Jerry Seinfeld graduation speech disrupted by anti-Israel protesters

So comedian Jerry Seinfeld becoming the latest graduation speaker forced to deal with anti Israeli agitators. But the crowd ultimately rallied behind the legendary comic as he shared his one-of-a-kind perspective on life. Watch Jerry, Jerry, Jerry again. A lot of you were thinking, I can't believe they invited this guy. Too late. I say use your privilege. I grew up a Jewish boy from New York. That is a privilege if you want to be a comedian. Thanks. Alana Pekar was in one of those. He's graduating yesterday and she joins us now. Alana, were you surprised to see this happen? You know, Jerry Seinfeld obviously is Jewish. He talked about the October 9th, October 7th, I'm sorry, attacked, but he hasn't been out there talking about the war at all. So why did they target him? You know, given given Jerry's very outward Zionism and his openly Judaism, I can't say I am surprised giving these protests, it's very obvious that they oppose his point of view. But these students definitely went in there. They completely violated Duke's rules. They made it very clear to students that they're not allowed to bring in any signs, any flags. And these students completely violated the rules of Duke University. So Alana, you you said that you weren't going to allow them to win. So it looks like the crowd overall in Duke, at Duke University supported Jerry. Absolutely. What you're not seeing on the media is that after these students walk out, and by the way, it's only 40 students, they walked out. After they walked out the entire stadium started booing them and eventually started chanting Jerry's name, clearly and supportive and being our commencement speaker. So I I guess my question because I I've been at these rallies and these little gazzas all across the country. Would you say it's a small minority of them on these college campuses or or do you see this growing movement? Like do you feel support at Duke University being a Jew or or is it quite fearful for you? You know, Lawrence, I'm actually very thankful to say that Duke University, unlike other universities, has been a much safer environment for Jewish students. I'm somebody who's very openly Jewish, very openly Zionist, and I'm able to proudly walk around campus. I wear my Jewish star necklace and I'm if I if there's anyone to be targeted, I feel like I'd be one of the first students. And I can happily say that Duke has done everything in their power to ensure their safety for students. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same for universities across across America. Yeah, real quickly, before I let you go, what do you think Duke is doing differently than the rest of the universities? Because I think it can be a model. You know, I think there are many factors that go into this. One of one of them being that Duke has their rules and they abide by it and they stick to it for every every group on campus. It doesn't adjust based off of certain political beliefs, personal beliefs, identities. Additionally, I I genuinely believe Duke has done an amazing job in building a community on campus. And what I am seeing on other college universities is that these students don't have a place on their campus. They don't feel like they have meaning. They don't feel like they have a purpose. And Duke has genuinely created a community that students feel a sense of fulfillment and don't feel the need to turn to this violence. Yeah, it's such a good point because you see it all across the country where some Jewish students can't even go to class. You have protesters blocking them from going to class. But at Duke is much different because you got to follow the rules. What a novel idea. Alana, thanks so much for joining the program. Thank you, Lawrence. We appreciate it.