Jerry Seinfeld says he was just kidding when he compared cookbook author Missy Chase Lapine to infamous three-named assassins and called her a “wacko.”
Lapine has sued Jessica Seinfeld, his wife, for trademark infringement and defamation over the she-Seinfeld’s book, Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food.
The book’s recipes show parents how to make brownies, cookies, and macaroni and cheese with vegetable purées, and is highly reminiscent of Lapine’s The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals, which was published six months before Jessica Seinfeld’s book.
The Seinfelds didn’t take too kindly to the lawsuit. Jessica claimed she had never “seen or read this other book” (which is suspect) and Jerry went on Letterman to slam Lapine, comparing her to famous killers Mark David Chapman and James Earl Ray.
“Wackos will wait in the woodwork to pop out at certain moments of your life to inject a little adrenaline into your life experience,” Seinfeld told Letterman.
The celebrity couple went on to say there was nothing “unique and innovative” about Lapine’s ideas, and they have asked a judge to dump the suit and have Lapine pay their legal fees.
Overkill much? Granted, I’m inclined to believe anything bad about Jessica Seinfeld. Bitch is seriously territorial.
Come on people! As the mother of a now 21 year old unbelievably fussy eater, I invented those recipes 19 years ago. I’m sure many other mothers did, too. I never published mine because, trouble is, they didn’t work. She ALWAYS knew if I put anything healthy in her food.