Kramer is back.
Michael Richards made his return to the red đ carpet for the first time in eight yeꌏars in LA on Tuesday night.
The actor, 74, reunited with his “Seinfeld” co-star Jerry Seinfeld at the “Unfrosted” premiere. The pair were photographed hugging, posing for pę§ hotographsę§ and waving to fans in the crowd.
Richards and Seinfeld, 70, last reunited â alongside Jason Alexander â at the inaugural Los Angeles Fatherhood Initiative Lunch for Baby Buggy in đŤ2015.
The trio and Julia Louis-Dreyfus starred in the Larry David-created sitcom for nine seasons, from 1989 to 1998. Seinfeld recently reunited with David in the series finale of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which gave a nod to the “Seinfeld” finale.
Seinfeld, for his part, wrote, directed and stars in Netflix’s “Unfrosted,” which is set in 1963 Michigan, when business rivals Kellogg’s and Post competed to see who could make the best breakfast cake. Christian Slater, Rachael Harris, Jim Gaffigan, Hugh Grant and Amy Schumer also star.
Richards last got in front of the camera for 2019’s “Faith, Hope & Love.” He famously stayed out of the spotlight for years after going on a racist tirade in 2006, which he will detail in đ¸his upcoming June book, âEntrances and Exits.â He will reflect on his âshamefulâ outburst when he was filmed hurling racist slurs at hecklers during a stand-up show in Los Angeles in the memoir, which has a foreward written by Seinfeld.
âMy book is a hymn to the irrational, the senseless spirit that breaks the whole into pieces, a reflection on the seemingly absurd difficulties that intrude upon us all,â Richards writes in thđe bookâs introduction, per People in November 2023. âItâs like Harpo Marx turning us about, shaking up my plans, throwing me for a loop. Upset and turmoil is with us all the time.â
âItâs at the basis of comedy. Itâs the pratfall we all take. Itâs the unavoidable mistake we didnât expect,â the actor continued. âItâs everywhere I go. Itâs in the đˇway that I am, both light and dark, good and not-so-goođd. Itâs my life.â
Richarđds will also write about his time on the NBC comedy.
âNaturally this charge created us,â Richards continued in his statemeđźnt. âIt motivated us to work hard, to unfold greatness, to elevate comedy, and to serve it as gracefully as possible.â