changing. >> reporter: the lawsuit against deen was ultimately dismissed. shock jock don imus got into hot water after saying this about african-american basketball players. >> rough girls from rutgers. tattoos and hard-core hoes. that's some nappy headed hoes, i'm telling you. >> reporter: imus apologized later but not enough to keep his radio program or an msnbc deal. although he is back on radio and tv today. >> like i was swimming through a flabby armed spanking machine. >> reporter: the man we know as kramer on "seinfeld" saying the n word seven times in over two minutes at an l.a. com buy show. later contrite on the "letterman" show. >> the african-american community make sure this kind of crap doesn't -- just doesn't come about, and i'm sorry that it happened. >> reporter: richards maintained a low pryphile quite some time