At Least One American Is Not Impressed With the Royal Wedding

And it's not just me.  It's also Jerry Seinfeld:

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld squarely attacked the pomp and circumstance surrounding the upcoming nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middlefield—on a British TV show, no less!

Seinfeld was asked by an interviewer for Britain’s ITV morning show, “Daybreak,” if he was looking forward to the royal wedding.

“Yes, I’m very excited,” the New York native answered sarcastically. “Well it’s a circus act, it’s an absurd act.”

The former funnyman then railed into Brittan’s millennial-old tradition of formality and ceremony.

“You know, it’s a dress-up. It’s a classic English thing of let's play dress-up. Let’s pretend that these are special people," he said. "OK, we’ll all pretend that – that’s what theater is.”
As the interviewer sat slack-jawed, Seinfeld continued his rant.

“That’s why the British have the greatest theater in the world. They love to dress up and they love to play pretend. And that’s what the Royal Family is—it’s a huge game of pretend. These aren’t special people—it’s fake outfits, fake phony hats and gowns.”

Seinfeld, sensing that he was insulting the interviewer and perhaps all of England, backpedaled a little bit.

“It’s fantastic," he hedged. "We don’t have anything like that.”

The segment, taped in New York, was thrown back to the studio in London, where the show’s hosts were not amused.

“How dare he!” chided anchor Christine Bleakley.

Jerry will be performing in London later this year...maybe.