Seinfeld star Michael Richards reveals he was the result of a sexual assault: 'I had to come to terms with knowing I was unwanted'

Actor and comedian Michael Richards is out on the promotional trail for his new memoir, Entrances And Exits, which drops on June 4. The former Seinfeld star's mother initially told him that his dad was killed during the World War II, and then after he pressed her about the numbers not adding up, she changed the story and said his father died in a car crash. Michael Richards, 74, revealed his conception into this world was the result of a sexual assault against his mother in his new memoir Entrances and Exits After getting the full story from his mother, Phyllis Nardozzi, she told him she wanted to get an abortion, but they were illegal when she was pregnant in 1949, so she decided to put him up for adoption, but ended up changing her mind and raising him as a single parent. The actor and comedian confessed his mother initially told him his father was killed during the World War II, but when he pressed her about the numbers not adding up she said his dad died in a car crash After learning about how he was conceived and his mother telling him she wanted to have an abortion but they were illegal, Richards said it explained why he had lifelong feelings of not being lovable and worthy, which even carried over to when he was played Kramer on Seinfeld Those thoughts and feelings of not being good enough were even wreaking havoc on his soul during the years he starred in Seinfeld. Richards' new memoir, Entrances and Exits, will be released on June 4, but it is already available for preorder, wherever books are sold After undergoing a biopsy, Richards said his doctor recommended immediate surgery to remove the entire prostate.