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WHEN Susan, George Costanza's intended on Seinfeld, was dispatched after licking toxic wedding invitations in the seventh season's final episode, George reacted with barely disguised glee. Too chicken to break the engagement, he was lining up dates before the body was in the ground.

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WHEN Susan, George Costanza’s intended on Seinfeld, was dispatched after licking toxic wedding invitations in the seventh season’s final episode, George reacted with barely disguised glee. Too chicken to break the engagement, he was lining up dates before the body was in the ground.

“I’ve got the funeral tomorrow, but my weekend is pretty wide open,” he tried in one failed pickup attempt. Even for a show about nothing, many deemed this a step too far.

Wednesday, in an interview with Howard Stern, Jason Alexander, who played George, confirmed rumours that Seinfeld ditched Susan because the cast had trouble working with the actor who played her.

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“The story goes that she was killed off because you couldn’t stand working with her,” Stern told Alexander.

“The actress is this wonderful girl, Ms. (Heidi) Swedberg,” Alexander said. “I love her. She’s a terrific girl. I love her. I couldn’t figure out how to play off of her… her instincts for doing a scene… and mine were always misfiring.”

Alexander said he voiced his concerns to his castmates, who said he was imagining things — until they had to play scenes with Swedberg themselves.

Louis-Dreyfus allegedly sparked the idea to get rid of Susan.

Alexander: “Julia actually said, ‘I know — don’t you just wanna kill her?'”

Swedberg survives, playing and teaching the ukulele and leading her own band, which is available for gigs in New Mexico and Los Angeles.

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