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Here is an article from Reuters explaining what happened at the event, I'm also including a video version of the actual incident although the video quality isn't the greatest. This is pretty disgusting, there is no doubt about it. To be honest I'm hoping that most of the fans boycott his products.
This goes to show that just cause you know a character on a show doesn't mean that you actually know that person. I'm sure this shocked most people.
"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comic actor Michael Richards, famed for playing the quirky character Kramer on television's "Seinfeld," drew anger, not laughter, when he unleashed a torrent of racial slurs at hecklers while performing a stand-up act in Hollywood.
The incident, captured in digital-camera video footage obtained by the celebrity Web site TMZ.com and circulated over the Internet on Monday, took place during Richards' live performance on Friday night at the Laugh Factory comedy club.
Eyewitnesses interviewed by TMZ and cable news outlet CNN said Richards' act took an ugly turn when members of the audience began heckling him.
In the video, the performer appears to lose his cool, shouts "Shut up!" and makes a racially offensive statement.
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As nervous laughter gives way to groans and boos from the audience, Richards lets loose a barrage of racial slurs and epithets and points to someone in the crowd.
Richards continues to rant as people in the crowd are heard shouting back at him, "that was uncalled for," and the comic yells: "Well, you interrupted me pal, that's what happens when you interrupt the white man."
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