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AsLouis C.K.returns to the stand-up circuit following hissexual misconductscandal, some fans aren’t as welcoming as others.
Protesters surrounded the comedian during a set at the Comedy Cellar in New York City on Monday, according toPage Six.
While C.K. has made several surprise appearances at comedy clubs in recent months, his two performances on Monday marked the first time his name was announced on the setlist ahead of time.
Protesters gathered outside the club, chanting and holding signs, during both C.K’s 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. shows, according to the newspaper.
“He sexually harassed a bunch of women and lied about it for years” Lana McCray, 27, toldPage Sixwhen asked why she was protesting.
Another protester held a sign that read: “When you support Louis C.K. you tell women that your laughter is more important than their sexual assaults and loss of their careers.”
An audience member inside the club told the outlet that C.K. acknowledged the scandal during his set.
“That’s what everyone wants him to do and he did it,” the onlooker said.
Earlier this month, theLouiestar opened a set with “It’s been a weird year.”
“He said he’s been to hell and back,” another comedian on the line-up said.
TheNew York Timespublished an article in November 2017 in which five women detailed their alleged experiences with C.K., including claims he masturbated in front of them.
Comedians Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov alleged that while with C.K. in his hotel room after their show at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in 2002, he “proceeded to take all of his clothes off, and get completely naked, and started masturbating.”
C.K. responded with alengthy statementin which he admitted that “these stories are true.”
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He added, “The hardest regret to live with is what you’ve done to hurt someone else. And I can hardly wrap my head around the scope of hurt I brought on them … I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen.”
“I lost $35 million in an hour,” he reportedly said during his set earlier this month.
source: people.com
