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Seinfeld's Michael Richards Talks Cancer, Controversies in Rare TV Interview


Seinfeld's Michael Richards opened up about his cancer diagnosis, his controversial 2006 stand-up gig and his new book in a rare TV interview on 'Today'

The Seinfeld alum, 74, discussed the book in a rare TV interview on the Tuesday, June 4, episode of Today, telling host Hoda Kotb that he hopes people’s main takeaway from the memoir is that he’s “human.” Richards, who publicly apologized for his comments on an episode of the Late Show With David Letterman, previously called the controversy a “reality check” in an exclusive 2015 interview with Us Weekly. Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason AlexanderCover ImagesRichards also opens up about his 2018 diagnosis with stage 1 prostate cancer, news of which only just went public last month.

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