Michael Richards A.K.A. Kramer What was he thinking when he said .....

[TheKing]

"Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.

Richards, who played the wacky Cosmo Kramer on the hit TV show "Seinfeld," appeared onstage at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood. Kyle Doss, an African-American, told TMZ he and some friends were in the cheap seats and he was playfully heckling Richards when suddenly, the comedian lost it.

The camera started rolling just as Richards began his attack, screaming at one of the men, "Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a ********** fork up your ass."

Richards continued, "You can talk, you can talk, you're brave now mother******er. Throw his ass out. He's a ******! He's a ******! He's a ******! A ******, look, there's a ******!"

The crowd is visibly and audibly confused and upset. Richards responds by saying, "They're going to arrest me for calling a black man a ******."

One of the men who was the object of Richard's tirade was outraged, shouting back "That's un-********** called for, ain't necessary."

After the three-minute tirade, it appears the majority of the audience members got up and left in disgust.

Attempts to reach Richards' reps were unsuccessful."

[LiNuX]

yea its been all over the news lately, its just sad, he was one of my favorite characters in sienfeld, always funny, but he lost respect after that incident, im dissappointed

[aosmallan]

Attempts to reach Richards' reps were unsuccessful."

He did issue a formal apology the following day, or at least shortly after... it was aired on Letterman and can be found all over youtube if anyone wants to go look for it.

[Twigz]

I never really liked Seinfeld that much, only once in a while, when Jerry Stiller was on (Arthur on "The King if Queens"), but Michael Richards was pretty funny as well...after that, i don't think anyone should take him seriously or hilariously anymore...he acted wrongly towards people he knows he shouldn't have, and now, look where he is, apologizing wrongly as well...he needs some serious help, for real...