Michael Richards 'Shattered' By His Racial Tirade

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Last Sunday on Rev. Jesse Jackson's national radio show, "Keep Hope Alive," Michael Richards said he was 'shattered' by his racial tirade made last week at a comedy club, and that the comments came from anger and humiliation from being heckled, not bigotry,

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Michael Richards, the actor best known for his role as 'Kramer' from tv's Seinfeld, appeared on Jesse Jackson's national radio show where he once again apologized for his racial tirade made during a stand up routine at a comedy club in LA, and to repeat that he is not a racist, that the comments he made came from anger and humiliation. Richards went on to say that the entire experience has left him shattered.

In a statement made Saturday Richards' publicist said that Richards had begun psychiatric counseling in LA as a result of this incident.

Richards has already publically apologized for his tirade on The Late Show With David Letterman (see video below), but this incident seems to have left a sour taste in everyone's mouth, Richards included.