Michael Richards reunites with Jerry Seinfeld on first red carpet in 8 years

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Kramer is back.

Michael Richards made his return to the red carpet for the first time in eight years 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 photographs and waving to fans in the crowd.

Richards and Seinfeld, 70, last reunited — alongside Jason Alexander — at the inaugural Los Angeles Fatherhood Initiative Lunch for Baby Buggy in 2015.

Actors Michael Richards (left) and Jerry Seinfeld starred together on “Seinfeld” for nine seasons. FilmMagic
Actors Michael Richards (left) and Jerry Seinfeld starred together on “Seinfeld” for nine seasons. FilmMagic
Michael Richards and Jerry Seinfeld attend the LA premiere of “Unfrosted” on April 30, 2024. WireImage
Michael Richards and Jerry Seinfeld attend the LA premiere of “Unfrosted” on April 30, 2024. WireImage

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 his upcoming June book, “Entrances and Exits.” He will reflect on his “shameful” 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.

“My 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,” Richards writes in the book’s introduction, per People in November 2023. “It’s like Harpo Marx turning us about, shaking up my plans, throwing me for a loop. Upset and turmoil is with us all the time.”

The actors played Kramer and Jerry on “Seinfeld.” Alamy Stock Photo
The actors played Kramer and Jerry on “Seinfeld.” Alamy Stock Photo
Michael Richards (from left), Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jerry Seinfeld.
Michael Richards (from left), Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jerry Seinfeld.

“It’s at the basis of comedy. It’s the pratfall we all take. It’s the unavoidable mistake we didn’t expect,” the actor continued. “It’s everywhere I go. It’s in the way that I am, both light and dark, good and not-so-good. It’s my life.”

Richards will also write about his time on the NBC comedy.

“Naturally this charge created us,” Richards continued in his statement. “It motivated us to work hard, to unfold greatness, to elevate comedy, and to serve it as gracefully as possible.”