Michael Richards has't had a decent job since he torpedoed his career and has lived off Seinfeld royalties for 15 years - how is he in anyone's good graces? And Mel Gibson lives under permanent side eye.
Well, Larry David saw it fit to have Michael Richards on the Seinfeld reunion episode of Curb and people loved it. They even made a joke about his outburst. Mel Gibson's fit seems to have become a foggy memory.