Michael Richards, the actor who played Cosmo Kramer on the television sitcom Seinfeld, had a career-ending incident in 2006 when a video surfaced of him berating a Black audience member during a stand-up comedy performance, including the use of several racial slurs. The incident severely damaged his career, and due to significant media coverage of the event, he announced his retirement from stand-up in early 2007. Richards went back to performing stand-up comedy after his show failed to launch, but that new career venture didn’t last long. Since then, Richards has had several TV appearances and cameos, but his career never fully recovered. He appeared in the 7th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, the entirety of which revolved around a Seinfeld reunion. Richards explained in a 2013 interview that after his meltdown, he decided to take time off and took up photography.