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"Kramer's" Racist Tirade -- Caught on Tape

WARNING: WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS PROFANE AND RACIAL

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 f***ing fork up your ass."

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

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 nigger."

One of the men who was the object of Richard's tirade was outraged, shouting back "That's un-f***ing 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.

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61. I'm a black woman and I don't consider myself "african" american, I prefer just american I don't like titles that separate me from the rest of america. Ive never been to africa, and neither have my parents, or there parents. Apparently someone along the line came from there but I think it's safe to say after some ummm hundreds of years and some generations that we can accept that we're americans who gives a rat's butt how our ancestors got here, personally.

Also, there is a double standard with black comedians, where they ridicule white people. C hris Rock don't ridicule, he makes political commentary but there are others and I think once white americans speak up and say that they don't like it and they do feel it is unacceptable the black community will see this double standard for what it is and abandon it. As Martin Luther King said, injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere.

Although, I will say this. What richardson did wasn't what blk comedians do. He went on an extremely racist tirade and the backlash should come accordingly.

Posted at 9:57AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Corliss Sanchez

62. Its on the Drudgereport now, this is about to get even BIGGER!

Posted at 9:57AM on Nov 20th 2006 by CIS

63. Maybe those two black guys should of shut the hell up instead of trying to provoke someone on stage. Blacks get a pass when they bash whites, no whites in the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, no White History Month, no White Expo, why??? Beccuase THAT would be racist. White's are the most racially discriminated group in this country and it is pathetic.

Oh yeah, what church is it exactly that the Rev. Jesse Jackson preaches at?

Posted at 9:58AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Mike Jones

64. Want to know what really upsets me? When my son comes home to day from school he's going to see this all over the internet and he loves watching Seinfield as much as I do. As a mom I'm upset, and not just because I'm a black woman. I know Michael Richards is human and just an actor/ comedian but damn, what a disapointment.

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Posted at 9:57AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Lisa

65. Comedianes are normally heckled when their act is not going swell. It appears that he was not witty enough to come back at the hecklers with a clever response; which would have been within his rights. What I find offensive about his tirade is that he obviously stepped outside of his act to confront the hecklers.

Posted at 10:01AM on Nov 20th 2006 by gayle

66. Sometimes you just have to call a spade a spade

Posted at 10:17AM on Nov 20th 2006 by willy b

67. Oh my!...Can we all say "Botched Jokester" Micheal Rechards is the 'John Kerry' of comics...

Posted at 9:59AM on Nov 20th 2006 by A. Rosario

68. darn,

i can't get the clip to play - i think my OS is too old. does anyone know where else i can see it?

Posted at 11:18AM on Nov 20th 2006 by bbb

69. I agree with #61. It is very disappointing when someone you watch on tv goes on a racist tirade against my race. I just think man, I wasted my time liking this person. And indeed, it is disappointing.

Posted at 10:00AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Corliss Sanchez

70. I guess you guys don't watch Carlos Mencia much. Although Richard's blow-out was not humorous (I can't tell if he was working around to a punchline or not) I'll take it with a grain of salt. He has forever been typecast as Kramer and I forsee a George Reeves ending for him.

Posted at 10:25AM on Nov 20th 2006 by New Minority

71. uh nate Chirs is black. Richard is not. Clear enough?

Posted at 10:00AM on Nov 20th 2006 by notworkrelated

72. If a non-white had made the same type of comment no one would have said a word. The more our society treats non-whites like retarded children, the more you will see stuff like this. Grow a pair already! Stop with the "pity me, Im brown" crap.

Posted at 10:00AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Juke

73. HE IS AWESOME !!!!!!! Finally someone can say the N word in public like no else does Big deal he is anry everyonme gets anry and you never said N*gger when you got ct off in traffic give me a break

Posted at 10:01AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Ernie B

74. Wow! How do you say...CAREER UP IN SMOKE!!!

Posted at 10:01AM on Nov 20th 2006 by HPE

75. Theresa Radke--You see why us Jews get paranoid? Because we are talking about Mike Richards calling black guys n*ggers at a comedy show, and people like you somehow manage to sneak the "Jews run Hollywood" thing into the debate.

Posted at 10:20AM on Nov 20th 2006 by david

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