Jerry Seinfeld blasts sons' old school for offering day off after election: 'This is why the kids hated it'

"What kind of lives have these people led that makes them think that this is the right way to handle young people?"

A New York school is providing services for students experiencing election anxiety — but Jerry Seinfeld is not happy about it.

The Ethical Culture Fieldston School — which has campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan and costs $65,540 a year — recently announced that it will make attendance optional on the Wednesday after Election Day for "students who feel too emotionally distressed," reports The New York Times. It will also provide counselors for students who seek support and assistance in the wake of the election.

Seinfeld, whose sons attended the school, slammed the institution's handling of the election, declaring that this kind of behavior ultimately prompted his youngest son, Shepherd, to transfer to another private school in eighth grade.

"This is why the kids hated it," Seinfeld told the Times. "What kind of lives have these people led that makes them think that this is the right way to handle young people? To encourage them to buckle. This is the lesson they are providing, for ungodly sums of money."

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The outlet also noted that Seinfeld called the publication again to clarify that his kids didn't hate the school itself, but specifically disliked the policies that they viewed as overly sensitive.

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This isn't the first time Seinfeld has lashed out against cultural sensitivity. Earlier this year, the comedian blamed "the extreme left" for ruining comedy in film and television "This is the result of the extreme left, and PC crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people," he told The New Yorker. "Now, they're going to see stand-up comics, because we are not policed by anyone. The audience polices us. We know when we're off track. We know instantly and we adjust to it. But when you write a script and it goes into four or five different hands, committees, groups, there goes your comedy."

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However, the comedian walked back those comments earlier this month, announcing that his perspective on the subject had evolved.

"If you're Lindsey Vonn, if you're a champion skier, you can put the gates anywhere you want on the mountain. She's going to make the gate. That's comedy," Seinfeld said after claiming his previous statements on the matter were "not true" on Tom Papa's Breaking Bread podcast. "Whatever the culture is, we make the gate. You don't make the gate, you're out of the game. The game is, where is the gate? How do I make the gate and get down the hill the way I want to?"