

The "Seinfeld" Curse became so notorious that the cast actually became accustomed to addressing it in public. A saving grace during this period was David's decision to cast them all as themselves for various episodes of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," or for the odd cameo or guest appearance in other shows.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus led the short-lived " Watching Ellie" which started in 2002 and ended in 2003 before enjoying a short run as Maggie Lizer on "Arrested Development." Jason Alexander likewise starred in " Listen Up," a show which started in 2004 and ended in 2005 whilst Michael Richards led the one and only season of the creatively named " The Michael Richards Show" in 2000. "I feel officially awful," Alexander wrote, "The impetus for telling this story was that Howard said, 'Julia Louis-Dreyfus told me you all wanted to kill her.' So I told the story to try and clarify that no one wanted to kill Heidi." He further added that they wanted to kill the character, not the actor, and that Swedberg was "generous and gracious, and I am so mad at myself for retelling this story in any way that would diminish her." Unfortunately, Alexander's account prompted some less than favourable conversation surrounding Swedberg online, spurring Alexander to tweet a long apology which urged fans to "leave Heidi alone." He said that after Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis-Dreyfus ended up in "a lot of material with her," the latter joked, "Don't you want to just kill her?" And thus, the death knell tolled for poor Susan.
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He said that while he does "love" Swedberg, he "couldn't figure out how to play off of her" in scenes. In 2015, Jason Alexander told " The Howard Stern Show" that Susan was killed off because the cast found it "impossible" to work with Heidi Swedberg, the actor who played the character.
