We told you earlier about Michael Richards' racial outburst at a comedy club over the weekend, and it was unfortunate timing, since Jerry Seinfeld was going to be on Letterman tonight and the 7th season DVD set was coming out tomorrow. But now comes word that Richards will actually appear on the show during Seinfeld's segment, via satellite, to explain his side of the story.
Defamer has the details, including a report from someone who was at the taping of the show, which airs on CBS at 11:35.
I guess you could say that it's a spoiler, since you read what Richards is going to say, but I'm sure it's still worth watching.
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11-23-2006 @ 12:12AM
RT said...
End... Thank you!!! I didn't know how to respond to Patrick's nonsense... Bottomline, there is no room for racism in this Country. And to say that this guy is not a racist??? get outta here!!!! One's talent is irrelevant in this case.. I don't care how funny he was, is or gonna be. But at this time, he should be counting his blessing that he walked out of there. And there is nothing childish about that.
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11-24-2006 @ 2:48PM
END said...
To dny: WELL SAID! and that is coming from an African American woman.
To a person that pays attention to the happening in this world, and does not choose to be nieve so that he does not have to face reality; you have no choice but to be jaded. Society makes us that way :(
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11-25-2006 @ 9:29PM
Patrick said...
You know, you're all being very unforgiving and not taking into consideration that he apologized, said that he is not a racist, and also the fact that nothing like this has ever been heard of from him before. He's worked with black people on Seinfeld without issue. Jerry Seinfeld, who knows him better than any of us, has said that Michael didn't mean what he said.
You know, it's very easy for people to lose their temper and revert to outrageousness in the heat of their rage. Michael Richards lost his head and said some very offensive things. He knew they were offensive when he said them, but that doesn't mean that he MEANT what he said.
I believe that Michael Richards is a very funny comedian, he's led a very successful career, and I hope he recovers from this incident with public understanding. I doubt that many of you could withstand being in front of a lot of hecklers without losing your head and saying something inappropriate that you didn't actually mean to say.
I don't think he is a racist. I think he made a mistake. And he has apologized sincerely.
And all of this stuff about how he's lucky to have left there alive, and how you wish he would have gotten beaten up, give me a break. That 'tough guy' nonsense is just as childish as his outburst.
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11-29-2006 @ 12:47AM
DUKE said...
STICKS AND STONES WILL BREAK MY BONES BUT NAMES WILL NEVER HURT ME...CIRCA 3RD GRADE. WORDS WORDS WORDS...MY MOTHER SAID NEGROS...I CORRECTED HER....A FEW YEARS LATER SHE SAID NEGRAS...I CORRECTED HER....THEN LATER ON SHE SAID BLACK PEOPLE....I CORRECTED HER TO AFRICAN AMERICAN....THEN I REALIZED..HE I WAS BORN IN PANAMA BUT I AM NOT A PANAMA-AMERICAN I AM AN AMERICAN...MOST BLACK PEOPLE HERE WERE NOT BORN IN AFRICA, EITHER....SO...WE ARE ALL AMERICAN...SOME ARE TANNER THAN OTHERS...ONLY DIFFERENCE....THE HECKLERS WERE WRONG, MICHAEL IS A PRO AND SHOULD HAVE HANDLED IT BETTER...HE WAS WRONG...NOW AL SHARPTON, ALLRED, REV. JACKSON.........MILK IT...NOW AFTER SEVERAL APOLOGIES.....MICHAEL RICHARDS IS THE VICTUM....GEE WHIZ.
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