Julia Louis-Dreyfus slaps "Seinfeld Curse" rumor: "It was so moronic"

The term began to be launched after the end of the massive success sitcom in 1998.


When the extremely popular sitcom Seinfeld Completed in 1998 after nine seasons, most of its stars continued its television projects, which were not so successful. The projects of the monitoring series of Jason Alexander ,, Michael Richards , And Julia Louis-Dreyfus ended up being quickly canceled, which led the media to declare that there was one " Seinfeld Curses. "Essentially, they meant that with the sitcom now in the reruns, the career of the distribution was also completed.

Now, 25 years in the future, it seems that the press has spoken a little too early. And nowhere more obvious than in the career of Louis-Dreyfus. The actor played in two other series of famous television comedies - The new adventures of the old Christine And Veep - and is now linked with Cloris Leachman For the biggest hour, Emmy wins for any actor of all time.

The 62 -year -old television icon watched the reports of a "Seinfeld curse "in a recent interview with Rolling stone , by calling the idea of "Moronic". Read the rest to see what she and she Seinfeld The co-stars had to say about what was made of their career after the show.

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Louis-Dreyfus said the media had "invented" the idea of the curse.

When Rolling stone asked Louis-Dreyfus on the so-called curse , she agreed that she had been created by the press.

"He was Invented by the media, "she said." They thought it was smart. You don't need me to prove that it is wrong, it was ridiculous! It made no sense. I was surprised that he had legs because it was so silly. I don't know how to say it else! [ Laughs ] "

She killed the rumor in an Emmy's acceptance speech.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus with her award at the 2006 Emmys
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Although his first attempt to direct a sitcom after Seinfeld ended, Watch , was canceled after 16 episodes in 2003, Louis-Dreyfus came back significantly with The new adventures of the old Christine . In 2006, he earned her the Emmy for an exceptional main actress in a comedy series. It was his second victory at the Emmy after winning the prize for supporting the actress in a comedy series for Seinfeld in 1996.

During his speech , she refer to the fact that many believed the stars of Seinfeld would never find the same amount of success again. "I am not someone who really believes in curses, but cursed that, baby!" The actor said on stage.

Louis-Dreyfus won the same prize six times for playing Selina Meyer on political comedy, Veep .

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Jerry Seinfeld has also laughed.

Jerry Seinfeld at the premiere of
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After the end of his sitcom series, Jerry Seinfeld Concentrated again on his comedy standing, on tour and by turning off special offers. In 2012, his talk show Actors in cars having coffee was created, and it worked until 2019.

In 2010, he had fun in rumors during a episode of Look at what's going on live .

"Let me tell you this about the Seinfeld curse. I like everything that is named after me, "he joked." There has never been any Seinfeld Curse, because Larry David I did so well, and I did well. THE New adventures of the old Christine , Julia won an Emmy. ""

David, who co-created Seinfeld , continued to create and play in the long series Calm your enthusiasm.

"Whadydy means? Julia [Louis-Dreyfus] has a successful program. She won an Emmy. It was the most absurd, the most stupid and the most stupid thing to say that there was a curse", " David said Squire of the curse in 2009 . "It's so boring to hear something like that. There was no curse. It's crazy. So there were two television shows that didn't work? Big deal. How many television shows work? ""

Alexander thinks that the show cost him certain opportunities.

Jason Alexander at The Paley Honors in 2019
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Alexander, who then played in more movies and television shows, as well as on stage, said Weekly entertainment in 2017 that He feels cursed by the show , but not the way most people who used the term mean it. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"If there is one Seinfeld Curse, and I don't really think there is one, but the curse, so to speak, is that the spectacle is always there in such a deep way, "he said." George is such an emblematic image that I think that some producers with other opportunities, "You know what, we don't want George comparison. We don't want the public even. So he kept away from the shows that I may have liked to do. ""

Richards' career has been entirely entirely due.

Michael Richards in 2012
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As for Richards, the last of the four main members of the distribution was a filmed racist tirade which had an impact on his career more than any supposed curse. During a stand-up concert in 2006, He shouted to a heckling and called it the word n several times. Although Richards apologized and took the work of an occasional actor over the years, he has never found the same level of post- Seinfeld Fame like his co-stars.


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