7. Michael Richards
For a while after its ending, there was talk of a “Seinfeld curse” in that the stars of the iconic comedy couldn’t find much success afterward. That has faded with Julia Louis-Dreyfus finding massive success with Veep and Jerry Seinfeld himself doing well. But you can sure put the “curse” label onto Michael Richards. As Karmer, he was a great part of the show, playing a man with wild behavior, winning an Emmy and looked ready for his own stardom. But his self-titled NBC comedy was a disaster so Richards moved back to stand-up. This led to a bit in 2006 when Richards launched into a tirade at some audience members, dropping various racist insults and when the video of it went viral, the storm was huge. Richards’ attempts to apologize came off very bad and weren’t accepted by black leaders. It basically made him toxic to executives, minor shows here and there but nothing like the stardom he once enjoyed. One bad night was all to derail Richards’ career and show there might be something to a “Curse” after all.
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