The clip where he refuses to hug Kesha is kind of awkward, although totally more her fault for just bombarding him and randomly demanding a hug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3_L8z2uw4

I hate that I'm doing this, but if a man went up to a famous woman and demanded a hug, would that have been awkward?

I don't like hugs, and I feel perfectly entitled to tell someone I don't want a hug.

Men do that to non-famous women more than you might expect. If it would have happened the other way around, Seinfeld might have just gotten that hug and it wouldn't have been all that surprising.

(FWIW, I'm fully in the camp of 'don't assault folks with hugs' and I personally don't like them under most circumstances).

Seems like a perfectly normal reaction to me. It's reasonable for not wanting to hug a stranger.

Especially since he's known as somewhat of a germaphobe.