Jerry Seinfeld is well known for his ingenious portrayal of a fictionalized version of himself in the legendary NBC sitcom Seinfeld. The 69-year-old made the headlines in the early ’90s after the news of his romance with a high school girl, Shoshanna Lonstein, surfaced.
Despite the incident happening more than two and half decades ago, the story lives on as it recently resurfaced when a netizen tweeted about it. The tweet has generated a lot of comments because the world has evolved, and the actor’s actions are now considered morally wrong.
Former classmate of Shoshanna Lonstein shares details of Jerry Seinfeld’s relationship
A former classmate of Lonstein reopened a can of worms by putting the spotlight on Seinfeld’s past relationship saga while responding to a tweet that read, “Which celebrity interaction was “the incident” at your high school?’”
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“When I was in high school, 38-year-old Jerry Seinfeld was dating a girl in my year, and he picked her up from class during 4th period, and she got to skip Mr. Solinski’s calculus exam (I got a 93/100),” Lonstein classmate replied to the post.
Netizens’ reaction
The tweet, which has now garnered over 18 million views, has sparked several reactions from Netizens. Tweeps took to the comment section to criticize the 69-year-old’s behavior. “It’s really wild how prevalent these kinds of relationships were until SO recently!” someone wrote. “I can’t even remember all the many, many 30+ yo celebrities who were in relationships with teenage girls.”
“I remember when this happened & don’t think for a second that a lot of women weren’t grossed out by this,” another person commented. “I never looked at Seinfeld the same after this.”
“Amazing how Jerry Seinfeld was able to get away with dating a teenager in the 90s,” an X user commented.
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