Richards Banned from Comedy Club
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
HOLLYWOOD - Comedian Michael Richards has been banned from a Los Angeles comedy club after hurling racially charged insults at black audience members during a stand-up routine there.
Richards, who played quirky Cosmo Kramer opposite Jerry Seinfeld in cult sitcom Seinfeld, stunned his audience at the Laugh Factory on Friday night after turning on two African-American hecklers.
Richards has since issued an off-camera statement to news channel CNN apologizing for his racial rant, but that hasn't appeased Laugh Factory bosses, who hope never to see the funnyman again.
In a statement released yesterday, a spokesman for the comedy club said, "We have made it clear that he is no longer welcome here. The Laugh Factory is a comedy club, not a forum for personal attacks."
Laugh Factory bosses were left embarrassed by Richards' rant, which was caught on video camera and aired early yesterday on Web site TMZ.com--but they failed to pull the plug on the comedian's second show on Saturday night.
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