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Louis C.K.'s comedy show attracts protesters
Protesters demonstrated outside Louis C.K.’s comedy show in New York on Monday night (29Oct18).
The disgraced comedian took time out of the spotlight after he was accused of sexual misconduct in an expose in November 2017. Five women recalled instances where he would masturbate in front of them or ask them if he could, and the Louie star subsequently issued a statement admitting the claims were all true.
He began making his comedy comeback in August (18), appearing unannounced at comedy shows in New York. He delivered his fifth stand-up routine on Monday, but it was the first time he was announced on the bill beforehand, and protesters showed up at the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village in New York City to express their outrage ahead of his two shows, one at 9.30pm and another at 11.30pm.
One protester, 27-year-old Lana McCray, told New York Post’s Page Six he should not be welcomed back to the stage, saying, “He sexually harassed a bunch of women and lied about it for years… He shouldn’t feel comfortable performing here when he makes so many people feel uncomfortable because of what he does. He shouldn’t get to feel comfortable.”
FULL story: http://www.hollywood.com/general/louis-c-k-s-comedy-show-attracts-protesters-60735573/?
