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Jerry Seinfeld is apologizing for those sexual undertones between his leading bee and a human woman in the 2007 Dreamworks Animation release 'Bee Movie.'

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00:00I apologize for what seems to be a certain uncomfortable, subtle, sexual aspect of the B-movie.

00:09Jerry Seinfeld is apologizing for those uncomfortable sexual undertones between his leading B-character

00:15and a human woman in DreamWorks Animation's B-movie.

00:19Appearing on The Tonight Show in part to promote all nine seasons of his iconic comedy Seinfeld coming to Netflix,

00:25the topic of the 2007 animated film came into conversation when the two discussed his recent birthday

00:31and the years it takes to reach a certain level of success in his career.

00:35And then I had three kids, I had to straighten their insane asses out, and then I make a movie with a B.

00:42That's when Seinfeld went on to directly address the long-running jokes around the animated children's movie,

00:47which some viewers have said features an implied romantic relationship and attraction between the movie's main characters.

00:53Those two characters are a B named Barry B. Benson, voiced by Seinfeld,

00:57and the film's animated leading lady, voiced by Renee Zellweger.

01:01Seinfeld noted,

01:02I apologize for what seems to be a certain uncomfortable, subtle, sexual aspect of the B-movie.

01:07It really was not intentional.

01:09After it came out, I realized this is really not appropriate for children.

01:15The comic noted that the intention was never to pursue that as an idea in children's entertainment.

01:20Because the B seemed to have a thing for the girl.

01:23The film's writers and director addressed the issue in a 2017 anniversary interview,

01:28clarifying that while it may appear like there is some kind of attraction happening,

01:32that was never the plan.

01:33Director Steve Hickner said at the time,

01:35it was never going to be sexual or anything like that.

01:38It was purely this friendship.

01:39Maybe in Barry's mind, he thought,

01:41but it was never going to be that.

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