Remember when Jerry Seinfeld was front and center in what people are now calling “hug gate?”

Let’s remind you…

LAST NIGHT @KeshaRose found out @JerrySeinfeld is not a #Hugger — Is it hard to be a non-hugger in 2017? pic.twitter.com/92OoMFCNkd

— Tommy McFLY (@TommyMcFLY) June 6, 2017

That’s right, he totally refused to hug Kesha — who knows if he knew who she was! Well now he’s telling Extra TV about it.

“I don’t hug a total stranger,” he said. “I have to meet someone, say hello, I gotta start somewhere. I was right in the middle of an interview, it was a little off. I’m 63, I don’t know every pop star, I don’t know everyone.”

We forgive you, Jerry!