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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kevin E G Perry

Seinfeld star Michael Richards reflects on infamous 2006 racist rant: ‘The damage was inside of me’

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Seinfeld star Michael Richards has reflected on the 2006 racist rant that ended his stand-up career, saying: “Crisis managers wanted me to do damage control. But as far as I was concerned, the damage was inside of me.”

Richards, 74, shot to fame playing Jerry Seinfeld’s eccentric neighbor Cosmo Kramer on the hit sitcom that ran between 1989 and 1998.

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