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Larry David on Kimmel: Book Promo, Knicks Stress, Slave-Ancestry Reveal

6/19/2026

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Larry David, comedian, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote *Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness* (June 26).
He said watching Knicks’ win against Spurs was stressful, “took years off his life,” and tried contact with Victor Wembanyama.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (scholar) disclosed David’s ancestor Bernstein fought for Confederacy and owned slaves, leading Kimmel note family never owned slaves and David joke Kimmel was “better than me.”

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Larry David, comedian, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote *Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness* (June 26).
He said watching Knicks’ win against Spurs was stressful, “took years off his life,” and tried contact with Victor Wembanyama.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (scholar) disclosed David’s ancestor Bernstein fought for Confederacy and owned slaves, leading Kimmel note family never owned slaves and David joke Kimmel was “better than me.”