Michael Richards

[BinkyBetsy]

marleigh said:

The crazy thing is that the club had him back on the next night, as if it were no big deal. They should be boycotted for that, imo.

Not quite. They let him appear the second night on the condition that he would apologize for his tirade. He did not, so now he's banned.

[Beyle]

Now I read that MR is going to be on Jesse Jackson's show. JJ is another famewhore. Granted he's done some wonderful things for people in this country, but he's still a famewhore in the same line that Gloria Allred is. They have to have their hands in everything.

I didn't even pay any attention to MR before this incident. Then again, count me in as another person who didn't care for Seinfeld.

[Deleted]

Neither did I, beyle. However, I DO like the movie UHF and it pains me that Stanley Spadowski is a racist asshole.

[kixxy]

Not quite. They let him appear the second night on the condition that he would apologize for his tirade. He did not, so now he's banned.

Ugh. That right there shows enough that his apologies are for the money, then... if it really bothered him in the slighest, it would have shown on that second night.

I was always an Elaine girl, anyway.

[discoprincess]

beyle said:

Anyway, it's unfortunate that Mel Gibson didn't suffer career suicide as a result of his anti-Semitic tirade.

Speaking of the devil, guess who is offering Michael Richards some moral support?

[proper stranger]

From the link posted by discoprincess:

Gibson tells America's Entertainment Weekly magazine, "I felt like sending Michael Richards a note. I feel really badly for the guy. He was obviously in a state of stress. You don't need to be inebriated to be bent out of shape. But my heart went out to the guy... I like him."

"Bent out of shape"? Try "RACIST", Mel. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but being drunk or pissed off doesn't make you say racist things. Being a racist makes you say racist things.

Shut your piehole, Mel.

[catfrog]

Ugh. When Mel Gibson's trying to become your ally, you know you've got problems.

[rarepear]

properstranger said:

From the link posted by discoprincess:

Gibson tells America's Entertainment Weekly magazine, "I felt like sending Michael Richards a note. I feel really badly for the guy. He was obviously in a state of stress. You don't need to be inebriated to be bent out of shape. But my heart went out to the guy... I like him."

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His heart went out to him? He doesn't need to send him a note; he'll see him at the next Klan meeting! Sheesh!

[Inkyblott]

I'm pretty sure Gibson's note will go something like this:

Michael, thank you for taking the media attention off of me. You managed to make my drunken, anti-Semetic tirade look benign by comparrison. We like hearted people need to stick together. Here are free passes for Apocolypto. Yours, Mel.

Michael Richards just needs to go away. His apologies are meaningless. And I hate the way that he says 'the' Afro-Americans. There's just something about that that grates.

And Gloria Allred needs to go away, too. She's a total camera-chaser. I really don't think that suing Michael Richards is the way to go especially since it doesn't seem like they really have much of a case. The best way to hurt Michael Richards is to ensure that he has less of a career than he does now. I would say boycott his performances, movies, etc...but I think it's pretty unlikely that offers are going to be pouring in for him.

[Mutagen]

Shut the hell up, Gibson! First of all, "bent out of shape" my ass. Second of all, your let-me-get-the-shovel-so-I-can-dig-you-in-deeper apology is almost giving me a shred of sympathy for MR. Just stop already!