The 74-year-old actor says he was ‘immediately sorry’ after he shouted the N-word at Black people in a comedy club in 2006
Seinfeld actor Michael Richards has addressed the racist outburst which effectively ended his career almost 20 years ago, saying he was “immediately sorry” but that he’s “not looking for a comeback”.
The actor – who won three Emmys for his portrayal of Cosmo Kramer from 1989 to 1998 – has stayed largely out of the spotlight since 2006 when he was filmed yelling the N-word at a group of Black people who heckled him during a standup set at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.
“I was immediately sorry the moment I said it onstage,” Richards said about that night in an interview with People magazine, published on Wednesday. “I’m not looking for a comeback.”
“My anger was all over the place and it came through hard and fast.
