I am watching a Seinfeld rerun and remembered how sad

[Shell Beau]

I am that Kramer (or Michael Richards) is racist. He was one of my favorite characters on the show. What a freakin waste.

[Danger Mouse]

1. A lot of talented people are complete assholes.

[Shell Beau]

2. I know but for some reason this one took me by surprise.

[Danger Mouse]

3. Me too, actually. I never expected it.

He just seemed like such a cool guy.

[Mojambo]

4. I've never been able to understand why people struggle to separate actors from their roles

Kramer remains one of my fondest fictional characters, and there's not a thing Michael Richards the person could do to change that.

[Shell Beau]

5. I can separate them. I still find "Kramer" hilarious. But

liking Kramer so much makes me want to like Michael Richards. Can't do that.

[He loved Big Brother]

6. I understand because

I went through the same thing when I found out Larry David was just a wee bit too misogynist for me: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-david/on-the-red-phone_b_90338.html

I know he's angry about his divorce and all, but...damn. That article almost made me not want to watch either of his shows.

Almost. Blah.