Louis C.K., who recently returned to stand-up comedy after taking time off following sexual misconduct allegations from five women, made jokes at a December performance about survivors of the Parkland school shootings and transgender people.
In the Dec. 16 set at a venue on Long Island, N.Y., the 51-year-old riffed on the public presence of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who have advocated for tighter gun laws in the wake of the February massacre in South Florida.
“You’re not interesting because you went to a high school where kids got shot. Why does that mean I have to listen to you? How does that make you interesting? You didn’t get shot, you pushed some fat kid in the way!” he said during the Governor’s Comedy Club gig.
Louis C.K. also cracked jokes at the expense of transgender people.
“They tell you what to call them – ‘You should address me as they, them, because I identify as gender neutral.’ Oh okay, okay. ‘You should address me as there, because I identify as a location, and the location is your mother’s c–t,” he said, according to a leaked recording of the performance.
Louis CK, the same guy who assumed that women he works with would like to be locked in a room and watch him jerk off, now thinks people asking to be called a certain pronoun is weird request. pic.twitter.com/nJ4gB9HQyA
— Adam Szachacz (@Wallzers) December 31, 2018
Louis C.K. has made a name for himself due to his dark humor and crude jokes. He admitted during the same routine that he lost his $35 million empire when he was accused of masturbating in front of five women in separate incidents.
He later admitted the accusations were true and said he would take time off from performing.
“What are you going to take away my birthday? My life is over. I don’t give a shit,” he told the audience.
