Michael Richards joins Instagram to pay tribute to Seinfeld co-star Jerry Stiller

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Richard' first Instagram post was a tribute to the late Frank Costanza actor, featuring a picture from the Season 7 episode "The Doll." "Until today, I have avoided social media completely, but I’ve created this account in order to say something, belatedly, about a person I loved," Richards wrote Wednesday evening. "Jerry Stiller was an absolute treasure. I adored him and loved working with him on ‘Seinfeld.’ Watch the pool table scene — that says it all — we could really shoot the ball back and forth and that’s what happened between us throughout the series. He was hilarious and a great friend. He’s a legendary showman and he was always an inspiration to me." As Vulture notes, Richards has mostly stayed out of the limelight since his 2006 Laugh Factory N-word incident.