He then paces across the stage taunting the men for interrupting his show, peppering his speech with racial slurs and profanities. Throw his a-- out. He's a n! While there is some chuckling in the audience throughout the outburst, someone can be heard gasping "Oh my God" and various people "ooh" after Richards uses the n-word.
Eventually someone says: "It's not funny. That's why you're a reject, never had no shows, never had no movies. On Monday, about a half-dozen community activists gathered at the club to denounce Richards' remarks and demand an apology.
She called Richards' comments "hate speech. The protesters also demanded an apology from the Laugh Factory. At a news conference a short time later, club owner Jamie Masada expressed remorse and said Richards will not be back at the club until he says he's sorry. I personally apologize. I apologize from my heart," Masada said Monday. Richards did appear at the club Saturday, without incident, but that was because he had told the club he intended to apologize, according to a Laugh Factory statement Monday.
He refused to comment on-camera when reached by CNN, but the network reported he said off-camera he felt sorry for what had happened and had made amends. Comic Paul Rodriguez, who was at the club, said he thought Richards' remarks crossed the line. Rodriguez, also at the news conference, said: "I kept expecting a punch line.
It didn't come. I don't know. In view of the situation and the act going the way it was going, I don't know. The rage did go all over the place - it went to everybody in the room. The actor said that he went back to the club later that night and went on stage to "get back on the horse, as they say. He added that he supports the people who complained to the press about his comments.
At one point in his "Letterman" appearance, Richards grew flustered and expressed second thoughts about appearing on the program when his use of the term "Afro-American" caused some audience members to laugh. Seinfeld thanked Letterman for giving Richards an opportunity to speak publicly about the incident.
That's why you're a reject, never had no shows, never had no movies. Seinfeld, that's it. The response seemed to drive Richards to further express his anger. Several members of the audience left their seats as Richards continued his rant before himself leaving the stage. The following night, he returned to the club to perform his act. Following the publicity given to the incident, club owner Jamie Masada said that Richards would not perform again at the Hollywood club.
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