Robin Williams has offered his support to Seinfeld star Michael Richards after his racist tirade against two audience members at a comedy club. Richards outraged the crowd at Hollywood's Laugh Factory and then the showbiz world when he shouted down two black hecklers on November 17, calling them "n**."

He has apologized on live TV and radio but it has done little to calm the anger towards his actions. But Williams urges critics to go easy on the 57-year-old.

He says, "I just hope everything will be okay. He said stupid stuff and he's apologized for it. I don't think he is that way."

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