Michael Richards Apologizes for Racist Rant at Comedy Club

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  • Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
  • In 2006, during a performance at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, California, Michael Richards became enraged at some hecklers in the audience and used several racial epithets as well as referring to lynchings. The audience responded by calling Richards a "cracker" and an "white boy." Following the incident, Richards appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman to offer an apology. The venue was clearly confusing for the audience as they would frequently laugh at things Richards would say in complete seriousness.

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  • @brandonhobbsofficial6628
    @brandonhobbsofficial6628 9 лет назад +1004

    When Jerry told everyone to stop laughing you know shit just got real

    • @masonscarn6772
      @masonscarn6772 3 года назад +20

      I’ve never felt that feeling in my stomach when he said that

    • @deathlarsen7502
      @deathlarsen7502 3 года назад +18

      get a life - fuck seinfeld

    • @salvagemonster3612
      @salvagemonster3612 3 года назад +13

      No he just sounded stupid

    • @masonscarn6772
      @masonscarn6772 3 года назад +17

      Don’t disrespect Seinfeld

    • @HawksFanMattMan
      @HawksFanMattMan 3 года назад +25

      I remember watching this when it aired and I assumed it was some kind of an Andy Kauffman-esque bit because I had no idea what they were talking about. Unfortunately, not a bit.

  • @michaelcarrera3730
    @michaelcarrera3730 3 года назад +91

    It’s really weird to have Kramer sit for an interview with letterman and pretend to be this Michael Richards fellow. It’s a tough sell

  • @salvagemonster3612
    @salvagemonster3612 3 года назад +358

    “Stop laughing it’s not funny” sounds like a school principal

  • @JeffreyOsb
    @JeffreyOsb 13 лет назад +465

    It's rare to see a celebrity so choked up when live. You can tell Seinfeld feels genuinely bad about his friend and for him.

    • @JeffreyOsb
      @JeffreyOsb 3 года назад +8

      @@dench2695 That sounds... far too arrogant and selfish. Which I don't think he is either.

    • @beautifuldiva0208
      @beautifuldiva0208 3 года назад +3

      @@dench2695 I agree

    • @anthonychihuahua
      @anthonychihuahua 3 года назад +4

      @@dench2695 100% correct on that!

    • @chillcapybaracitrus
      @chillcapybaracitrus 3 года назад +22

      I feel bad for people of colour who have to live in the same country as people like him.

    • @phillynative2884
      @phillynative2884 3 года назад +3

      @@chillcapybaracitrus exactly

  • @gary3074
    @gary3074 3 года назад +454

    Love the audience giggling. So incredibly inappropriate,

    • @NickTasy
      @NickTasy 3 года назад +7

      Welcome to scripted television

    • @papawhiskers9994
      @papawhiskers9994 3 года назад

      @Dick Harper right lmaoooo

    • @chillcapybaracitrus
      @chillcapybaracitrus 3 года назад +67

      I'm sorry, there is something incredibly funny about a dude who said the N-word with a hard r 20 times saying: i'M NoT RaCiSt

    • @stimbobis
      @stimbobis 3 года назад +10

      “Stop laughing… it’s not funny 😒”

    • @duggiedug9148
      @duggiedug9148 3 года назад +1

      @Dick Harper it’s a common term the left use believe it or not

  • @pnmenon1522
    @pnmenon1522 3 года назад +319

    He is a good friend , a celebrity would have been more inclined to stay away from this , but he stood by his friend ..

    • @AlphaMachina
      @AlphaMachina 2 года назад +37

      I don't know so much about how good of a friend he is, when this is likely more along the lines of "I'm tied professionally to this man, and his downfall, in the long run, could negatively impact my financial future" Jerry Seinfeld stood to lose money if people boycotted Seinfeld, stopped playing reruns, and stopped buying DVD's. Royalties out the window. Nah, Jerry was saving his own ass, while in private calling Michael a f-cking moron.

    • @julianrodriguez661
      @julianrodriguez661 2 года назад +8

      Right, it has nothing to do with saving the brand Seinfeld.

    • @Maxawsomeness_1995
      @Maxawsomeness_1995 2 года назад +8

      How much of a friend do you think he would be if he said things about Jews

    • @forblogssakedotorg2448
      @forblogssakedotorg2448 2 года назад +7

      @@AlphaMachina He doesn't need money. They worked on a show together for 9 years on a comedy. Of course they got close. Richards was so painfully sincere. I thought it was profound.

    • @Maxawsomeness_1995
      @Maxawsomeness_1995 2 года назад +1

      @RN Anderson from what I have head about Jerry on real life he only dates Jewish woman

  • @chiyo-chanholocaust8143
    @chiyo-chanholocaust8143 2 года назад +148

    The incident itself was super hard to watch and embarassing and awful, but this...ooh boy, the way people laugh and all...this was just the final nail of the cringe coffin

    • @catsmith233
      @catsmith233 2 года назад +1

      Yep

    • @dawnjohnson9726
      @dawnjohnson9726 2 года назад +4

      The incident was FANTASTIC, there's nothing more entertaining than watching someone lose their temper, screw up and watch their career end in real time. It's tragic and hilarious and sad and awful all at the same time. Great entertainment.
      Now if he had done a bit for that apology it woulda turned it around.. came out in full KKK attire, a d been like "welp now everyone knows I'm a racist, I see no reason to wear this in private"eople would talk about that forever.. but apologies NEVER work. Noone cares if you're sorry. Your career is over.. go out with a bang instead of a pandering whimpering apology.

  • @challenger9520
    @challenger9520 3 года назад +213

    Gotta love Jerry when he addresses the audience. Whether you buy it or not the man is clearly being serious.

    • @basedbrit4206
      @basedbrit4206 Год назад +3

      He sounds like a substitute teacher 🤣

  • @63shakeandbake
    @63shakeandbake Год назад +10

    I give a lot of credit to Letterman and Jerry. So many Hollywood people would turn their back on someone but Jerry stood by him and Letterman gave him air time to try and apologize.

    • @jamesgreen1166
      @jamesgreen1166 6 месяцев назад

      True and I’ve seen people like Polanski get forgiven for even worse

  • @PrincessSomto
    @PrincessSomto 11 лет назад +327

    he was being very racist. He said "that what happens when a black man interrupts a white man". he was stipulating about race. his whole rant was based on the fact that the guy was black and being rude. the same things would not have come out of him mouth if he was white.

    • @imanf3882
      @imanf3882 3 года назад +4

      @Meme Daddy exactly.

    • @emergencyroomandy9425
      @emergencyroomandy9425 3 года назад +42

      Wrong. Black celebrities are openly celebrated for roasting white celebrities and its justified because racial jokes are hilarious.

    • @sammL19
      @sammL19 3 года назад +50

      @@emergencyroomandy9425 yeah that’s the same, in the historical context of white oppression, isn’t it? Fml

    • @emergencyroomandy9425
      @emergencyroomandy9425 3 года назад +23

      @@sammL19 exactly. I'm not white but I'd say white people are much more discriminated against than black or Spanish people

    • @sammL19
      @sammL19 3 года назад +42

      @@emergencyroomandy9425 Linda the exact opposite of what I meant and I think. I don’t think that’s true historically or indeed presently.

  • @salvagemonster3612
    @salvagemonster3612 3 года назад +37

    I love Jerry trying to cover for him. And Dave helping out an old coworker. “He is a little mystified by it” Really?

  • @nicholasbogosian5420
    @nicholasbogosian5420 3 года назад +117

    Thought he was going to go into another tirade when the audience started laughing.

  • @christianmontes6213
    @christianmontes6213 3 года назад +357

    His racism clearly came out during his “rage” comedians say racist jokes and you know they’re kidding, he was actually being 100% racist on stage.

    • @bigpanda2000
      @bigpanda2000 3 года назад +68

      Yeah when it’s in a joke I feel like everyone knows it’s in all good fun, but what he did was fucking insane. He’s lucky this wasn’t in the past 5 years he’d have to be in a protection program or something . I agree he’s 100% racist

    • @audhumbla6927
      @audhumbla6927 3 года назад +29

      He was born in 1949. He was tired. Anyone can say bad things when hurt. He had a weak moment. But calling someone a racist for 1 incident is not right. Keep your hateful judgments to yourself.

    • @bigpanda2000
      @bigpanda2000 3 года назад +73

      @@audhumbla6927 you don’t know him, how would you know hes a good man? Goes both way

    • @rockethead7
      @rockethead7 3 года назад +40

      @@audhumbla6927
      Here's the problem with your logic... this man said all of those hateful things toward a certain race... then did NOTHING about it later. I would agree with your point of view if the man actually did SOMETHING to show that it was only a one-time mistake, rather than his true belief system. Pay for everyone's ticket in the audience. Find the people he offended, apologize directly to them, and buy them a nice all expenses paid vacation somewhere. Donate some of his millions to a charity that benefits the race he slurred. Anything to actually DO something. But, no. All we get are words. And, these are words from a professional actor, no less. This is a man who is paid to learn lines of dialog, and to deliver those lines to a camera in any way he's told to make them sound. And, what do we have for his apology? We have lines of dialog that he's speaking to a camera. Sorry, but ACTIONS mean more than words. If this man actually did something positive, then I'd agree to cut him slack. But, no. He said all of the terrible things, then, he calls a friend to help him get back on TV to apologize, by delivering apology lines to a camera. Sorry, I'm not buying it.

    • @emoboi311
      @emoboi311 3 года назад +6

      @@rockethead7 nobody gives a shit if you’re not buying it

  • @gearsofwar3xXx
    @gearsofwar3xXx 4 года назад +141

    Michael Richards be like "I'm about to end my whole career."

  • @poetiks
    @poetiks 2 года назад +49

    “I lost my temper” lmao more like “The dam that was holding back my inner racism collapsed”

  • @Beckftm
    @Beckftm 2 года назад +31

    Everyone has the right to recognize wrong actions. Like those in the entertainment industry have the right to refuse to hire him. Only he and God knows if his apology was sincere. Regardless of his actions, it doesn't take away that he is very talented.

  • @billjordan3952
    @billjordan3952 3 года назад +95

    Jerry was pissed because he didn't wana lose that dvd and re-run money 😂

    • @toiletbowlearth
      @toiletbowlearth 3 года назад +10

      Facts. He set this up to save his nest egg of royalties

    • @Jakeman91
      @Jakeman91 2 года назад +8

      Thats exactly why. This had the potential to completely take it off the air and luckily it didn't and if this happened in 2020 the show would never be re-ran again.

    • @billjordan3952
      @billjordan3952 2 года назад +3

      @@Jakeman91 that's true he would be hung for a hate crime now and day's with this thin skin woke generation

    • @Jakeman91
      @Jakeman91 2 года назад +5

      @@billjordan3952 i mean he totally deserved to be "cancelled" fuck michael richards lol you cant really come back after something like that but in todays world the whole show would pay for it

    • @chrisgrady4466
      @chrisgrady4466 2 года назад +2

      @@toiletbowlearth I never thought about that...great point. Tbh though people are going to watch Seinfeld forever no matter what. Not me...never got into it. But let's face facts...people still watch Cosby or listen to Tysons podcast lol. Even Sammy the bull gravano has his own show and he murdered 17 people for fuck sake...sick world

  • @basedbattledroid3507
    @basedbattledroid3507 2 года назад +242

    He made people laugh more during the apology than he did on stage

    • @jakubvoracek1364
      @jakubvoracek1364 Год назад +1

      Sadly Im not sure thats true. One of the things I found most disturbing about that video of him in the laugh factory is how many people are still laughing at the horrible things hes saying.

    • @miltonsucuzhanayb.4176
      @miltonsucuzhanayb.4176 10 месяцев назад

      @@jakubvoracek1364 yeah that whole video was really disturbing

  • @aidannorton3526
    @aidannorton3526 2 года назад +11

    man should've just said SERENITY NOW!!! and he'd be fine 💀

    • @tritium1998
      @tritium1998 Год назад

      Maybe he did that but he still lost it just like in Seinfeld.

  • @lyndsay369
    @lyndsay369 3 года назад +86

    im sorry but u dont say things like that in the heat of the moment unless u already hold those feelings to some degree. i have BPD trust me i know how it is to entirely lose it and go insane but never have i ever randomly became racist or homophobic or sexist or anything just bc im mad??

    • @duggiedug9148
      @duggiedug9148 3 года назад +11

      I have! Just to piss people off. But it only made me feel worse. Even if you don’t believe what you’re saying, it’s as good as a punch in the face, but you’re not hitting them. I agree with you though. But I do understand pushing peoples buttons to attack them personally

    • @MrsShanandlerBing
      @MrsShanandlerBing 2 года назад +1

      @@duggiedug9148 you are very right!

    • @BIGSexy484
      @BIGSexy484 2 года назад

      Wtf are you talking about when people are that pissed off lot of times they'll just say whatever they think will cut the deepest especially when the anger comes from pain ge was obviously hurt by what they said and wanted to reciprocate that. And just because you don't do something doesn't mean everyone's like you. Fuck this pussy ass American culture people need to learn to grow the fuck up and move on the guy obviously knew he fucked up

    • @bienian7253
      @bienian7253 2 года назад

      That’s a good concept in theory, but Michael is an Actor and a comedian he knows how to channel the essence of a character in a convincing manner, he does it so well most people think he is Kramer.
      So I can see how he basically miss fired on stage. Lol horrendously.

    • @pringlesmanhadashave1321
      @pringlesmanhadashave1321 2 года назад +1

      When you are seething with rage, there's no controlling what comes out of your mouth.
      You're looking to hurt people in the most horrific ways with your words, and as long as the N bomb holds so much weight still today, it's going to continuously be used to hurt people.

  • @Dynadisciple
    @Dynadisciple 11 месяцев назад +7

    He did cross the line. I remember when this happened and thought some of it was funny while he was yelling but when he says “ that’s what happens when you interrupt a white man!” I was like ok dude your lucky they didn’t storm the stage and beat you unmercifully.

    • @lattrelbia2527
      @lattrelbia2527 10 месяцев назад +1

      Well they could've shut the hell up too.

    • @Dynadisciple
      @Dynadisciple 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@lattrelbia2527 yea well they didn’t, and he didn’t either for that matter…. He went full racist….

    • @yoyoyiggityyo17
      @yoyoyiggityyo17 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@Dynadiscipleno he didn't

    • @Dynadisciple
      @Dynadisciple 10 месяцев назад

      @youtubecanlickmyasshol702 stop being a racist momo lmao.

  • @MetalGearCrockett
    @MetalGearCrockett 11 лет назад +25

    Jackie Childs definitely woudn't have wanted anything to do with this!

  • @Kenny_G
    @Kenny_G 2 года назад +10

    Lol this will always be a timeless appearance. Imagine trying to describe a complete breakdown and screaming the N-word at Black people as "trash talk?" 🤯🤯😝

  • @JelqtronZero
    @JelqtronZero 3 года назад +41

    "i said some very nasty things to some afro americans"

    • @francissanto12
      @francissanto12 3 года назад +21

      that was hilarious, i don’t blame the audience for laughing at him

    • @emmanuelpapi
      @emmanuelpapi 2 года назад +4

      @@francissanto12 me neither lmao

  • @angelone1839
    @angelone1839 4 года назад +51

    6:58 Jerry looks up to see if the "Applause" light was on i think.

    • @vernkingsbury1776
      @vernkingsbury1776 4 года назад +5

      Yeah I seen that

    • @b3at2
      @b3at2 3 года назад +7

      Thats, when Jerry realized everything, is one big joke...but of course, he knew that.

    • @texascard
      @texascard 2 года назад

      @@vernkingsbury1776 saw not seen

    • @nickbomb0995
      @nickbomb0995 2 года назад

      @@texascard Seriously...

    • @texascard
      @texascard 2 года назад

      @@nickbomb0995 yes

  • @jayell8253
    @jayell8253 Год назад +4

    Nice of Letterman to allow him to apologize.

  • @jfs70ss
    @jfs70ss 9 месяцев назад +2

    Was he truly genuinely sorry, OR did he apologize because he was embarrassed in front of 'MILLIONS" who saw him lose hia cool and and throw a 'Temper Tantrum' .....???!!!!

  • @Emperor.Penguin.
    @Emperor.Penguin. 2 года назад +5

    "Afro-Americans"
    🤣 jesus

  • @JPSMASHER80
    @JPSMASHER80 2 года назад +10

    Jerrys a good man, a good friend.

  • @someferalkid
    @someferalkid 2 года назад +110

    Credit where it's due. He recognized something wrong within himself and reevaluated. I'd say he's got some deep seeded issues, but he has genuine remorse.

    • @julianrodriguez661
      @julianrodriguez661 2 года назад +2

      Credit where its due is not even a phrase. This is all because they are afraid of people cancelling Seinfeld.

    • @amdguru34
      @amdguru34 2 года назад +14

      @@julianrodriguez661 LOL You're not too bright! LOL When this happened, Seinfeld had already been finished for many years. LOL

    • @IDoABitOfTrollin
      @IDoABitOfTrollin 2 года назад +3

      @@julianrodriguez661 from Cambridge Dictionary:
      "To Give Credit Where Credits Due"
      an expression that means that you should praise someone who deserves it, although you might dislike some things about them:
      "I don't especially like the woman but, credit where credit's due, she's very efficient."

    • @tyreerhodes2316
      @tyreerhodes2316 2 года назад +5

      He’s and actor dont be fooled he dont feel sorry he just lost all his funds and connections and job opportunities thats why he tryna apologize

    • @muratcosar6303
      @muratcosar6303 2 года назад +9

      I Dont believe him. He is Not sorry for racism. He is sorry for his reputation

  • @MrRasalula
    @MrRasalula 2 года назад +10

    “I ain’t racist! I love ni**as!”

  • @MrBraddles3128
    @MrBraddles3128 3 года назад +117

    The audience laughing was fucked up.

    • @randokuruza
      @randokuruza 2 года назад +11

      Lol

    • @drakebell5649
      @drakebell5649 2 года назад +1

      who cares? Racism is so much more fucked up

    • @MrBraddles3128
      @MrBraddles3128 2 года назад

      @@drakebell5649 Using 'Drake Bell' as your username is more fucked up than all of it. Shut up.

    • @MrCraftingAgent
      @MrCraftingAgent 2 года назад +9

      Him saying what he said was fucked up.

    • @MrBraddles3128
      @MrBraddles3128 2 года назад +2

      @@MrCraftingAgent Nobody said it wasn't.

  • @jonathanpurpera1753
    @jonathanpurpera1753 2 года назад +15

    I'm so sorry to THOSE people 😂😂😂

  • @MarmaladeSally
    @MarmaladeSally 3 года назад +58

    “Afro-Americans?”
    What year is this? 1970?

    • @fearandloathing9976
      @fearandloathing9976 2 года назад +7

      Someone should have debriefed him on what the proper nomenclature was.
      Just like nowadays if you say colored people you’re a virulent racist deserved of utter contempt, but if you say people of color then you’re woke and welcome.
      Handicap? No, no! Handicapable! Wouldn’t want to be an ableist.
      Homeless? No, no. It’s, “the houseless” or “people without homes.”
      Because relabeling things is important!

    • @fearandloathing9976
      @fearandloathing9976 2 года назад +7

      @@jackson4875 Don’t micro aggress against me, this is a safe space.

    • @alenamichaelaa
      @alenamichaelaa 2 года назад +6

      @@fearandloathing9976 no one’s laughing

    • @fearandloathing9976
      @fearandloathing9976 2 года назад +5

      @@alenamichaelaa not one of the voices in your head? Damn!

    • @alenamichaelaa
      @alenamichaelaa 2 года назад +6

      @@fearandloathing9976 dude… it’s just getting sad

  • @napper1496
    @napper1496 2 года назад +51

    No matter how sincere his apology you have to realise that this man MUST have a deep seated racist view of the world. You don’t come away with that shit without there being a basis’ for it in the first place.

    • @alanhumid6938
      @alanhumid6938 2 года назад +5

      Damn, he's more based than I thought

    • @Savage--
      @Savage-- 2 года назад +2

      Well said.

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 2 года назад +1

      Very well stated.

    • @Tbone.357
      @Tbone.357 Год назад

      Probably. People are a product of all of their life experiences and their upbringing. Some things are there that we're not proud of but they are still there. I don't hold it against him at all. People do a lot of things when they are enraged. Some people commit murder.

    • @matthoffman6962
      @matthoffman6962 Год назад

      True. But I don’t think he’s an actual racist. His comments outburst was indeed racist 100%. But to me there is a difference from getting angry at someone and yelling racist things than having a true hatred for a race who wants to see them tortured, dead or otherwise as well as having no respect, care or superior attitude against another race. I think he just got pissed off with the audience and he went on a racist tirade. Again, this was situational racism and of course it’s awful and bad but not a form of saying the person is a flat out racist. Imo.

  • @TheVoorhees22
    @TheVoorhees22 11 лет назад +14

    And not to mention that this he states that this incident still troubles him. Says a lot.

  • @hollywooda111
    @hollywooda111 3 года назад +66

    Nice move of Jerry to do this, hes a true friend.

    • @Thunderchild-gz4gc
      @Thunderchild-gz4gc 2 года назад

      Probably to just save the brand. He's of a certain tribe after all.

    • @hollywooda111
      @hollywooda111 2 года назад

      @@Thunderchild-gz4gc You mean successful people?

    • @Thunderchild-gz4gc
      @Thunderchild-gz4gc Год назад

      @@hollywooda111 no a certain tribe that controls plenty dipshit

    • @neffdigitydog
      @neffdigitydog Год назад

      @@Thunderchild-gz4gc Yeah, no. If Jerry Seinfeld disowned Michael Richards for what he did, that would have been seen in a positive light as it would have shown that he doesn't condone racism. That would have been "saving the brand." That being said, Jerry Seinfeld didn't give him a chance to apologize to save the brand as his brand wasn't at risk. The show was already over and done with for a few years at that point, and so whatever Michael did was only going to personally reflect bad on himself. The reason he gave him that chance was because he was a personal friend and that was it, nothing more, nothing less.
      Also your statement that he did it because of him being of a "certain tribe" (i'm pretty sure your saying he only helped him because whites stick together) is idiotic, as Jerry Seinfeld himself is of Austrian and Syrian Jewish decent. Lumping Seinfeld together with oppressive whiteness is idiotic as Jerry himself is of a class of people who have been horribly oppressed and mass murdered for millennia.

  • @AirflowToTheTurbo
    @AirflowToTheTurbo 5 месяцев назад +1

    The one time in history the smirk disappeared from Jerry Seinfeld's face.

  • @serendipitousslim1529
    @serendipitousslim1529 2 года назад +8

    I can understand the laughter, because at the beginning of his apology it almost seemed like a twisted bit from Seinfeld. It seems like Kramer apologizing at the principal’s office. I think it was hard in that moment for the audience to separate Michael Richards from Kramer and the absurdity of it was just too funny not to laugh.
    Ultimately, I don’t think this was a good apology. And I’m not saying that because I think he’s a genuine racist either. I think everyone has preconceived notions and biases about different groups or types of people, and those biases occur along racial lines for everybody. But the fact that he never used the word “racist” that he danced around it and called it a “rage” or saying “some mean things.” I think he would have fared much better had he just fully acknowledged that the things he said were racist, they were reprehensible, that he understands if people won’t accept his apology and that they have a right to if they don’t. He stumbled around too much, didn’t get to the root of it, didn’t address his tirade for what it was… there’s almost no chance from coming back from what he did, but what little chance he did have was completely put to rest here.

    • @CIBHak
      @CIBHak 2 года назад

      I think he did and profusely aswell. I thought he did really well remembering it was still fresh. Keep in mind ppl were laughing int he audience. Maybe you should watch it again?

  • @jayanths1221
    @jayanths1221 2 года назад +3

    The audience were laughing because his apology sounded so fucking disingenuous that it almost seemed like it was a comedy skit. If you're going to pretend to be sorry for your actions, at least put some effort into it instead of half-assing it just to salvage what's left of your non-existent career.

  • @notsteps7769
    @notsteps7769 3 года назад +16

    I’m I the only one who heard him say “Afro-American”?

    • @taklampan650
      @taklampan650 3 года назад +5

      Yeah, heard it too. Why you asking?

  • @nativeblac
    @nativeblac 11 лет назад +22

    is he really sorry for what he said or is he sorry for his career is the question

  • @jfs70ss
    @jfs70ss 9 месяцев назад +1

    'Pushing the Envelope' is simply another way of saying, 'This is how I truly feel'...........

  • @cuddlycatmurko8711
    @cuddlycatmurko8711 Месяц назад +1

    I didn’t think Kramer was a racist until he made this apology 😢

  • @Zer0.-_
    @Zer0.-_ 2 года назад +59

    Sometimes when people get like this, it isn't necessarily because they are racist. It is because they want to say the meanest, nastiest thing possible to get back at someone.

    • @shathan123
      @shathan123 2 года назад +14

      I’m inclined to believe that there’s some truth in this.

    • @skwisgarskwigelf7191
      @skwisgarskwigelf7191 2 года назад +1

      @@shathan123 it’s true. I once called a guy a homophobic slur just because I knew he was homophobic and knew that it would drive him insane. I’m not homophobic I just wanted to get under the guy’s skin

    • @lilrayray9881
      @lilrayray9881 2 года назад +1

      Yes

    • @lilrayray9881
      @lilrayray9881 2 года назад +4

      @@skwisgarskwigelf7191 He didn't care

    • @jojodillard8076
      @jojodillard8076 Год назад +8

      You gotta be on something 🤦🏽 its a millions things you can say .. everybody knows the moment yall say this yall mean it

  • @jfs70ss
    @jfs70ss 9 месяцев назад +1

    When people get 'Angry' they lose their filter and tell you how they truly think and feel.........

  • @thebeaner9299
    @thebeaner9299 2 года назад +35

    "Stop laughing"
    -said no comedian ever

  • @stimbobis
    @stimbobis 3 года назад +35

    I know this is supposed to me a serious video of Michael Richards apologizing but it’s so god damn funny to watch “so I uhh… said some pretty nasty things”

  • @MFK1967
    @MFK1967 2 года назад +2

    What Richards did was wrong but he deserves a chance to be forgiven

  • @Ras1Ball
    @Ras1Ball 10 месяцев назад +1

    And, the audience just laughs it off... says everything about America

  • @jamesmorris2828
    @jamesmorris2828 Год назад +2

    I feel sorry for Michael richards when he went on the late shoe with david letterman 😢😢😢😢

  • @ebunnyzappa
    @ebunnyzappa 2 года назад +5

    I think more ppl laughed here than they did when he performed at the Laugh Factory 😬

  • @Catlover1974
    @Catlover1974 2 года назад +2

    The reruns of the Seinfeld episodes were still running on TV back then, Because of Michael Richards incident, they were afraid that they would lose the money that they would be making from the reruns, that’s why Seinfeld was “upset” about it

  • @CloudNine201
    @CloudNine201 11 лет назад +15

    LOL love the name of this channel xD

  • @robertc9155
    @robertc9155 3 года назад +28

    This is how you feel deep inside and you got exposed. No apology needed. Saying the N word once is telling. He shouted it repeatedly like a machine gun and then says I’m sorry? Please cut it tf out.

  • @b4thewar540
    @b4thewar540 2 года назад +32

    THIS is why when your client goes as far as he did, you as his agent should just abandon ship instead of even attempting to give him a platform to apologize on. People slip up and say things they regret, but this guy DID NOT slip up. The things he said are the kind of thoughts that are deeply rooted in his personality, in who he is as a person. You don’t get angry and say something as calculatedly hurtful and shocking as that, and get to say “I’m not a racist” afterward. Absolutely shameful person

    • @Strider1Wilco
      @Strider1Wilco Год назад +3

      Oh please

    • @blinkachu5275
      @blinkachu5275 Год назад +4

      Bullshit, people say things in rage all the time that they don't actually feel
      What he did was wrong, but you can't just knock him legitimately apologizing LIVE on television for literally millions of people, humiliating himself in the process, and go "well he doesn't mean that, he clearly just is a racist"
      Grow up.

    • @joeking6972
      @joeking6972 Год назад +3

      yes I'm sure you've never said things in anger that you didn't mean and deeply regretted.

    • @gundamleviathan5760
      @gundamleviathan5760 9 месяцев назад

      @Geassmaster55 you say racist like it's a BAD thing.

  • @jeremyh8833
    @jeremyh8833 11 месяцев назад +1

    I think it says a lot that as many times as I've seen the clip of Michael on stage, I've never seen this clip before, I had to look for it. sad

  • @cornerofthemoon
    @cornerofthemoon 10 месяцев назад +1

    This reminded me of the Andy Kauffman "apology" after the faux fight prank on the old "Friday's" show on ABC. Ironically that incident featured Michael Richards. Andy was pranking the audience but at the time they weren't sure and didn't know whether to laugh or not.

  • @ebogar42
    @ebogar42 Год назад +4

    Afro Americans. Sounds kind of racist to me. 😂

  • @hughjasssssssss
    @hughjasssssssss 2 года назад +4

    I will admitthe awkward pause at 1:50 was funny

  • @trush0t1
    @trush0t1 3 года назад +47

    I'll never understand what exactly this was going to accomplish. Was this Dave's idea? Why would Jerry agree to this? I'm not gonna say poor Michael I don't forgive him for what he did but holy shit was this the wrong way to go about it.

    • @lojo1
      @lojo1 3 года назад +18

      Agreed. Like why bring him on this way? The lead in wasn’t even done well.

    • @anthonychihuahua
      @anthonychihuahua 3 года назад +22

      Are you kidding?? Jerry's not gonna watch his fortunes he built on his show's re-merchandising opportunities be ruined by this hack. It's damage control NOT for richards, but for the "Seinfeld Corporation", lol.

    • @vividvulpe9842
      @vividvulpe9842 3 года назад

      Agreed

    • @lessthanthreemetal
      @lessthanthreemetal 2 года назад +5

      @@anthonychihuahua Jerry doing this is likely the difference between his fortune today and being a forgotten 90s star

    • @rene9066
      @rene9066 2 года назад +2

      At 6:52: ".... That's why I wanted him to come on. He deserves a chance to apologize. That's all I wanted."
      That was Seinfeld's quote. Clearly, he wanted his friend to have an opportunity to apologize . Richards, though, can't back pedal much on this. He chose the "N" word repeatedly. You can be a racist and be apologetic, I suppose but, clearly, when you keep up that racist rhetoric whilst on stage.... Pretty much seems like your racist. I think though that anyone can change but his apology was likely more to try and save himself rather than own up to his previously hidden racist attitude.

  • @Oscarsome
    @Oscarsome 11 лет назад +21

    Yes, and Michael's words were "trigger" words for racism. It is racism: racist words.

  • @toronto416.
    @toronto416. 2 года назад +1

    When he said afro Americans you know he didn't give a shit

  • @WaldoBagelTopper
    @WaldoBagelTopper 2 года назад +5

    When Jerry said "stop laughing, its not funny", it made it funnier 😂😂

    • @anotidamaponga
      @anotidamaponga 2 года назад +1

      What was funny about that Waldo?

    • @ball7078
      @ball7078 2 года назад

      @@anotidamaponga he said it like a 5 year old 😂

  • @Joetheshow445
    @Joetheshow445 3 года назад +11

    The part where he’s like: that uh was going on too and then awkwardly looks up at the camera is hilarious

  • @nikki37ize
    @nikki37ize 2 года назад +1

    He was heckled and understandably he reacted. In this case scenario he should not be blamed. I am Black and I forgive him.

  • @blessedsaint5914
    @blessedsaint5914 8 лет назад +37

    I cannot believe some members of the audience found it funny to laugh they are just as worst as Kramer..

    • @JustinGeorge1123
      @JustinGeorge1123 6 лет назад +9

      No their not.

    • @JustinGeorge1123
      @JustinGeorge1123 6 лет назад +6

      Right? it was hilarious

    • @battlememesbyomari1979
      @battlememesbyomari1979 3 года назад +3

      Because it’s Kramer, duh

    • @chefboiardeeznutz9881
      @chefboiardeeznutz9881 3 года назад +1

      @@JustinGeorge1123 theyre* yeah they are

    • @onemorescout
      @onemorescout 3 года назад

      The late night audiences are basically primed to laugh at any bit of silence by the show’s production team, for many of them it’s the crowd dynamic + bad timing, not them being bad people

  • @marynatani7300
    @marynatani7300 2 года назад +1

    Genius often is accompanied by aberration and instability.

  • @skwisgarskwigelf7191
    @skwisgarskwigelf7191 2 года назад +1

    That entire apology was so awkward. Almost painful to watch. also a comedy show probably isn’t the best place to issue a formal apology. what did he and Jerry expect?

  • @tonyflaco7468
    @tonyflaco7468 4 месяца назад +1

    Why would you apologize for something you meant That's even worse

  • @benjaminhawthorne1969
    @benjaminhawthorne1969 2 года назад +4

    The root cause of this is that Michael Richards, who is NOT a standup comic, took a job as a standup comic. A real comic approaches his set like a prizefighter approaches a bout he has trained for it and anticipates some punches will be thrown his way, but he always remembers that HE is the man onstage holding the mic. Any shouts from the darkened audience can be ignored, unless he has a funny way to put them down, which wins him points with the (judges) audience. Richards let them get in his head from the start, and because he only "trains" on a closed set, he was out of his element and reacted like a caged, scared animal. On "Seinfeld" he simply combed his hair in a funny hairstyle and moved in a.jerky manner like a cartoon character and recited the lines that Jerry & Larry wrote for him. That does NOT equal "Stand-up."

    • @IronDave1985
      @IronDave1985 2 года назад +1

      I agree - the way Chris Rock took the Will Smith thing had everything to do with the fact that Rock has decades of year’s experience dealing with hecklers. Smith was nothing more than a physical heckler this time.
      Richard’s just didn’t have the muscle built up to withstand it professionally.

  • @tavtest-w2g
    @tavtest-w2g Год назад +1

    him and Mel Gibson. Except Mel made a full
    come back.

  • @soraofdarkness1225
    @soraofdarkness1225 9 лет назад +30

    Being a black man, I kinda get why he went off and forgive him for it. Still a funny guy. Just had a meltdown and made a mistake. I know I couldn't be a comic. If someone messed up my act and threw me off, I'm getting some charges filed against me

    • @BeauJames59
      @BeauJames59 8 лет назад +2

      +Jason Hill You're my hero today.

    • @tranzilla6960
      @tranzilla6960 7 лет назад

      Typical racist activity.

    • @KendricStern
      @KendricStern 7 лет назад +1

      Passion is passion, if you care you care. I'd probably have some filed too lol

    • @bravefalcahawk7849
      @bravefalcahawk7849 6 лет назад +10

      Lol you're not black

    • @richiemandina5305
      @richiemandina5305 3 года назад +2

      @@bravefalcahawk7849 who are you, Joe Biden? How do you know he isn't black? Because he's not reacting the way YOU think black people are supposed to? I think that's the way any reasonable person would react to this. Richards flipped out, said some stupid shit, and that's it. Nobody got hurt, it was just name calling. Grow a pair of balls, no real man would allow something as pathetic as this to bother them

  • @marcuzgaming9012
    @marcuzgaming9012 3 года назад +16

    1:36, men Jerry is right, I t was not funny

    • @zombeaver69
      @zombeaver69 3 года назад +3

      I t was a little funny

  • @HereForLaughsAndLearns
    @HereForLaughsAndLearns 2 года назад +5

    You know he means his apology when he says "afro-american" 🥴

  • @JerryCage007
    @JerryCage007 Месяц назад

    I watch this video every night before I go to bed. And feel like a better man.

  • @sirisongbird
    @sirisongbird Год назад

    RACIST WORDS DOES NOT ALWAYS A RACIST MAKE. WHEN POWER IS ABUSED & BLACK LIVES DISRUPTED BY IT, THAT IS RACISM.

  • @FalconsFanForever
    @FalconsFanForever Год назад +1

    He didnt have to go and be disrespectful and prejudice like that. He had to be raised to behave that way and he couldve said jerk up in the balcony or just left the stage and told the audience can i take a break he didnt have to go on a racist rant like that. He really loss my respect when i saw the video i really hoped hes changed since that happened so many years ago. I was alittle fan of him on Seinfeld because i always liked the goofy and clumsy characters on tv shows growing.

  • @gayliascott-porter3293
    @gayliascott-porter3293 2 года назад +1

    Why was audience laughing??? The incident wasn’t funny! Him explaining himself wasn’t funny!! So why were they laughing? People never cease to amaze me… they didn’t see the seriousness In What he said. SMH..

  • @marcussearcy4465
    @marcussearcy4465 Год назад +1

    Jerry definitely made him do this apology.

  • @christopherminutolo9384
    @christopherminutolo9384 2 года назад +1

    Why did he apologize on Late Night? Wouldn't that make it seem like a bit?

  • @VJ-bd4zw
    @VJ-bd4zw 2 года назад +3

    Michael richards RUINED the Seinfeld show for me 4ever!!

  • @jflash3451
    @jflash3451 Год назад +1

    they obviously were laughing at him saying afroamericans which is also an outdated word. you would think he had his words prepared for this planned public apology
    and fuck jerry people will laugh at what they want to, unfortunately its not for his standup anymore.

  • @whatever305j
    @whatever305j 2 года назад +3

    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhh lmaoooooooooooooooo

  • @barrybondz4483
    @barrybondz4483 Год назад +4

    Tbh sometimes people just loose control. Look at the multiple murder cases where someone just seems to in a burst of the moment just straight up murder a partner, friend, random person for multiple reasons. The human mind is actually insane. You don't know what you are capable of doing, or anyone for that matter until they actually do it. At least his temporary moment of insanity was just words. Chris Watts is an example of someone who seemed normal with no violent tendencies. On a whim he murders his wife and children. On a whim we got racist Kramer.

  • @commonsense2680
    @commonsense2680 3 года назад +34

    I remember hearing about this but I never heard the exact words, it's bad. Was he drunk or something? If you aren't a racist I don't think you would use the words he did. But as I've said all my life, everyone is somewhat racist, blacks, browns, whites, etc. and you cannot arrest someone for bad thoughts. In other words you have a right to think racist thoughts, but if your outside voice comes through you also have to deal with the consequences.

    • @marsparsons5017
      @marsparsons5017 3 года назад +7

      hello. he was not drunk. he was “heckled” or “not laughed at” and then he took it out on the audience.specifically the black man.

    • @LaLa-sr3sr
      @LaLa-sr3sr 2 года назад

      I do think we are all racist, to some extent. No way we don't take in the racism around us. But... The thing he said are just horrid. "50 years ago you'd be upside down with a fork in your ass!"
      That's on a whole other level of racism.

    • @jojodillard8076
      @jojodillard8076 Год назад +1

      Bofl only whypipo say “everybody is a little racist” 😂🤦🏽 Dont lie to cover your tail…

  • @DOSkywalkR
    @DOSkywalkR 2 года назад +8

    The apology didn't seem sincere in relation to what he said at the club, but I'm still baffled by some of the comments saying this is hilarious - you must be very easily entertained 🙄 also the audience laughing was very weird, but late night audiences are irritating in general, that's why I stopped watching Colbert when he got the audience back in 2021.

  • @76ers_Apache
    @76ers_Apache 3 года назад +10

    U can’t be just mad and say those kinds of things that’s something you really have to feel in your heart as a comedian it’s wayyyyyyyy more things u could of said they are the kings n queens of roasting he could of roasted the man but dam that’s tuff baby

  • @JuanMartinez-th2ty
    @JuanMartinez-th2ty 11 лет назад +14

    Did he say Afro Americans

  • @keithheck4193
    @keithheck4193 2 года назад +1

    Mad, angry or enraged that's just how he felt. He's just sorry he was called out.

  • @podavus
    @podavus 2 года назад +6

    -I'm not a racist.
    Oh, yes, you are. Don't lie.
    Your true colors came out that night.
    You're done.

  • @notyobidness6218
    @notyobidness6218 3 года назад +17

    He seems like he is scared of the reasonable backlash, but he doesn't genuinely seem sorry or like he got how it is hurtful and offensive to others, that rant was not okay, and yet I still feel sorry for him

    • @toyaleigh916
      @toyaleigh916 3 года назад +4

      @APATHY but it isn’t just words. that word he used has a painful and horrifying history and it is not okay for him to use it in any situation. the fact that he though to use someone’s skin colour against them when they were just heckling? sometimes your true colours come out when you’re angry and filled with rage

    • @TheArbiterOfTruth
      @TheArbiterOfTruth 3 года назад +4

      Honestly, he genuinely seems sorry to me.

    • @TheArbiterOfTruth
      @TheArbiterOfTruth 3 года назад

      @@toyaleigh916 i think that’s what he was saying in the apology. He clearly had some rage and hatred buried that came out, probably because his career was in severe decline and he didn’t know how to handle it.

    • @redact1612
      @redact1612 2 года назад +1

      How does it not feel genuine? He can barely talk

  • @aaaronn79
    @aaaronn79 5 месяцев назад

    Every race on earth is racist, not everybody, but a certain amount of peope. This is something that should never happen. Yet will never change.

  • @danielmoore5022
    @danielmoore5022 2 года назад +7

    The audience laughing at the pure absurdity of Kramer apologizing on live TV for screaming the n word is the funniest shit ever.
    The way he says "went into a rage" is just so fucking funny

  • @johnroche6780
    @johnroche6780 3 года назад +6

    Makes a public apology. Also calls african americans afro americans.... No wonder the crowd laughed, they thought he was still joking at first

    • @taklampan650
      @taklampan650 3 года назад

      What's wrong with afro-americans? It is a very common word

  • @UltraBeats1
    @UltraBeats1 11 лет назад +7

    now i know where that family guy scene came from!!

  • @catsmith233
    @catsmith233 2 года назад +1

    He keeps calling them afro-American. Is that even appropriate?? I don’t think it is.

    • @rimrunz1795
      @rimrunz1795 Год назад

      It isn't in vogue, but it was quite possibly sincere....which is what counts

  • @hephaestuslakan3774
    @hephaestuslakan3774 Год назад +3

    I had watched MR movies and Seinfeld and what he did in that stage was awful, the man has sincerely apologized and these kind of stuff can really wreck you. I really believe his words and heart is in the right place in atoning for what he has done. Hope to see him get pass this and continue to perform.

    • @jfs70ss
      @jfs70ss 9 месяцев назад

      Sometimes being embarrassed in front of millions can be a somewhat humbling experience. No one can honestly say it was a heartfelt apology. I don't feel sorry for wealthy and entitled Actors. They are grown adults just as we are and have to live with the consequences.

  • @col.trautman6474
    @col.trautman6474 Год назад +1

    This is my favorite episode of Seinfeld

  • @JohnRedcornJr
    @JohnRedcornJr 3 года назад +27

    Bro jerry saying its not funny made it funny AF 😂😂😂