{"id":302237,"date":"2024-06-04T09:23:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T14:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/michael-richards-says-hes-less-angry-nearly-20-years-after-n-word-rant"},"modified":"2024-06-04T09:24:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T14:24:12","slug":"michael-richards-says-hes-less-angry-nearly-20-years-after-n-word-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/michael-richards-says-hes-less-angry-nearly-20-years-after-n-word-rant","title":{"rendered":"Michael Richards Says He&#039;s Much less Indignant Almost 20 Years After N-Phrase Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"43.4676666667\">\n<section id=\"cb-31eda31e7f51b22cb7351a90782245a5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-5b5eadd6-8267-40f0-914e-d79e8f9428dd-1289892522-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-5b5eadd6-8267-40f0-914e-d79e8f9428dd-1289892522-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/08\/16by9\/2024\/06\/04\/086861061e9a49a097eee9753082fadf_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">NBC<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-31eda31e7f51b22cb7351a90782245a5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-07fe1b830c257d1aa64f7aaca0b35076\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.3333333333\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michael-richards\/\"><strong>Michael Richards<\/strong><\/a> is making a comeback of sorts &#8212; releasing a new book, and in the same breath, reflecting on his n-word rant &#8230; saying he&#8217;s a better person nearly 20 years later.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-07fe1b830c257d1aa64f7aaca0b35076--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4575c905bd64d4e0b133a57f61088b42\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.9132075472\">\n<p>The ex-&#8220;Seinfeld&#8221; star has just released a memoir called &#8220;Entrances and Exits,&#8221; and he&#8217;s doing the media rounds right now &#8212; popping up on &#8220;Today&#8221; Tuesday for a chat with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/hoda-kotb\/\"><strong>Hoda Kotb<\/strong><\/a>, who addressed the elephant in the room &#8230; namely, his infamous meltdown from 2006.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4575c905bd64d4e0b133a57f61088b42--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-93943caa23c42383c03171b16217b7b9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240523_fd455e1add2642b6a12519530c54b64b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:97f1bd95-95f8-4976-94f9-f7eb0376e3fd\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fd\/4by3\/2024\/05\/23\/fd455e1add2642b6a12519530c54b64b_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-93943caa23c42383c03171b16217b7b9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fe745a40f891e5a757de37613c2b6d4b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>We broke the story at the time &#8230; Richards dropped the n-word multiple times at the Laugh Factory while tearing into a Black audience member heckling him and losing his cool.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fe745a40f891e5a757de37613c2b6d4b--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-38b0ab8d5fe171c8a3360a1fcaa53f3c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Hoda asked him head-on how he was different now compared to then &#8230; and MR gave what seems like a pretty genuine response, saying he&#8217;s done a lot of changing and growing since.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-38b0ab8d5fe171c8a3360a1fcaa53f3c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-97e83e172162ff55cde4ed9d8946b7c2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-6619482d-ad4a-4f76-bd02-27ffd5bd09bd-112948081-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-6619482d-ad4a-4f76-bd02-27ffd5bd09bd-112948081-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c2\/16by9\/2024\/05\/23\/c23aae8dd9bf4392a9e2dfc98fcd02c8_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-97e83e172162ff55cde4ed9d8946b7c2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-be2e6991f667dfd065285e3f27402b69\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>One thing Richards says is that he has less anger in him now &#8212; although he acknowledged he is still angry &#8230; but just less so. He&#8217;s also had time to examine himself and understand what set him off that night. By the same token, Richards says he&#8217;s forgiven himself.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-be2e6991f667dfd065285e3f27402b69--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6f03e9533422179522aef082fd121021\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Hoda also asks if he&#8217;s made amends and apologized &#8212; something he&#8217;s already done in the past &#8212; and Mike says yes &#8230; he feels he&#8217;s done enough to move past it and resurface.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6f03e9533422179522aef082fd121021--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1529ef08e490280c480e05efe12ab594\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1529ef08e490280c480e05efe12ab594--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1d29494ebe4d19f5c8b5276b0528cac3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.7191011236\">\n<p>Of course, his &#8220;Seinfeld&#8221; colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jerry-seinfeld\/\"><strong>Jerry Seinfeld<\/strong><\/a> has been in his corner pretty much the entire time &#8230; and he even wrote the forward to Richrads&#8217; book. It&#8217;s out in stores now.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1d29494ebe4d19f5c8b5276b0528cac3--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/06\/04\/michael-richards-less-angry-years-after-n-word-rant-new-book-today\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video content NBC Michael Richards is making a comeback of sorts &#8212; releasing a new book, and in the same breath, reflecting on his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}