'Seinfeld' actor Michael Richards opened up about how being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018 inspired him to write his new memoir
A health battle inspired Seinfeld alum Michael Richards to write his upcoming memoir, Entrances and Exits.
Richards went on to note that his and his wife Beth Skipp’s son, Antonio, inspired him to fight back against the illness. “But then my son came to mind just a few seconds later, and I heard myself saying, ‘I’ve got a 9-year-old and I’d like to be around for him,’” he shared. “’Is there any way I can get a little more life going?’”
His cancer battle was one of many reasons he wanted “to do a full review of my life” in his new book, and have over 40 journals from over the years to pull stories from. “I’m turning 75, so maybe wanting to do that is something that comes with being my age,” he stated. “I wanted to connect with feelings and memory. I’m surprised at how much I was able to remember.”
Richards called the moment a “reality check” in an October 2015 interview with Us Weekly, adding, “I’d only been doing stand-up at the time that situation happened about seven or eight months and I just lost my patience that night because people were heckling me and not letting me work on my material and I lost my cool. And it is what it is! I’ve moved on.”
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