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No hug for you! Jerry Seinfeld explains Kesha hug snub

After a video of Jerry Seinfeld declining to hug pop singer Kesha went viral, the actor and comedian explained he doesn’t hug “total strangers.” (Greg Allen / Invision/AP)
After a video of Jerry Seinfeld declining to hug pop singer Kesha went viral, the actor and comedian explained he doesn’t hug “total strangers.” (Greg Allen / Invision/AP)
Associated Press

NEW YORK – Jerry Seinfeld has explained that he won’t hug “a total stranger,” days after he denied pop singer Kesha a hug in an exchange that was caught on camera and went viral.

The video showed Kesha interrupting an interview Seinfeld was doing with a local news reporter ahead of an event in Washington on Monday. The singer wanted a hug from the comedian, but Seinfeld repeatedly declined, backing off and telling her, “no thanks.” After she left, he told the interviewer he didn’t know who she was.

Seinfeld tells “Extra” that at 63, he doesn’t know who every pop star is and described his first-ever interaction with Kesha as “a little off.”

He says he and Kesha “laughed” about the moment later, but he still didn’t give her a hug.

AP-WF-06-09-17 1342GMT