Since being involved in an episode of racism in 2006, Michael Richards, actor of “Seinfeld”, a series that aired from 1989-1998, has barely had interactions with the public. He decided to change that now, and launched the book “Inputs and Outputs”, in which he talks about the traumas of the past.
18 years ago, Richards joked with a black man during a stand-up show. In an interview with People magazine, the actor said that he is not looking for forgiveness from the public, but made a point of saying that he was sorry the moment the words left his mouth. “Crisis managers wanted me to do damage control. But as far as I was concerned, the damage was within me,” he said.
On that occasion, after being interrupted during his show, the actor reacted using racist adjectives. After being told by the men that it wasn’t funny, he replied, “Speak, speak now. Let them talk. He IS a black man! He’s a black man! Look, there’s a black man!”
“I’m not racist,” Richards said when discussing the night’s racial slurs. “I have nothing against black people. The man who told me I wasn’t funny had just said what I had been saying to myself for some time. I felt humiliated. I wanted to put him down.
The book’s author said he spent the last 17 years in “deep analysis”, trying to understand the origins of his anger. “Somehow I couldn’t connect with the joy of being an artist. I was a good actor, but I was comfortable being a character, not being myself,” he said.
The actor said he turned down a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and an invitation to host “Saturday Night Live.” “I didn’t feel good enough. I was never satisfied with my ‘Seinfeld’ performance,” he admitted.
Source: Folha
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