When asked about why the character Jerry hates Newman, Jerry Seinfeld explained it in the Season 3 DVD inside look of the show, "He was the first person on the show, 'my own show', who was coming on to sabotage me in some way. And so why would I not hate him forever for that?" Seinfeld also stated in an interview with BuzzFeed Brews that "The real answer for why I hated Newman was because it just seemed funny to hate Newman... Everybody has one very eccentric friend that is kind of out there. You've got your friends that are like you, then you have that one friend that's really not like you at all and that's what you like about them, they're kind of an outer orbit. And their friend is someone you cannot deal with at all... there was no real reason for me to hate Newman, he never did anything bad to me, it was just fun. Fun to hate him".