame playing a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, which ran from 1989 to 1998 and was co-created with Larry David. He earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy for that role. He later created and produced The Marriage Ref, hosted and created Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and co-produced, co-wrote, and starred in the animated film Bee Movie and the Netflix comedy Unfrosted.