Jerry Seinfeld, "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." NBC/Getty Images
Jerry Seinfeld apologised for the "subtle sexual element" of "Bee Movie", a children's movie.
The comedian stated that any romantic scenes between bees and humans in the movie were "not intentional."
Jimmy Fallon was told that he realized the content wasn't appropriate for children after it was released.
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Jerry Seinfeld was forced to apologize for writing the bizarre interspecies storyline in Saturday's 2007 children's movie "Bee Movie".
The 67-year old comedian spoke out on "The Tonight Show" about his past work with Dreamworks Animation, which he wrote and produced.
Some viewers have been questioning the relationship between the "Bee Movie' protagonists, Vanessa Bloome, a human florist (voiced Rene Zellweger), and Barry B. Benson, a honeybee (voiced Seinfeld).
Seinfeld appeared to have heard the conversation or at least seen the memes about what some consider the beginning stages of interspecies romance.
"I am sorry for the uncomfortable, subtle sexual aspect of The Bee Movie'. This was not my intention. It was only after the movie came out that I realized it wasn't appropriate for children. The bee seems to have a thing about the girl," Jimmy Fallon explained to the comedian.
He said, "We don’t really want that as an idea for children’s entertainment."
In the 14 years that have passed since the film's debut, the team behind "Bee Movie," has addressed the odd relationship between the characters.
The New Statesman was informed by Steve Hickner, the director of the film's 10th Anniversary in 2017, that Barry and Vanessa "never going be sexual or any similar."
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Hickner stated that it was "purely this friendship, Barry thought so, but it wasn't,"
Barry B. Benson and Vanessa Bloome in "Bee Movie" for children. DreamWorks Animation
Barry Marder, a "Bee Movie” script writer, admitted that the film's idea is "kinda weird to start with" in an interview with the outlet.
Spike Feresten, a fellow writer, found that viewers are either "entertained" or "repulsed" by the storyline. He stated that the movie does not depict an "interspecies love story", and that they did not want to "sell" this idea to young viewers.
Feresten said that any murkiness in Vanessa-Barry's dynamic could be attributed to the fact the writers subconsciously seperated the characters from their physical forms while writing the script.
He said, "They would be just Barry and Vanessa. We would write this dialogue to Barry and Vanessa. Then, we would read it over and remind ourselves that this is a tiny honey saying this and the tiny bee has been fighting with her boyfriend. So let's dial this back to friend and make it less romantic because it's getting strange."
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