Michael Richards on 'Trauma' of Learning His Birth Was the Result of Rape (Exclusive)

[@Moneymojo6272]

Michael…everyone deserves grace,mercy and forgiveness. You are wanted!

[@adamhawley2654]

This man is very forwardly honest its respectable. Most tip toe around their mistakes he owned it and revealed a deeper Self. Blessings.

[@ericdwhitmorec]

...now that he has a book to sell...but he got there

[@Faith99-r4m]

Yeah, people act like he the only person in history to lose his shit and say some racial slurs. Go walk around CHicago or the Bronx at night if you son't have some sort of "prejudice" in you.

[@deanronson6331]

@@Faith99-r4m Those were not just some racial slurs. It was a public tirade against not just those black guys but against all blacks. If you have any moral integrity in you, you suffer from excruciating guilt and shame afterwards. If, like yourself, you don't, you're willing to get yourself off the hook five minutes later or not even think that you did something wrong. It's called moral callousness.

[@katcole4779]

I’m in tears. This man is in pain. Lord, heal his heart.

[@TotalTech2.]

I feel bad for his mother. For all I know his mother is a very decent human being and if she is I wish the best for her But I don't feel bad for Michael Richards he's a scum bag

[@robinh4]

@@TotalTech2. You don't have to feel bad for him. But, you're calling him a scumbag because he had one bad night where he used a racial slur over 20 years ago? I think you need to learn to let things go. Some people do make mistakes, grow and learn from them.

[@JungSooLeee]

​@@robinh4 All of the scumbags in comments section of black people in police videos doing wrong things and comments saying "no surprise, it's the usual suspects". That's racist can people do it because they are Anonymous and they can get away with it. What they don't know is in the future there will be algorithms that link their profiles and emails and everything together and everything they've ever commented will be in one place for all to see

[@Jojoburns26]

Really? To me this seemed SOOOOO insincere and performative. 🙄

[@sharonsolana]

Every person who walks the face of this earth has probably felt unwanted, or neglected, or invisible, or abused in some way or another.

[@BerishaFatian]

I felt all my life, and still do.

[@h.l.malazan5782]

And it really shows when the censorship escalates and what comments get hidden. For instance, I can say "Russian Republicans" and the comment stays on, but if I cite certain other Republicans, the ones really at the front row seats of WW3, my comments disappear.

[@redefinedliving5974]

Yes but not on the same level

[@sharonsolana]

@@BerishaFatian The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 (NIV)

[@ArloIsFromMars]

Most people don’t want to be judged by the worst 3 minutes of their life. Much less when it happened in a public setting. He acted a fool that night EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO but my God, it’s obvious no one has been harder on him than HIMSELF. Does anyone accept apologies anymore?

[@mtamech535]

When you bow to cancel culture, you cancel yourself forever. They NEVER forgive. It's an act of power.

[@marylouiseagnesfayejane]

I am a 60 year old black man and I forgive you Michael because let's be honest I could have been born a white man or any other ethnicity no one knows any others struggles but if you know God he forgives because we all are his children which makes us all brothers and sisters had I been a white man and felt I was being attacked I might would have used the N word too this is our italian white brother lets forgive and move on pass that incident its in the pass why have it be relevant to him today his heart has suffered enough and GOD Forgives him

[@ChalNjurshEp]

🙏🏼🩵💛💜🩷💚

[@sharonleis1365]

Beautifully put.

[@gary-yj6sr]

you are a good and wise man.

[@JessicaDuBois]

Very kind of you to be so forgiving. God judges us all and we should all love each other.

[@dadao8564]

You' re on your own😂😂

[@Diamond-crier]

18 years and people still ask him about his outburst. You’d think he killed someone!! Let this man live!!

[@christineleblond7777]

It's been 18 years already?? I'll pray for Michael because he's too hard on himself.

[@e.l.norton]

Yep. Mountain out of a mole hill.

[@ewright7274]

@@e.l.norton it’s certainly not a mountain out of a mole hill, but he should live his life. His pain seems to be self-inflicted more than from the public. It’s not his fault that he is the result of a rape which seems to be the root of his problems in his mind.

[@e.l.norton]

@@ewright7274 It's certainly nothing to be talking about all these years later. The guy had a bad night. End of story. The list of things far worse that have been said and done by celebrities and politicians since that night has never stopped growing, yet people make that night sound like the Kennedy Assassination.

[@ewright7274]

@@e.l.norton He is the one who seems unable to forgive himself. who’s talking about it? No one but him. I agree anyone can have a bad moment, yet all these years later he is about to cry. I still wouldn’t say it was making a mountain out of a molehill. It certainly was the last thing on my mind before coming across this interview.

[@frantzkenol6720]

Leave that poor man alone. I’m black and I totally forgive him

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

You have a good ❤️

[@raykane2063]

Not up to you to forgive him was you the Black person he called the N world at the show.

[@brandonhaygood5286]

​@raykane2063 Oh yeah I'm sure that guy is still shaken up by it

[@raykane2063]

@@brandonhaygood5286 Just like people still shaken up from oven burns LOL

[@eveningstar8581]

Good for you, friend! As you should forgive him. ❤

[@elmobolan4274]

The guy who was heckling him should also come forward and apologize for doing that to him during a performance....

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

Yes!!! Like no one has ever called someone something bad before

[@elmobolan4274]

@larsonfamilyhouse I just think people, especially today, try and bait u into something ur not, before u realize u've lost everything. Silence and to just walk away, don't give these idiots more fuel for their dumb platforms on ur expens.

[@Cream-and-Chigurh]

Heckling, while not courteous, has been a common thing long before Kramer here. Is it right to do? No. Does it deserve a bunch of extreme slurs in retaliation? I mean you seem to think so 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@chadowen289]

Absolutely

[@vincentross7469]

No The Heckler Shouldn't Apologize For Being Deliberately Disrespected and Called The N WORD. I Can Respect Mr. Richard's Courage in Admitting His Mistake But He was Rightly and Justifiably Held Accountable For His Racist Remarks.

[@bobbobertson7568]

STOP APOLOGIZING for mean words already. There's countless people who've done way way worse things than him to others, on this comment board I am sure.

[@TheFlameHaze1]

Accountablity never escapes, use racist terms get labelled a racist, not apologizing would be worse because it would be doubling down on being human garbage.

[@antoniosantorini9355]

Exactly 💯

[@TheFlameHaze1]

@@bobbobertson7568 whataboutism on accountability is a cowards out.

[@jamessandman3708]

He has taken classes. He has shown remorse. He has pondered in agony and in solitude. He has said he is sorry. He has brightened more people's days then you and I together. I despise racism but I love Michael Richards and they are not one in the same. Forgive lest ye be forgiven.

[@williameggleton414]

This TV icon deserves a comeback!!

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

Amen!!

[@sandranynj7118]

I forgive him. You can see he is truly sorry, vulnerable and needs to heal.

[@DaKrawnik]

Cause he got caught...

[@Bigurlie4508]

​@@DaKrawnik Must compare him to P Diddy. His apology is more in detail and seems more sincere and actually sorry.

[@america1st721]

Truly sorry to be alive? This proves what a joke abortion is and should be illegal.

[@KpTheG]

Forgive him on behalf of WHO?!

[@mcbillygoat]

I’m white, but I’m happy to forgive him on behalf of the Asians.

[@dirkdiggler9147]

I started watching Seinfeld in 1992 and I fell in love with his Kramer character. I feel so bad for this man because he made millions and millions of people laugh. Seeing him so hurt really breaks my heart. Stay strong Micheal we all love you.

[@vnewen2157]

He played a beloved character but it’s not only possible but probably healthy to separate the actor from the role they played. Distinguishing art from reality or so to speak. Because it’s interesting to read about his inner anguish now, years later, knowing how he actually was and behaved IRL at the time and how much hurt and alienation he caused others (obviously the racist outburst but not only that, he would rip into guest actors for a mistake or an outtake which is completely ordinary business in context)

[@eveningstar8581]

@@vnewen2157that was DECADES AGO! You can let it go now, k

[@MypronounIsKing]

@@vnewen2157how much hurt and alienation😂 virtue signaling much? Give me a break

[@nailas7786]

Dear Michael, you are so loved and wanted. God had a plan for you, so it already means you are loved and wanted. My kids and my family watched Seinfeld at least 6-7 times, and you are still our favorite. Thank you for all the laughter and joy you give to many generations. Focus on what you have to offer instead of the past mistake. It wasn’t the worst mistake either. No one got sick, died, robbed because of that. It is time to let go to have a full life sgain

[@CindymeCindy]

There’s a lot of vulnerability and pain and sincerity there.

[@grawakendream8980]

there is but there's still a tinge of misunderstanding and even defiance, there. control i think. on some level

[@PR7-82]

His poor mother 😢

[@grawakendream8980]

@@PR7-82 what happened

[@grawakendream8980]

@@Mark3-16 he never learns

[@capoislamort100]

@@PR7-82what does his mother getting raped have to do with him shouting racial slurs….. I don’t understand why he even felt the need to bring that up!

[@chantellewilson9497]

He may not have been wanted then but lots of fans want him now and for a long time he has been missed ❤

[@reinhartsmit151]

Good lord, can people just get over this

[@cynthiabakerwoodard]

People will “ get over it” when they get over it. Not when it’s convenient for you! The very nerve!!

[@majortuff]

​@@cynthiabakerwoodardOkay... When will YOU get over it?

[@cynthiabakerwoodard]

@@majortuff I don’t need to get over it. I never got caught up in it in the first place. But for anyone who feels one way or the other, they should and will “get over it” when they get over it. Don’t like when they comment, don’t read what they post. When will get over having the audacity to think anyone cares about your opinion? No one does.

[@Lemonlime-v3w]

@@cynthiabakerwoodard It’s a comment section. 🤣

[@cynthiabakerwoodard]

@@Lemonlime-v3w You are right. And some comments drop right to the poop dump. Any idea whose might be included in that category? You guessed it, but you’ll get over it.

[@dockennedy8091]

I'm so glad Michael's mother had the courage to choose life. Incredible.

[@eveningstar8581]

AMEN

[@rickarmstrong9660]

Yes, but there are many women, probably most women, who could not, and I totally understand that. It should not be up to the state to make the choice for them.

[@dockennedy8091]

@@rickarmstrong9660 And they pay the price. There's far more stories of regret women have aborting for any reason.

[@eveningstar8581]

@@rickarmstrong9660 gRape and In-sest count for less than one percent of total eliminations. So I would not say most women in that situation.

[@edwardmemwah1610]

Because she had the freedom to choose. Choose choice, not big government christian authoritarianism.

[@aw1043]

My daughter was the result of rape by my own husband I used to cry all the time whenever I looked at her. it is painful it’s been 20 years. However, she is such a blessing I wouldn’t change her birth for anything. Men raping someone is hurtful and does more damage than you can understand especially when you get the victim pregnant, please show empathy and understand Nos and body language indicating Nos.

[@debrap947]

It's truly amazing how many funny people are so broken deep down. Michael is one of those. So proud of him for having the courage to find the brokenness and deal with it. As the saying goes, "hurting people...hurt people".

[@phoenixr6811]

Glad to see him doing so well. I use to hear an expression “hurt people hurt people” and I am glad he took the time for himself to reflect on what happened. I don’t by all means condone what happened at the night club but I believe in forgiveness and a second chance.😊

[@tonikimpel7891]

So true!

[@eveningstar8581]

Very true!

[@V.E.R.O.]

That's heartbreaking, I'm not the result of r**e but I can relate to what he said about being unwanted. It hurts that neither your father or mother wanted you or loved you and makes you feel worthless and hate how unfair life can be.

[@PR7-82]

His mother went through trauma 😢 so don't criticise her

[@V.E.R.O.]

@@PR7-82 Where did I criticize her?

[@The3Stooges]

I'm sorry for the pain you have gone through. I hope that you know the truth, that you do have worth and I hope that you value and LOVE yourself. As long as deep within ourselves, we know that we have a good heart, no one should be able to make us question our heart/worth.

[@Desantisgogoboots]

@@PR7-82 Oh please. First, OP didn't criticize her, so you are clearly projecting. And second, this man was raised with hate. Women who have children that were r#ped raise their children with love daily. Although Michael's bio father should be in prison, his bio mom made a choice to raise him the way she did.

[@raykane2063]

Who cares

[@darcel21ify]

Ok I respect Michael Richards even more for coming forward and being honest about everything!

[@raykane2063]

Who cares

[@wyattcole5452]

@@raykane2063obviously people care

[@eveningstar8581]

@@raykane2063clearly you, as you're here

[@eveningstar8581]

The day after it happened I still loved and respected this man the exact same!

[@AhJodie]

I called a woman a fat....... once after she insulted my daughter, and I don't ever like to take those.... what I call cheap shots..... and I wish I wouldn't have.... I never did get to apologize to her.... but one day she asked me if I would watch her youngest son because she had to go to the hospital.... and I was surprised...... funny how things turn around.... she decided to have his father watch him, and I haven't seen her for years.... but I feel like things were healed..... We all do stupid things sometimes..... and we get humbled by ourselves sometimes too..... that is why it is important to forgive.... I believe.... I am surprised at you, but I still love you!

[@ssbsnb1200]

Wow, an apology that actually seems sincere from a celebrity. To be honest, still processing it.

[@bettyjeanzepeda4767]

To see someone I've admired for years break down just made me realize it's ok to do so and, wow, watching this hurt but it also profoundly helped. ❤

[@ankahbello1327]

A person working through stuff and being honest about it. We all arrested going through something.

[@jonPHD3903]

Please forgive this man... he made a terrible mistake... he begged for forgiveness. His pain is overwhelming

[@toniraia6380]

I'm not going to throw any stones, because I'm human, too. Love Michael Richards!

[@gillianessien7417]

Everyone who has hate in their heart should look at this man and learn. Deal with where your anger comes from and be a better person. We all need to do that at some point in our life.

[@missfirenice1421]

His reaction from being a result of rape is heartbreaking. Yet, they want to ban abortions. DO YOU SEE HIS REACTION? On a different note, he carries a burden from what he said on stage. It eats at him. I forgive the man.

[@angelisa368]

Yes. It’s an existential burden too great for a human psyche to bear.

[@autumnjade815]

What does any of that have to do with him being a vicious racist? Did you ever see the video? Forgive him if you want but if the show was on the other foot he would give you NO chances. Smh.

[@RawUndergroundMusic]

@@autumnjade815like John Stewart and Bill Maher say, t’s comedy. Get over it.

[@nessae354]

​@@autumnjade815he's not a racist. He just said racist things because in that moment he felt defensive and unwanted. Unfortunately the black people present got the brunt of his self hatred. It probably would have been targeted to any minority group that he was with in that moment. He was hurting and wanted others to feel that hurt. It was wrong. The man made a mistake. But I don't think he's genuinely a racist man who dislikes black people.

[@snopro2375]

Yet, if his mother had an abortion there would be no Kramer. I'm just guessing here but I think he's probably happy that didn't happen and that he's alive.

[@Robert-ex2qp]

Glad he is back, "Failure is not fatal" - Winston Churchill

[@ChalNjurshEp]

Wonderful quote

[@raykane2063]

He is not back LMAO

[@wyattcole5452]

@@raykane2063you expect him to have another character as big as Kramer? “He’s back” doesn’t mean he’s as good as before, it means hes back. Pretty simple. Pink Floyd came back for Endless River, they were back. But missing a crucial piece. They also came back for Live 8 or whatever, but they didn’t all 4 put out an album

[@eveningstar8581]

I'm so happy!

[@Beartallica86]

Let it go, Kramer! It’s been 18 years! LET IT GO!!!!

[@matthewmcneill5320]

Lot of compassion in this comment section, love that we can all respond to a man in pain with empathy instead of judgement

[@777hc777]

Although conceived thru rape, God still has a purpose forbyour life. The devil meant it all for bad and his wicked plans, but God turns it for good. You are a blessing and you are loved!

[@kaitlynleeanna425]

He has a lot of hate in his heart and he redirected it.. the best kind of person is the one who is in touch with themselves and their trauma/emotions and faces them.

[@capoislamort100]

That’s the part that puzzles me the most about this guy, whenever someone probe at him to get some understanding of what he said, he gets too self conscious and can’t seem to communicate his thoughts in a rational way.

[@ChalNjurshEp]

Amen 🙏🏼

[@louiseparisotto3630]

Jerry says (to Michael), "Let it Go" - so easy for someone to say, that maybe has never had things to let go. Trauma in whatever form is trauma that can linger, stay, inhabit our souls for a very long time. It is not easy to 'let go'.

[@celestina-kakaodance]

I believe you, because I can feel you are speaking your truth. I forgive you. Forgive yourself because you were willing to transform your mistakes by going deep into our history to really understand the suffering it caused to so many people even till today. Then you can move on wiser and actually inspire other people too. He got a voice with a deeper respect for all human race. Really inspiring interview. Thank you. I feel hope for humanity. A strong confession. Change is here for the betterment of all.

[@brandonhaygood5286]

Nobody suffered more from that incident than him.

[@celestina-kakaodance]

@@brandonhaygood5286 agree, we can all feel it. He is a brave man to share his shame and mistakes for the betterment of all. Respect!

[@eveningstar8581]

@@celestina-kakaodanceso true!

[@eveningstar8581]

@@brandonhaygood5286I know it's so sad

[@celestina-kakaodance]

@@eveningstar8581 it's heartbreaking and it hit hard. so hard that you can feel his truth. Big Love

[@sherryseeton6749]

If he means what he says, then good for him. It takes a lot of courage to acknowledge a big mistake and learn from it and try to do better. Time will tell.

[@watchreport]

@@j.y.3604we’re only a few years shy of it being 20 years. I will say though, I’ve not forgotten it but I will dismiss it sometimes, but then I’ll go and watch it again, and man I get he was trying to hurt that guy back cause he felt attacked on stage but man I can’t even watch the whole thing.

[@Desantisgogoboots]

@@j.y.3604 Typical response from someone who doesn't understand marginalized populations, esp. POC, and how they have to deal with this daily. Michael needed to get to the root of the issue. Now he needs to spread what he learned while studying history, esp. about the N word. He still appears to feel sorry for himself, so not certain if there's real change. But I will say that when you are raised with hate, this is the result. We need to stop the cycle, but when he said "I'll just cancel myself" felt like more of a "there, happy?", and not true understanding of what he did. But you don't seem like someone that really cares, so go on as you are commenting all over this thread, and tells me more about you.

[@wyattcole5452]

@@Desantisgogobootsas a gay Hispanic teen with native blood I can say I understand hate and marginalization, especially within families where it matters more to all parties, not random strangers on the street (idc what they call me, idc how offensive a word is, maybe they’re right and maybe they’re wrong. Clearly they’re ignorant at least for the time and maybe they’re going through something and deal with that hate themselves, or deal with self hate and thus feel the need to project. Words don’t break bones or cause injury, and you shouldn’t give them the power to lead to someone (including you) doing those things no matter how offended you are. When they get physical, that’s a different story. When they try getting others to harm you, that’s a different story. Laws are in place for that, though. Not sure what fight you think you’re fighting but it’s handled, even on the social side. We don’t need you to speak for minorities that you may or may not belong to, because not all minorities, marginalized or not, agree. So to pretend you speak for all who experience such things is ludicrous, and the only reason I’m saying my piece is to refute your claim of understanding the marginalized, we are more than our marginalization, and yet that’s ignored so much that they marginalize us in that way and then the other side that supposedly hates us just has a different outlook than you. No wonder more gay people are flocking to centralism or, more aligned with what I just said, “conservatism” which at this point is off-brand liberalism, which is good when the actual brand is putting poison in their product and lying to you, etc

[@tsideas5541]

I've missed this guy! Kramer has always been my favorite! I hope he can heal. We still love watching Seinfeld today! It was a great show.

[@SumiloffAcademy]

Jerry's reaction to Michael not being ready to let the pain go was a typical response from what seems like a predominant thinker to a predominant feeler. Giving others advice on things you don't (appear to) understand or have not experienced yourself rarely yields receptivity on the part of the injured party. While I will not embrace the tirade Michael carried out years ago, I understand his response to this level of insecurity and respect his process of working through this challenge. Only people conceived through rape can begin to fathom how he may be feeling. Also, many of the "the conception via rape and his racist rant are not connected) comments here seem like they are responses from people who have never experienced trauma or are refusing to acknowledge it in their lives and instead rely on control as a coping mechanism. Anyone who has experienced trauma and worked through it realizes that there are 2 realities: trauma reality (which we enter through a triggering experience) and non-trauma reality (in which we don't see or acknowledge any trauma we are suppressing or have not experienced ourselves). Just because it doesn't make sense to you, does not mean the two are not connected.

[@tamaramartin4015]

This is a wise comment. Thank you.

[@grawakendream8980]

i like the insight on the seinfeld commentary. that said, i think people are entitled to say the two aren't necessarily connected

[@ChalNjurshEp]

Wow. Mind blown. This is one of the most observational, mindful comments I’ve read in a while! Cheers ❤ you are spot on about Jerry and Michael - predominant feeler and predominant thinker . What a clash!

[@eveningstar8581]

Hurt people, hurt people.

[@Stanman0101]

Why did u send the black reporter to shame him and let her know her feelings of something she cared nothing about. So disgusting how the media is

[@brandonhaygood5286]

And then they edit in the part of him breaking down. They didn't need to do that. Disgusting.

[@Dana-wq5tp]

It's called generating viewership, baby. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@jkrofling9524]

She held a little trepidation? It all starts in the home, Nischelle. YOUR trepidation started in YOUR home.

[@eveningstar8581]

EXACTLY

[@mtamech535]

It was playing the race card and putting him in his place before the interview. Absolutely abhorrent.

[@sportimpactfoundation6506]

Way to handle that interview Nischille. I appreciate her addressing the elephant in the room with her own feelings of the situation. Well done interview.

[@SlugLyfe]

😂 what an interviewer. I get mad, but nothing like you. I’m superior. Thanks for letting us know.

[@FeverDreamRemix]

I grew up being told by my birth mother that she was raped and that's why I'm here. She came clean when I went to live with her at 13. She revealed that she was a prostitute. Unreal. 😑

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

How does it make you feel that you were the product of rape?

[@ChalNjurshEp]

!!!!!!!! Omg. Hugs 🤗🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 wow

[@selmahare]

Both things CAN be true, have you thought about that!? In fact both of those things seldom do go hand in hand together, unfortunately. Prostitutes get raped and abused all the time, by monsters and psychopaths of all sorts who only pay women exactly so they can get away with abusing them in the worst ways. One thing is to have consensual, transactional sex with a prostitute, another one is to abuse her while at it and hurt her in the process. There’s a grey area with prostitution, and it’s one where prostitutes are almost never treated gently or kindly. This is where emotional intelligence is key, people in general need to develop more of it, cause hardly anything in life is black and white; and the nuances of prostitution specially are complex. Mum herself may have been very confused over the years about what happened to her that one time, which is where her seeing it as rape may have come from, because that’s what it might have actually been. She most probably got brutalized by that client, again as too many sex workers usually are. I know that it’s deeply painful for you, but give her some grace if you can. She seems to have had a pretty hellish life.

[@andrealexander7792]

“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee….” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭KJV

[@wandamathis2139]

He was one of the reasons I watched Seinfeld and then that infamous comedy scene 😩.

[@kellywright9791]

Everyone makes mistakes. We’ve all said and done things that we wish we hadn’t. He’s such a great talent! What a waste if he never uses that talent again.

[@ThisFightersLife]

It's no crime if his preference isn't black people...he has that right...

[@maxxandubar503]

We love you man. Peace be with your heart. I can’t imagine the pain

[@justasmalltowngirl_lynne5089]

What a wonderful sweet man❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. He needs just to forgive his self an let the world keep loving on him❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@JESUSWONTHEWAR]

Wow 74 years old 😢still in pain

[@TheLunarSurface]

We love you Michael i respect your humbleness and ability to apologize for something. people nowadays find it extremely hard to apologize.

[@vilmavega2689]

I didnt expect to cry. But here im l, in tears. I now want to read his book

[@stevenwatson5841]

This man did nothing wrong. The crowd got told , they couldn't handle the truth . We love you Michael !!!!!!!!

[@DCBJ2011]

I'm still devastated when I think too much about Kramer and the Laugh Factory. Wishing you the best Michael ❤

[@gachapinCUEVA]

It's been 18 years, let it go people. Everyone can f'ck up bad, it happens

[@b3n3d1ct10n]

Why is the word Trauma in inverted commas?

[@lune78]

I am so happy he's getting another chance. He deserves forgiveness.

[@rhrh2025]

We never know the kind of baggage another person is carrying around. My opinion of MR has shifted drastically!

[@MrBiPauler]

He has been trying to get back on TV for awhile… and did! He was on the TV show Kristie.

[@wheelzwheela]

He’s been apologizing for years now. Forgive him and don’t bring up his tirade every time he’s spoken to.

[@isaacmontoya9636]

Everybody comes to a point of losing it and saying something really stupid. I was a kid and I said some stupid things out of anger and even became an adult and said and did some stupid things. I don’t judge the man, I pray for him and hope he can find peace with God

[@thomaspowell7685]

The guy has a gift he should share. Lots of people don’t have much besides a good laugh now and then.

[@imanqoly]

Many people in the whole world owe Michael Richards deepest and hardest laughs and happy moments of their lives. Why would someone in his success and status think that he is unwanted!

[@pamelabrown9484]

More people need to show grace... People to their fellow human beings and stop attacking each other. Im happy Im seeing that sentiment on this thread. The man got help, educated himself and apologized. My LORD! People are cannibalizing each other. 🙏

[@deannamadrigal7503]

Your a beautiful person Michael. So many people love you and who you are. Never forget that 🙏💕

[@SaoirseAnthony]

I wish you well, Michael. When I am in the grips of trauma responses from my PTSD I watch ONLY Seinfeld DVDs. For years, only Seinfeld. No surprises. I know it's not the real you but you have had great steps on your path❤️

[@raykane2063]

It was the real him LMAO

[@SaoirseAnthony]

@@raykane2063 He doesn't act like Kramer in real life.

[@chefbenardee1408]

Poor guy... i have much respect for him for doing this interview... it must be tremendously difficult... i can only imagin3

[@williameggleton414]

The best thing is Michael Richards found a way to be loved by all of us. He has the world's love as our buddy Kramer and became wanted. He's a regular human like all of us, no one deserves to be unwanted. Every person who is born in anyway deserves to thrive. I fully understand what happened to him now in 2006, the agony about his beginning must've been really unbearable for this talented comic to accept. He is not a waste of space, he is Seinfeld legend Michael Richards, up there with Jerry Seinfeld, Nancy Cartwright, Dick Van Dyke and Betty White.

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

This on top of everything else. In jail terms, Michael metaphorically has certainly more than served his time now. Not excusing what he said and did, but the man has been ruined for two decades. Feel sorry for him. Such a talent that was utilized in the perfect role at the perfect time. I say all this as a progressive. I don't know what possessed him but everyone has said or done something racist or hurtful in a moment of weakness, and we try to improve and move past it. Some maybe never will, but many of us do.

[@beenarboy]

Michael, you are such a good man. It’s only a good man that would come forward with the honesty and sincerity that you have and true forgiveness in your heart. You need to get out there and make us laugh again. Your comedy stylings are like no one else and I love it. I really love it, you can make me happy on my darkest days.

[@markdubois3614]

Everyone makes mistakes in anger good to see him

[@GT47179]

15 years later he still feels guiilty?????? 😮

[@MondeyKing]

Almost 18 years happened in 2006 you way off

[@akgstone]

Proves the dude is legit and the world slipped accidentally because he was just mad. I bet anything he's not a racist

[@akgstone]

​@@MondeyKingtrue

[@batmanandrobin1587]

What a cold lady, almost unhuman, no felling for Michael look like revenge because he 1 said the N word. We all love you Michael😁

[@00Kuja00]

It's just a word. 18 years ago as well. Let it go.

[@MS-ir1es]

Another example of why every human deserves the chance at life.

[@bobbobertson7568]

Why's he doing this? He made FU dollars on Seinfeld, never needs to work a day in his life again, no need to grovel. He had a great career and one bad night where he said mean words BFD already. Move on, stop publicly flogging yourself Michael you brought joy to millions of people's lives you don't owe anyone anything.

[@patrickingram7343]

He wanted to write his autobiography and now he's promoting it.

[@jdssurf]

Dude, so many ppl have had outbursts like he did, none of its good, but he's not racist and should have stuck around. When you get attacked you attack back sometimes as hard as you can, most of the time with great regret. Always will love this cat.

[@JesusChrist-em1iz]

His Mother truly loved her baby to not do what many other Women are told to do in this horrible situation. I'm glad you're here Michael. You've made many people laugh. Also, if a person can't forgive him for him losing it against people who allegedly were attacking him while he was on stage then so be it. I forget if the people that he was hurling insults at were the ones that were rudely interrupting his show. Either way it's best to forgive people. Holding onto grudges is something no person should do. It can cause a lot of damage to the brain. People are more at Peace if they learn to forgive.

[@PR7-82]

Abortion?

[@jackwalsh7956]

The key word you’re looking for is ‘choice’ no one is told to do anything except from the right.

[@bat_hanna]

As a person who found out the same at the age of forty, I know how traumatic this is to find out. The man who raised me wasn't my dad. Then the realization of who was, my uncle. Whole life was a lie and neither my mother nor the man who raised me are alive to talk about it. Just my uncle and now that the whole family knows, they say I deserve to know the truth. That was even more disturbing because they all knew. They knew. But I'm so very thankful my momma had me. I'm thankful for the saint of a man who raised me. I'm thankful that my uncle is still alive so I can forgive him. I don't know if I will ever speak to him. I used to years ago. He keeps tabs on me but nothing more. I don't know the circumstances. They were all young back then and heavy on partying. Seeing this helped me today. I'm not alone in this confusing situation. I'm still processing it. It truly does take a toll on your mentality. But if I wasn't here, neither would my seven children and three grandchildren be. I've got three more grandchildren on the way. God doesn't make mistakes and truth be told, my mom straightened her life up when she had me, so there truly is a purpose to everything, good or bad. PS...God gets all the glory for the beautiful family I have been given.

[@opsgreg8392]

​@@bat_hannaPeace be with you my friend. You can do ALL things throught Christ.

[@ChalNjurshEp]

@@opsgreg8392amen ❤

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

I missed him. I hope he recovers from his trauma. My parents didn't want me either.

[@greggreg2263]

I’ve always been a big fan of Michael. I used to love him on Seinfeld when he came into the room was my favorite part.❤

[@frankrocha3235]

If you carry guilt it will kill you. Apologize with truth and sincerity Then carry on with life

[@theabristlebroom4378]

From one tramatized person to another, I SEE YOU, brother.

[@JessicaDuBois]

Love ya Michael!!!❤ so many forgive you. It was wrong but we all make mistakes. We never know what people have gone through.

[@RondaLowe-n3n]

When Men are tender ... God can work through them. What a sweet Man. We all need the Grace of God ❤

[@Bee-r9k]

Love you Kramer & so happy your Ma decided to keep you! So many laughs because of your genius!! Double exclamation point lol.

[@AtomicCheesegod]

Richard’s just did what everybody wants to do

[@rhiannonmahoney1919]

you never know what somebody is going through

[@rickarmstrong9660]

I don't know whether Michael Richards was actually a racist or not. I seriously doubt it. I can't help but think that the incident with the heckler during his performance was overblown. I don't know what kind of language the black person in the audience was using, but I could see Michael or anyone for that matter losing his cool in the heat of the moment. I think it's human nature that if we get angry enough at someone, we are liable to choose whatever words we think will offend them the most. Either way, I believe he is a good man and he has carried this burden with him longer than he should have. I would like to see him perform again. As for his performance on the Seinfeld show, I don't think it would have taken off like it did without him. He was by far my favorite character. I'm sure that most of his funny gestures, quirky mannerisms, and his slapstick were not scripted. That was the stuff of pure comic genius.

[@stevesteve9899]

Still an amazing set all these years later

[@SonnyGTA]

No one ever says anything about the disrespectful blacks that were talking during his set and disturbing everyone else around them?

[@mochasweetie7580]

You’ve revealed yourself .

[@christineleblond7777]

Michael needs to forgive himself... That's probably the hardest part of repenting.. To finally realize we are human and make some dumb mistakes. He's one of the funniest comedians and the only reason I started watching Seinfeld to begin with. There are numbers of people that are the product of rape, but that doesn't diminish our value as a human being. God doesn't make junk. I wish the babies of rape would realize the perpetrator made the mistake.. Not the mother or the baby. No shame. All babies are beautiful and have great worth, I'm going to buy his book. Very impressed he did so much personal working on himself.

[@joannplatko6196]

Aww poor Michael. We all make mistakes and every one of us, no matter what race, have said or even thought things when we were angry. He’s remorseful and beating himself up over a moment of anger. Jerry’s right. Michael has apologized and it’s time move on. Its been almost 20 years…it’s ok.❤️❤️❤️

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Yes, we all make mistakes. But we have to pay for our mistakes.

[@brandonhaygood5286]

​@@bmoshareholderappleshareho855And he hasn't?

[@isaacgomez-everythingrevie6955]

He needs to forgive himself. You can't hold something like that against yourself for the rest of your life. We all make mistakes. Big or small, we all make them. Sending love ❤️ And another thing, he shouldn't feel unwanted. The world has been a happier place because of him.

[@skytra7]

Cancelling it self becomes toxic when we cant forgive

[@t-dogg3013]

If we allow words to dictate our reactions, we are still young in the mind. Anger is a self-conscious tribulation within us. Love and peace is hard to achieve.

[@suzannedixon7450]

When you have secret pain in your heart, then someone begins to say or do things that reduce your dignity and personal perception of worth... it is to be expected that something not so good may happen. And it did. It's time to step away from it and rebuild your inner image. What you see with your heart. Your conception should not rule over the person you truly are. You are NOT defined by it. You are not responsible for your parents' attitudes towards you. They are responsible for mistreating you. No baby would choose to be conceived in a loveless manner, but many are and have been conceived that way for thousands of years. It's time to heal.

[@chadowen289]

I hope he moves on and shares his talents with us again.

[@elviamorales3451]

❤ know that God designed you long before u were born. Give Him ur heart and u will be at peace.