Remember when Mel Gibson went about calling people "Sugar Tits"? Remember when Chris Moyles waxed racist in front of Halle Berry? Remember when hecklerspray wasn't allowed into that black tie affair because we weren't wearing a 'shirt'?
Well this is more shocking than all of those combined. Michael Richards, AKA Kramer of Seinfeld fame, recently dropped a whole string of 'N' words at some hecklers of African decent. It was an ugly bit, that's sure.
It is through eyes filled with the tears of social repression and racial anxiety that hecklerspray brings you several quotes, both from, and about the very strange fiasco.
So there was Kramer, onstage and loving it. He probably felt good in the limelight, busting jokes, watching the crowd giggle, occasionally moving the microphone stand – then every comic's worst nightmare happened. Someone started yelling something like "You're not funny".
And really, who knows how long that lasted? All hecklerspray knows is that the video floating around the internet started with this quote (picture him pointing up to balcony seats):
"Shut up! Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a fucking fork up your ass."
After a bit of pacing and confused mumbling, Richards continued:
"You can talk, you can talk, you're brave now motherfucker. Throw his ass out. He's a nigger!"
Richards then dropped the hard 'N' repeatedly, to the obvious astonishment of his crowd. In the video, scores of people could be seen leaving. His majesty, Jerry Seinfeld himself, was asked to comment on his friend's breakdown. He said he was:
"sick over this horrible, horrible mistake."
Seinfeld had a spot on David Letterman‘s Late Show, and he invited Richards to make a formal statement about the whole mess via satellite linkup. 'Kramer' took the opportunity:
"For me to be at a comedy club and flip out and say this crap, I‘m deeply, deeply sorry."
Richards went on to say he is not a Bigot, he just lost his cool. Apologies then, are the order of the day! And with that in mind – Mom, that burnt lasagna you tried to make us eat last Sunday, it's in the soil of your hanging spider plant, the third one from the window. Professor Billingsworth, we'd have given you a much higher end-of-semester rating if you'd actually written more of our thesis. C'mon guy, just be cool. Lastly, homeless dude, sorry we tipped your cart and stole your candy. If it makes you feel any better, most of it was pre-chewed.
Read More:
"Kramer's" Racist Tirade — Caught on Tape (Watch Video Here) – TMZ.com