Editing Jerry Seinfeld (section)

==Personal life==
Seinfeld is a fan of the [[New York Mets]] and periodically calls [[Steve Somers]]' show on [[WFAN (AM)|WFAN]]-AM, a [[sports radio]] station, as "Jerry from Queens."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/06/05/seinfeld-and-the-schmoozer-jerry-from-queens-talks-mets-magic-on-wfan/|title=Mets Seinfeld And The Schmoozer: 'Jerry From Queens' Talks Mets Magic On WFAN|date=June 5, 2012|newspaper=CBS Local|access-date=January 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202121523/http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/06/05/seinfeld-and-the-schmoozer-jerry-from-queens-talks-mets-magic-on-wfan/|archive-date=February 2, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Seinfeld called four innings of a Mets game on [[SNY]] on June 23, 2010, reuniting with analyst [[Keith Hernandez]], who appeared in the ''Seinfeld'' two-part episode entitled "[[The Boyfriend (Seinfeld)|The Boyfriend]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100618&content_id=11310026&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Seinfeld to grace Mets booth Wednesday|author=Jesse Sanchez|website=MLB.com|access-date=August 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104165559/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100618&content_id=11310026&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|archive-date=November 4, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Seinfeld, he thinks about baseball "all day" and has said "when I think of retirement, all I would think of is going to a baseball game every day."<ref name="Simon 2014">{{cite web | last=Simon | first=Mark | title=Mets fan Seinfeld thinks about baseball 'all day' | website=ESPN.com | date=August 14, 2014 | url=https://www.espn.com/columns/mlb/story/_/id/11351849/jerry-seinfeld-new-york-mets-mlb-superfan | access-date=April 23, 2023 | archive-date=April 23, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423172044/https://www.espn.com/columns/mlb/story/_/id/11351849/jerry-seinfeld-new-york-mets-mlb-superfan | url-status=live }}</ref>

Seinfeld is left-handed, and the first joke he ever wrote was about the topic.<ref>{{cite news|last=Clifford|first=Catherine|title=This was Jerry Seinfeld's first joke—and how he knew he'd found his calling as a comedian|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/11/jerry-seinfeld-on-his-first-joke-how-he-knew-hed-found-his-calling.html|work=[[CNBC]]|date=January 11, 2018|access-date=January 28, 2023|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204035230/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/11/jerry-seinfeld-on-his-first-joke-how-he-knew-hed-found-his-calling.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2014 interview with [[NBC News]], he made statements suggesting that he believed he was on the [[autism spectrum]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Williams|title=Jerry Seinfeld to Brian Williams: 'I Think I'm on the Spectrum' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/jerry-seinfeld-brian-williams-i-think-im-spectrum-n242941 |website=[[NBC News]] |access-date=February 11, 2021 |date=November 6, 2014}}</ref> However, following criticism for his alleged [[self-diagnosis]], he later clarified that he is not autistic and had been commenting on a play about the condition that he "related to [...] on some level".<ref>{{cite news |last=Holley |first=Peter |title=Scratch that, folks: Jerry Seinfeld says he's not on the autism spectrum after all. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/11/20/scratch-that-folks-jerry-seinfeld-says-hes-not-on-the-autism-spectrum-after-all/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=February 11, 2021 |date=November 20, 2014 |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609052337/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/11/20/scratch-that-folks-jerry-seinfeld-says-hes-not-on-the-autism-spectrum-after-all/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hines |first=Ree |title=Jerry Seinfeld clarifies autism comments: 'I'm not on the spectrum' |url=https://www.today.com/health/jerry-seinfeld-clarifies-autism-comments-im-not-spectrum-1D80305538 |website=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |access-date=February 11, 2021 |date=November 20, 2014 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414065857/https://www.today.com/health/jerry-seinfeld-clarifies-autism-comments-im-not-spectrum-1d80305538 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Relationships and marriage ===
Years before ''Seinfeld'' was created, Seinfeld dated [[Carol Leifer]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Jerry Seinfeld: Much Ado About Nothing |last=Levine |first=Josh |year=1993 |publisher=[[ECW Press]] |isbn=1550222015 |page=77|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQlKvbbV3RgC&pg=PA77}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/comedian-secrets-revealed-behind-the-scenes-stories-of-jerry-seinfeld-ray-romano-and-more-before-they-were-stars/|title=Comedian Secrets Revealed! Behind-the-scenes stories of Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano, and more before they were stars|date=October 15, 2012|website=[[Fox News]]|access-date=October 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018174644/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/10/15/comedian-secrets-revealed-behind-scenes-stories-jerry-seinfeld-ray-romano-and/|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> She was a fellow comedian, and one of the inspirations for the ''Seinfeld'' character [[Elaine Benes]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good: Larry David and the Making of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm |last=Levine |first=Josh |year=2010 |publisher=ECW Press |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|isbn=978-1550229479 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M468S1IekbkC&pg=PT19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1107357|title=Comedienne CAROL LEIFER ("Leefer")|date=December 15, 1993|publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=October 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209152535/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1107357|archive-date=February 9, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> On national television with sex therapist and talk show host Dr. [[Ruth Westheimer]], he mentioned that he was engaged in 1984 but called it off.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmAx5oRjhSY|title=Jerry Seinfeld and Dr. Ruth talk sex – 1986|date=August 6, 2011|via=YouTube|access-date=September 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029173535/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmAx5oRjhSY|archive-date=October 29, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss and Jerry Seinfeld at the 1995 Emmy Awards.jpg|thumb|Seinfeld with Lonstein (left) at the [[47th Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 1995]]

In May 1993, then 39-year-old Seinfeld met 17-year-old [[Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss|Shoshanna Lonstein]] in Central Park.<ref name="SeinfeldFAQ">{{Cite book|last=Nigro|first=Nicholas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lI_qCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT53|title=Seinfeld FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Show About Nothing|date=June 2015|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=9781495035357|quote=he met Shoshanna Lonstein in New York City's Central Park in May 1993, Jerry Seinfeld was thirty-eight and she was only seventeen}}</ref> After a brief conversation, Lonstein gave Seinfeld her phone number.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schneider|first=Karen|date=28 March 1994|title=The Game of Love|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-game-of-love-vol-41-no-11/|access-date=September 17, 2021|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926185257/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-game-of-love-vol-41-no-11/|url-status=live}}</ref> Seinfeld and Lonstein dated for approximately four years, until 1997.<ref name="SeinfeldFAQ"/> She transferred from [[George Washington University]] to [[UCLA]], in part to be with him, ultimately citing constant press coverage and missing New York City as reasons for the relationship ending.<ref name="SeinfeldFAQ"/>

[[File:Jessica Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld Shankbone 2010.jpg|thumb|Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld in 2010]]
In August 1998, while at a Reebok Sports Club, Seinfeld met [[Jessica Seinfeld|Jessica Sklar]], a [[public relations]] executive for [[Tommy Hilfiger]] who had just returned from a three-week honeymoon in [[Italy]] with then-husband Eric Nederlander, a theatrical producer and scion of a [[Nederlander Organization|theater-owning family]]. Unaware of Sklar's marital status, Seinfeld invited her out. When Sklar eventually told Seinfeld about her relationship situation, she said, "I told him I didn't think this was the right time for me to be involved with anybody." Two months later, Sklar filed for divorce and began dating Seinfeld. The pair married on December 25, 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jerry Seinfeld and His Wife First Met While She Was Married to Someone Else|url=https://www.distractify.com/p/how-did-jerry-seinfeld-meet-his-wife|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=Distractify|date=May 6, 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=October 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024175803/https://www.distractify.com/p/how-did-jerry-seinfeld-meet-his-wife|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seinfeld-marries-in-laws-pay/|title= Seinfeld Marries; In-Laws Pay|website= [[CBS News]]|date= December 26, 1999|accessdate= June 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Harding|first=Amanda|date=August 24, 2020|title='Seinfeld': Jerry Seinfeld Earned a Whopping $400 Million in Royalties From Reruns|url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/seinfeld-jerry-seinfeld-earns-a-whopping-400-million-in-royalties-from-reruns.html/|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=Showbiz Cheat Sheet|language=en-US|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207035940/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/seinfeld-jerry-seinfeld-earns-a-whopping-400-million-in-royalties-from-reruns.html/|url-status=live}}</ref> Comedian [[George Wallace (American comedian)|George Wallace]] was the best man at the wedding.<ref>{{cite news|first=Timothy|last=McDarrah|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2004/jan/16/vegasbeat----columnist-timothy-mcdarrah-seinfeld-w/|title=VegasBeat{{snd}}Columnist Timothy McDarrah: Seinfeld will stand, by George|date=January 17–18, 2004|newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|access-date=January 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202102922/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2004/jan/16/vegasbeat----columnist-timothy-mcdarrah-seinfeld-w/|archive-date=February 2, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> After the nuptials, Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld bought [[Billy Joel]]'s house in [[Amagansett, New York]], for US$32 million after news of the couple's interest in the property became public in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homes.yahoo.com/news/inside-jerry-seinfelds-laid-back-32m-hamptons-mansion-160005099.html|title=Inside Jerry Seinfeld's 'Laid-Back,' $32M Hamptons Mansion|first=Amy|last=Schellenbaum|date=October 25, 2013|work=Yahoo! Homes|access-date=January 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224002750/http://homes.yahoo.com/news/inside-jerry-seinfelds-laid-back-32m-hamptons-mansion-160005099.html|archive-date=February 24, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/03/03/billy-joels-east-hampton-40-million-home-to-seinfeld/|title=Billy Joel's East Hampton $40 Million Home To Seinfeld|date=March 3, 2000|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=January 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202231313/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-03-03/news/0003040157_1_guest-house-buying-bruce-wasserstein|archive-date=February 2, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The Seinfelds have a daughter and two sons.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 6, 2020|author=Eric Todisco|title=Jerry Seinfeld's Wife Jessica Says He Is an 'Incredible Father' but 'Wasn't a Natural' at First|url=https://people.com/parents/jerry-seinfeld-wasnt-natural-fatherhood-jessica-seinfeld-parents-magazine/|access-date=October 23, 2021|website=People|language=en}}</ref>

=== Wealth and charity ===
In 1999, Seinfeld auctioned a [[Breitling SA|Breitling]] Chronomat watch as part of the "Famous Faces, Watch Auction For Charity" event in New York City. This watch sold for $11,000.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 28, 2021|title=What watch does Jerry Seinfeld wear? – Almost On Time|url=https://almostontime.com/what-watch-does-jerry-seinfeld-wear/,%20https://almostontime.com/what-watch-does-jerry-seinfeld-wear/|access-date=April 8, 2021|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2001, Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld created the charitable organization [[Baby Buggy|Good+Foundation]] after their first child was born. Good+Foundation grants donations of products and services to programs that have demonstrated a capacity to address family poverty in three focus areas: supporting new mothers, investing in early childhood, and engaging fathers. GOOD+ Foundation has donated over $42M worth of items through its partner network across the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.foundationguide.org/philanthropists/jerry-seinfeld/|title= Jerry Seinfeld – Comedian, Actor, and Philanthropist|website= foundationguide.org|access-date= May 6, 2020|archive-date= August 2, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200802021922/https://www.foundationguide.org/philanthropists/jerry-seinfeld/|url-status= live}}</ref> Seinfeld has also participated in [[Jon Stewart]]'s charity event, ''[[Night of Too Many Stars]]''.<ref>{{cite press release |url= https://press.cc.com/press-release/2014/10/13/press-night-of-too-many-stars-2015|title= COMEDY CENTRAL® TEAMS UP AGAIN WITH JON STEWART'S BUSBOY PRODUCTIONS AND NEW YORK COLLABORATES FOR AUTISM FOR ON-AIR CHARITY SPECIAL "NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS: AMERICA COMES TOGETHER FOR AUTISM PROGRAMS"|website= [[Comedy Central]]|access-date= May 6, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150706051457/http://press.cc.com/press-release/2014/10/13/press-night-of-too-many-stars-2015 |archive-date= July 6, 2015 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

According to ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine, Seinfeld's cumulative earnings from ''Seinfeld'' as of 2004 was $267 million, placing him at the top of the celebrity earnings list that year.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/home.jhtml?passListId=53&passYear=1999&passListType=Person |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116135244/http://www.forbes.com/lists/home.jhtml?passListId=53&passYear=1999&passListType=Person |archive-date= January 16, 2010 |title=''Forbes'' list |access-date=December 18, 2007}}</ref> He turned down $5 million per episode, for 22 episodes, to continue the show for a 10th season.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9712/26/seinfeld/|title=Seinfeld to end show|website=[[CNN]]|date=December 26, 1997|access-date=December 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206054243/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9712/26/seinfeld/|archive-date=December 6, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Seinfeld earned $100 million from syndication deals and stand-up performances in 2004, and $60 million in 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/Compen_Salary.html |title=The Celebrity 100 |magazine=[[Forbes]] |access-date=February 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123175904/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/Compen_Salary.html |archive-date=January 23, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/53/07celebrities_The-Celebrity-100_EarningsPrevYear.html |work=[[Forbes]] |title=The Celebrity 100 |date=June 14, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730101800/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/53/07celebrities_The-Celebrity-100_EarningsPrevYear.html |archive-date=July 30, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also earned $10 million for appearing with [[Bill Gates]] in [[Microsoft]]'s 2008 advertisements for [[Windows]].<ref>''TV Guide,'' September 7, 2008.</ref> Between June 2008 and June 2009, Seinfeld earned $85 million, making him the world's highest-paid comedian during those 12 months.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/07/13/top-earning-comedians-business-entertainment-top-earning-comedians.html |work=Forbes |first=Lacey |last=Rose |title=The Top-Earning Comedians |date=July 13, 2009 |access-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906135746/https://www.forbes.com/2009/07/13/top-earning-comedians-business-entertainment-top-earning-comedians.html |archive-date=September 6, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, ''Forbes'' documented Seinfeld's annual income as $32 million.<ref name="Jerry Seinfeld annual income Forbes">{{cite magazine|title=Jerry Seinfeld annual income Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jerry-seinfeld/|magazine=[[Forbes]]|access-date=September 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001132350/http://www.forbes.com/profile/jerry-seinfeld/|archive-date=October 1, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In mid-2013, Seinfeld disputed ''Forbes''{{'s}} claims regarding his income and net worth on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecomicscomic.com/2013/06/27/jerry-seinfeld-talks-comedy-for-90-minutes-with-howard-stern/ |title=Jerry Seinfeld talks comedy for 90 minutes with Howard Stern |website=The Comic's Comic |date=June 27, 2013 |access-date=February 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822090349/https://thecomicscomic.com/2013/06/27/jerry-seinfeld-talks-comedy-for-90-minutes-with-howard-stern/ |archive-date=August 22, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Seinfeld was ranked by ''Forbes'' the highest-paid comedian for 2015, the second-highest-paid in 2016, and the highest-paid again in 2017.<ref name="forbes2017">{{cite magazine|title=The Highest-Paid Comedians 2015|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/10/21/the-worlds-highest-paid-comedians-2015/|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=October 21, 2015|access-date=October 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022030036/http://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/10/21/the-worlds-highest-paid-comedians-2015/|archive-date=October 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Berg|first=Madeline|title=The World's Highest-Paid Comedians 2017: Jerry Seinfeld Returns To The Top Spot|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2017/07/27/the-worlds-highest-paid-comedians-2017-jerry-seinfeld-returns-to-the-top-spot/|access-date=July 28, 2017|work=[[Forbes]]|date=July 27, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727170235/https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2017/07/27/the-worlds-highest-paid-comedians-2017-jerry-seinfeld-returns-to-the-top-spot/|archive-date=July 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Seinfeld's income between June 2016 and June 2017 was $69 million.<ref name="forbes2017" />

In 2024, [[Bloomberg Businessweek|''Bloomberg'']] declared Seinfeld a [[billionaire]], with a net worth standing at more than US$1 [[billion]], thanks to various syndication deals his sitcom signed, with $465 million coming from those deals,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bloomberg - 'Get Out!': Jerry Seinfeld Is a Billionaire |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-22/jerry-seinfeld-net-worth-tops-1-billion-thanks-to-sitcom |access-date=2024-03-23 |newspaper=Bloomberg|date=March 22, 2024 }}</ref> making him one of the [[List of celebrities by net worth|richest celebrities]].

===Automobiles===
[[File:Porsche Carrera GT (39995187763).jpg|thumb|Seinfeld's most common car acquisitions involve [[Porsche]]s.]]
Seinfeld is an automobile enthusiast and collector, and he owns a collection of about 150 cars, including many [[Porsche]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/magazine/jerry-seinfeld-intends-to-die-standing-up.html|title=Jerry Seinfeld Intends to Die Standing Up|date=December 23, 2012|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121141135/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/magazine/jerry-seinfeld-intends-to-die-standing-up.html|archive-date=January 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He rented a hangar at [[Santa Monica Airport]] in [[Santa Monica, California]], in the 1990s to store cars.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Seinfeld Reference: The Complete Encyclopedia with Biographies, Character Profiles & Episode Summaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9RyY2Mtqk54C&q=jerry%20seinfeld%20rented%20a%20hangar%20at%20the%20Santa%20Monica%20Airport&pg=PT45|publisher=Praetorian Publishing|access-date=April 22, 2015|isbn=9780967985244|first=Dennis|last=Bjorklund|date=September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610061454/https://books.google.com/books?id=9RyY2Mtqk54C&lpg=PT45&dq=jerry%20seinfeld%20rented%20a%20hangar%20at%20the%20Santa%20Monica%20Airport&pg=PT45|archive-date=June 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, Seinfeld purchased property on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]] where he built a $1.4 million two-story garage to store Porsches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside Jerry Seinfeld's Super Secret Manhattan Garage |url=https://www.complex.com/sports/a/nathan-laliberte/inside-jerry-seinfelds-super-secret-manhattan-garage |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-03-11 |title=Seinfeld Builds a Parking Lot |url=https://observer.com/2002/03/seinfeld-builds-a-parking-lot/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> One tally has Seinfeld owning 43 Porsches.<ref name="Complex">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.complexmag.ca/rides/2013/04/inside-jerry-seinfelds-super-secret-manhattan-garage |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140420012505/http://www.complexmag.ca/rides/2013/04/inside-jerry-seinfelds-super-secret-manhattan-garage |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2014 |title=Inside Jerry Seinfeld's Super Secret Manhattan Garage |magazine=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=April 24, 2013}}</ref> Paul Bannister has written that Seinfeld's collection includes [[Porsche 911]]s from various years, 10 [[Porsche Boxster]]s each painted a different color, and the 1955 [[Porsche 550 Spyder]], the same model and pearl-grey color of the car [[James Dean]] was driving in his fatal crash.<ref name="bannister" />

The centerpiece of the Seinfeld collection is [[Steve McQueen]]'s [[Porsche 917]] Chassis 022, driven extensively in the 1971 film [[Le Mans (film)|''Le Mans'']],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kucinski |first=Joe |date=2024-11-26 |title=Porsche 917 from 'Le Mans' Movie is Headed to Auction |url=https://rennlist.com/articles/porsche-917-from-le-mans-movie-is-headed-to-auction/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Rennlist |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Howard |date=2024-11-25 |title=Car of the Week: Steve McQueen's Porsche 917K From the 'Le Mans' Movie Is Now up for Grabs |url=https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/steve-mcqueen-porsche-917k-le-mans-movie-mecum-auctions-1236002780/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Robb Report |language=en-US}}</ref> acquired by Seinfeld in 2002, and restored by Joe Cavaglieri to the 1971-era Gulf Porsche team livery.

The [[Discovery Channel]] television show ''[[Chasing Classic Cars]]'' claimed that Seinfeld owns the first and last produced air-cooled Porsche 911s. He has a $700,000 [[Porsche 959]], one of only 337 built. He was originally not allowed to drive it, because the car was "not [[Street-legal vehicle|street legal]]." U.S. emissions and crash tests had not been performed for the model because Porsche refused to donate four Porsche 959s for destruction tests. Seinfeld imported the car "[[Grey import vehicles|for exhibition purposes]]," on the stipulation that it may never be driven on U.S. roads.<ref name="bannister">{{Cite book|last=Bannister|first=Paul|title=The Comedians|pages=74–75}}</ref> The car was made U.S. street legal in 1999 under the "[[Show or Display]]" federal law.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forbesautos.com/advice/toptens/billionaire/02-bill_gates.html |title=William Gates III |work=Forbes |access-date=August 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223132219/http://www.forbesautos.com/advice/toptens/billionaire/02-bill_gates.html |archive-date=December 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ShowDisplay/howtosd072003.html |title=How To Import A Motor Vehicle For Show Or Display |publisher=National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |access-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018010231/http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ShowDisplay/howtosd072003.html |archive-date=October 18, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Seinfeld wrote an article for the February 2004 issue of [[Automobile Magazine|''Automobile'']], reviewing the [[Porsche Carrera GT]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.automobilemag.com/news/jerry-seinfeld-reviews-the-porsche-carrera-gt/ |magazine=[[Automobile Magazine|Automobile]] |title=Jerry Seinfeld Reviews the Porsche Carrera GT |date=February 2004 |access-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-date=March 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331051014/https://www.automobilemag.com/news/jerry-seinfeld-reviews-the-porsche-carrera-gt/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2008, Seinfeld was involved in a car accident when the brakes on his 1967 [[Fiat 500]] failed and, to avoid an intersection, he pulled the emergency brake while turning sharply, ultimately causing the car to flip onto its side. No one was hurt.<ref name="follfiat">{{cite web|url=http://www.automobilemag.com/news/the-real-story-about-jerry-seinfelds-mystery-car-crash-134299/|title=The real story about Jerry Seinfeld's Mystery Car Crash|author=Phil Foraday|date=April 5, 2008|work=Automobile Magazine|access-date=February 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210030800/http://www.automobilemag.com/news/the-real-story-about-jerry-seinfelds-mystery-car-crash-134299/|archive-date=February 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Coffee machines===
A coffee aficionado, Seinfeld owns multiple [[espresso machine]]s, including the $17,000 Elektra Belle Epoque<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/jerry-seinfelds-hamptons-home-has-a-dollar17000-coffee-maker|title=Jerry Seinfeld's Hamptons Home Has a $17,000 Coffee Maker|last=Chen|first=Joyce|website=Architectural Digest|date=August 23, 2018|language=en|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218194520/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/jerry-seinfelds-hamptons-home-has-a-dollar17000-coffee-maker|archive-date=December 18, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and two machines manufactured by Slayer and [[Breville]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sprudge.com/jerry-seinfeld-of-comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-the-sprudge-interview-129289.html/|title=Jerry Seinfeld Of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee: The Sprudge Interview|last=Michelman|first=Jordan|website=Sprudge|date=January 8, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> Seinfeld described his single-group Slayer machine, which costs upwards of $8,500, as a "beautiful machine."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehook.com/article/food-and-drink/jerry-seinfelds-favorite-coffee-machine-starting-price-8499|title=Jerry Seinfeld's Favorite Coffee Machine Starts at $8,499|last=Weiss|first=Zachery|date=March 12, 2018|website=InsideHook|language=en-US|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802035707/https://www.insidehook.com/article/food-and-drink/jerry-seinfelds-favorite-coffee-machine-starting-price-8499|url-status=live}}</ref> When [[NPR]] asked him about the influence of [[Coffee culture|coffee culture in the U.S.]], Seinfeld responded in 2013:<blockquote>I never liked [coffee] and I didn't understand it and I used to do a lot of stuff in my stand-up set in the '80s and '90s about how I don't 'get' coffee. And then something happened about five years ago. I started touring a lot, and we would have these great big, fun breakfasts in the hotel and [coffee] just seemed to go really well [with breakfast]. [Now], I've just started this espresso thing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/04/26/179049781/so-jerry-seinfeld-called-us-to-talk-about-coffee|title=So Jerry Seinfeld Called Us To Talk About Coffee|work=NPR|language=en|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425200958/https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/04/26/179049781/so-jerry-seinfeld-called-us-to-talk-about-coffee|archive-date=April 25, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>

In a May 2024 ''[[GQ]]'' interview titled "10 Things Jerry Seinfeld Can't Live Without", Seinfeld revealed that a [[Bialetti]] [[moka pot]] is one of his must-haves. He described the process of making coffee with a moka pot as complex and time-consuming, but a pleasurable way to "waste time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/video/watch/gq-10-essentials-jerry-seinfeld|title=10 Things Jerry Seinfeld Can't Live Without|publisher=[[GQ]]|access-date=May 17, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511210807/https://www.gq.com/video/watch/gq-10-essentials-jerry-seinfeld|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Religion and politics ===
[[File:Jerry Seinfeld on a support visit of Israel in December 2023, a visit to Kibbutz Be'eri following the Be'eri massacre on October 7, 2023 (1).jpg|thumb|Seinfeld with members of Kibbutz [[Be'eri]] in the kibbutz dining room, December 19, 2023]]

Seinfeld is Jewish and has incorporated elements of his [[Jewish identity]] in his work.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seinfeld and Company|url=https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/seinfeld-and-company/|access-date=September 18, 2021|website=My Jewish Learning|language=en-US|archive-date=July 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724042616/https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/seinfeld-and-company/|url-status=live}}</ref> Although he shared that his mother was born into a large family of Syrian Orthodox Jews, he admitted to being non-religious himself.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Andrew |date=2023-10-17 |title=Jerry Seinfeld Admitted to Taking Scientology Courses: "It Was Very Helpful" |url=https://bestlifeonline.com/jerry-seinfeld-scientology/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Best Life |language=en |archive-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309143125/https://bestlifeonline.com/jerry-seinfeld-scientology/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Seinfeld stated that he took a [[Scientology]] course when he was in his 20s; he said that he found it interesting but that he did not pursue it any further.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Day|first=Nate|date=June 10, 2020|title=Jerry Seinfeld addresses rumors that he once practiced Scientology: 'I found it very interesting'|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jerry-seinfeld-rumors-once-practiced-scientology|access-date=September 18, 2021|website=Fox News|language=en-US|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918041747/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jerry-seinfeld-rumors-once-practiced-scientology|url-status=live}}</ref>

Seinfeld expressed support for [[Israel]] during the [[Gaza war]], saying "I will always stand with Israel and the Jewish people."<ref>{{cite news |title=Jerry Seinfeld Meets With Families of Israeli Hostages Amid Ongoing Conflict |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jerry-seinfeld-meets-israeli-hostage-families-1235765834/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 19, 2023 |access-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317164238/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jerry-seinfeld-meets-israeli-hostage-families-1235765834/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Seinfeld and his family previously drew criticism, travelling to the occupied [[West Bank]] in 2018 to participate in an anti-terrorism simulation camp.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schwartz|first1=Yaakov|date=2018-01-11|location=[[Jerusalem]]|title=Seinfeld under fire over visit to West Bank 'military camp'|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/seinfeld-under-fire-over-visit-to-west-bank-military-camp|work=[[The Times of Israel]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207190731/https://www.timesofisrael.com/seinfeld-under-fire-over-visit-to-west-bank-military-camp|archive-date=2024-12-07|access-date=2024-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/not-funny-jerry-seinfeld-slammed-visit-israeli-run-anti-terror-camp |title='Not funny': Jerry Seinfeld slammed for visit to Israeli-run 'anti-terror' camp |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407135028/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/not-funny-jerry-seinfeld-slammed-visit-israeli-run-anti-terror-camp |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, Seinfeld visited the headquarters of [[Abducted and Missing Families Forum]] where he met with representatives of the families and with abductees who returned from Hamas captivity, and listened to their stories.<ref>{{cite web |last1=The Times of Israel |title=Visiting Israel, Jerry Seinfeld meets with freed hostages, families |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/visiting-israel-jerry-seinfeld-meets-with-freed-hostages-families-of-abductees/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=24 December 2023 |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224062028/https://www.timesofisrael.com/visiting-israel-jerry-seinfeld-meets-with-freed-hostages-families-of-abductees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 12, 2024, Seinfeld gave a [[Commencement speech|commencement address]] and received an honorary degree at [[Duke University]]. During his speech, a number of students booed, waved [[Palestinian Flag|Palestinian flags]] and walked out in protest.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Madani |first1=Doha |last2=Cohen |first2=Rebecca |date=2024-05-13 |title=Duke students walk out of Jerry Seinfeld's commencement speech amid wave of graduation antiwar protests |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/duke-students-walkout-jerry-seinfeld-commencement-wave-graduation-anti-rcna151876 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=www.nbcnews.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Truth or Fake - Did Duke University students walk out of graduation because speaker Jerry Seinfeld is Jewish? |url=https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20240515-did-duke-university-students-walk-out-of-graduation-because-lecturer-jerry-seinfeld-is-jewish |work=France 24 |date=15 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Free Palestine chants, walk out by US students during Jerry Seinfeld's speech |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/duke-university-students-walkout-jerry-seinfelds-speech-israel-support-gaza-war-2538351-2024-05-13 |work=India Today |date=13 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jerry Seinfeld's commencement speech spurs student walkout at Duke University - National {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10491911/jerry-seinfeld-speech-duke-university-student-walkout/ |work=Global News}}</ref> In June 2024, Seinfeld was heckled by protesters during a comedy show in [[Sydney]], Australia. Seinfeld responded joking, "You're really influencing everyone here. We're all on your side now, because you've made your point so well, and in the right venue, you’ve come to the right place for a political conversation".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jerry-seinfeld-roasts-pro-palestinian-heckler-australia-comedy-show-1235926585/|title= Jerry Seinfeld Roasts Pro-Palestine Heckler Who Disrupts Comedy Show: "Get Out of Here"|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= June 19, 2024|accessdate= June 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jerry-seinfeld-pro-palestine-heckler-comedy-show-1236039887/|title= Jerry Seinfeld Roasts Pro-Palestine Heckler Who Interrupted His Set and Got Ejected: 'It's a Comedy Show, You Moron! Get Out of Here'|website= Variety|date= June 17, 2024|accessdate= June 25, 2024}}</ref> In 2025, responding to a social media influencer and ambush activist who said "Free Palestine", he shook his head and replied “I don't care about Palestine."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Irwin |first=Lauren |date=2025-02-16 |title=Jerry Seinfeld responds to ambush activist: 'I don't care about Palestine' |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5148665-jerry-seinfeld-responds-to-ambush-activist-i-dont-care-about-palestine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217042439/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5148665-jerry-seinfeld-responds-to-ambush-activist-i-dont-care-about-palestine/ |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=2025-02-19 |work=The Hill |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Seinfeld to 'ambushing' activist: 'I don't care about Palestine' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/seinfeld-to-ambushing-activist-i-dont-care-about-palestine/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Seinfeld has made several political contributions, including to [[George W. Bush]]'s and [[Al Gore]]'s presidential campaigns in [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]], and subsequently to four [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] primary candidates in 2000 and [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NEWSMEAT ▷ Jerry Seinfeld's Federal Campaign Contribution Report |url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Jerry_Seinfeld.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010151510/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Jerry_Seinfeld.php |archive-date=October 10, 2013 |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=www.newsmeat.com |url-status=live }}</ref>

Seinfeld has expressed his distaste for what he calls [[political correctness]]. In 2015, Seinfeld stated that he avoids performing on college campuses because students have become too easily offended by his comedic routines.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Klee |first=Miles |date=2024-04-29 |title=Far-Right Influencers Celebrate Jerry Seinfeld Once Again Claiming 'PC Crap' Killed Comedy |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jerry-seeinfeld-pc-culture-far-right-1235012038/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> In a 2024 interview with ''[[The New Yorker]]'', Seinfeld claimed political correctness was destroying comedy, saying, "This is the result of the [[Far-left politics|extreme left]] and PC crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people. When you write a script and it goes into four or five different hands, committees, groups{{snd}}'Here's our thought about this joke'{{snd}}well, that's the end of your comedy."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Yorker |first=The New |date=2024-04-26 |title=Jerry Seinfeld on Making a Life in Comedy (and Also, Pop-Tarts) |url=https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/jerry-seinfeld-on-making-a-life-in-comedy-and-also-pop-tarts |access-date=2024-05-18 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> Months later, he walked back those comments on the "Breaking Bread" podcast, stating "I don't think, as I said, 'the extreme left' has done anything to inhibit the art of comedy. I'm taking that back officially." Seinfeld said he regrets his previous comments because changing cultural attitudes are "not [his] business."<ref>{{Cite web |last= Tolentino |first=Daysia |date=2024-10-16 |title= Jerry Seinfeld said he regrets comments blaming 'extreme left' for ruining comedy |website=[[NBC News]] |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/jerry-seinfeld-said-regrets-comments-blaming-extreme-left-ruining-come-rcna175678 |access-date = 2024-10-16}}</ref>

=== Transcendental Meditation ===
In December 2012, Seinfeld said that he had been practicing [[Transcendental Meditation technique|Transcendental Meditation]] for 40 years. He promoted the use of the technique in the treatment of [[post-traumatic stress disorder]] with [[Bob Roth]] of the [[David Lynch Foundation]] in December 2012 on ''[[Good Morning America]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bienfaits-meditation.com/en/david_lynch_foundation/abcnews_jerry_seinfeld |title=Jerry Seinfeld on Importance of Meditation for PTSD |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=December 13, 2012 |access-date=March 7, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907043744/http://www.bienfaits-meditation.com/en/david_lynch_foundation/abcnews_jerry_seinfeld |archive-date=September 7, 2013 }}</ref> and also appeared at a 2009 David Lynch Foundation benefit for TM, at which [[Paul McCartney]] and [[Ringo Starr]] appeared.<ref>{{cite web|title=At Radio City, Paul and Ringo together again|url=https://www.popmatters.com/article/72736-at-radio-city-paul-and-ringo-together-again/|work=[[PopMatters]]|access-date=January 31, 2014|first=Glenn|last=Gamboa|date=April 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224105619/http://www.popmatters.com/article/72736-at-radio-city-paul-and-ringo-together-again/|archive-date=February 24, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 5, 2015, the David Lynch Foundation organized a benefit concert at New York City's [[Carnegie Hall]] called "Change Begins Within" to promote transcendental meditation for stress control. "It's been the greatest companion technique of living that I've ever come across, and I'm thrilled to be part of this movement that seems to have really been reinvigorated by Bob [Roth] and [[David Lynch]]," Seinfeld said. "I would do anything that I could to promote it in the world, because I think it's the greatest thing as a life tool, as a work tool and just making things make sense."<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Grow |first= Kory |title= Katy Perry, Sting Stun at David Lynch's Meditation Benefit Concert – Jerry Seinfeld, Angelique Kidjo, Jim James and others also perform and explain relaxation technique's importance to them at New York's Carnegie Hall |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/katy-perry-sting-stun-at-david-lynchs-meditation-benefit-concert-20151105 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date= November 14, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161120012743/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/katy-perry-sting-stun-at-david-lynchs-meditation-benefit-concert-20151105 |archive-date= November 20, 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref>