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'Seinfeld' star Michael Richards makes first public appearance in 8 years to reunite with Jerry Seinfeld
By Caroline Thayer
Published May 01, 2024
Don't look away, Kramer has returned.
After not making a red carpet appearance for eight years, Michael Richards, who played Cosmo Kramer on the beloved sitcom "Seinfeld," showed up at the premiere of the new Netflix film "Unfrosted."
The film stars and is directed by Richards' former co-star, Jerry Seinfeld. The two acted together on "Seinfeld" for nine seasons.
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Michael Richards gives Jerry Seinfeld a hug at the premiere of his new film, "Unfrosted." (Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage/Getty Images)
The pals embraced on the red carpet and smiled for pictures.
Michael Richards hadn't appeared at a red carpet event since 2016. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
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Richards' last public appearance was in 2016 for the Television Academy's 70th Anniversary Gala.
Michael Richards' last public appearance was in 2016, left. His most recent was on Tuesday. (Getty Images)
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The actor recently spoke to Fox News Digital about his upcoming memoir, "Entrances and Exits," in which Seinfeld provided the foreword. The comedian writes about the evolution of his character Kramer and other behind-the-scene revelations. The book will also address the predominant reason he's shied away from Hollywood, his infamous racist rant.
In 2006, Richards received immense backlash after he shouted racial slurs at hecklers in the audience of his stand-up show at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles. The situation "drove him to a lifelong spiritual quest, one that would help him move forward from apology and accountability to a greater appreciation for our shared humanity, a quest that continues to this day almost eighteen years later," per his publisher Permuted Press.
"Seinfeld" aired from 1989 to 1998. (Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
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"My book is a hymn to the irrational, the senseless spirit that breaks the whole into pieces, a reflection on the seemingly absurd difficulties that intrude upon us all," he said in a statement. "It’s like Harpo Marx turning us about, shaking up my plans, throwing me for a loop.
"Upset and turmoil is with us all the time. It’s at the basis of comedy. It’s the pratfall we all take. It’s the unavoidable mistake we didn’t expect. It’s everywhere I go. It’s in the way that I am, both light and dark, good and not-so-good. It’s my life."
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