Larry David was flabbergasted to learn he descended from a Confederate slave owner

The Daily Beast

“I hope no slaves show up on this,” the Curb Your Enthusiasm star said at the start of his PBS Finding Your Roots journey with Henry Louis Gates Jr. And then he turned the page to learn that he has roots in Alabama. “You did it! I knew it!” David shouted upon learning the news. “Unbelievable. Oh boy, oh boy.” David added: “I’m a little more exotic than I thought I was. Is Alabama exotic? I don’t know. Germany’s exotic? I’ve got probably some of the most racist places in the world connected.” David’s Finding Your Roots episode airs Oct. 3.