Jerry Seinfeld Gets Brutally Honest About Advertising in This Hilarious Speech at the Clios

No, really, he loves what you do

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Host Whoopi Goldberg brought the funny all evening long at Wednesday's 55th Clio Awards in New York. But it was Jerry Seinfeld who brought down the house with a brilliant, hilarious speech about why he loves advertising—which ended up being a blistering anti-advertising rant that comically eviscerated the business.

"I love advertising because I love lying," Seinfeld began. And he only got more brutally honest from there.

"I just want to enjoy the commercial," he said.

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