{"id":1753,"date":"2026-05-12T00:50:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rarely-seen-seinfeld-alum-michael-richards-spotted-on-first-public-outing-in-two-years\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T00:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:50:37","slug":"rarely-seen-seinfeld-alum-michael-richards-spotted-on-first-public-outing-in-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rarely-seen-seinfeld-alum-michael-richards-spotted-on-first-public-outing-in-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Rarely seen &#8216;Seinfeld&#8217; alum Michael Richards spotted on first public outing in two years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127509046.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cSeinfeld\u201d alum Michael Richards was spotted in a rare sighting Sunday, the first time he\u2019s been publicly photographed in two years.<\/p>\n<p>Richards, wearing eyeglasses, appeared to be solo during the outing.  <\/p>\n<p>The last public event he attended <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/05\/01\/entertainment\/michael-richards-reunites-with-jerry-seinfeld-on-first-red-carpet-in-8-years\/\">was the \u201cUnfrosted\u201d premiere back in May 2024<\/a> to support his \u201cSeinfeld\u201d co-star Jerry Seinfeld. The event marked his first red carpet in eight years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michael Richards was spotted in West Hollywood, California, on Sunday, in pictures obtained by Page Six. <span class=\"credit\">TheHollywoodFix.net \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Prior to his weekend outing, the \u201cSeinfeld\u201d alum hadn\u2019t been photographed in two years. <span class=\"credit\">TheHollywoodFix.net \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The actor has remained largely out of the spotlight after he infamously <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2006\/11\/21\/kramer-shock-racist-tantrum-old-pal-seinfeld-sick-over-meltdown-at-club\/\">unleashed a\u00a0stream of racial slurs<\/a>\u00a0at hecklers during a 2006 comedy show at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles. Richards \u2014 who\u2019s best known for playing the eccentric Cosmo Kramer on iconic sitcom \u201cSeinfeld\u201d \u2014 yelled shocking slurs at two Black men in the audience before storming off the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Richards <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/05\/22\/entertainment\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-writes-about-his-racist-tirade\/\">revisited the incident <\/a>in his 2024 memoir, \u201cEntrances and Exits.\u201d He recalled a person from the balcony calling out, \u2018You\u2019re not funny. We don\u2019t think you\u2019re very funny!,&#8217;\u201d which he said triggered him.<\/p>\n<p>Richards wrote, \u201cOf course, looking back at all, I wish I had just agreed with him,\u201d adding, \u201cHe went low and I went even lower. We both ended up at the bottom of the barrel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comedian said he was haunted by the heckler\u2019s comment of him not being funny.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Richards appeared to be solo as he walked in West Hollywood. <span class=\"credit\">TheHollywoodFix.net \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>He covered up in a dark outfit. <span class=\"credit\">TheHollywoodFix.net \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe laid it out so clearly, so simply, my biggest fear \u2014 not being funny,\u201d he admitted. \u201cLater, I\u2019ll come to realize that all of this, everything he said, is me. His voice is my voice. This is all ME going on. My inferiority sets in. My anger erupts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also shared that while his \u201cSeinfeld\u201d co-stars \u2014 Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus \u2014 all reached out to him after the incident, he was \u201cembarrassed\u201d and \u201cconcerned about the mess spilling onto them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In May 2024, Richards revealed he <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/05\/23\/lifestyle\/seinfelds-michael-richards-reveals-prostate-cancer-battle\/\">secretly battled prostate cancer<\/a> in 2018 and underwent surgery to remove his entire prostate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Richards is best known for playing the eccentric Cosmo Kramer on \u201cSeinfeld.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In his 2024 memoir, \u201cEntrances and Exits,\u201d Richards said his \u201cSeinfeld co-stars \u2014 including Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus \u2014 reached out to him after he was publicly slammed for hurling racial slurs at two hecklers during a comedy show in 2006. <span class=\"credit\">NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actor revealed in 2024 that he battled prostate cancer in 2018 and that undergoing surgery to remove his entire prostate saved his life. <span class=\"credit\">Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt had to be contained quickly,\u201d he told People. \u201cI had to go for the full surgery. If I hadn\u2019t, I probably would have been dead in about eight months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richards said he wanted to live longer for his young son, Ben, whom he shares with his wife, Beth Skipp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought, \u2018Well, this is my time. I\u2019m ready to go,\u2019\u201d he told the outlet of his initial feelings after getting diagnosed with cancer. \u201cBut then my son came to mind just a few seconds later, and I heard myself saying, \u2018I\u2019ve got a 9-year-old, and I\u2019d like to be around for him. Is there any way I can get a little more life going?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor also has a daughter, Sophia, with his ex-wife, Cathleen Lyons.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/celebrity-news\/rarely-seen-seinfeld-alum-michael-richards-spotted-on-first-public-outing-in-two-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSeinfeld\u201d alum Michael Richards was spotted in a rare sighting Sunday, the first time he\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127509046.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}