Comedian Louis C.K. was criticized after he described New York to an Israeli audience as worse than a concentration camp.
“I’d rather be in Auschwitz than New York City,” the comedian said at a comedy club outside of Tel Aviv. “I mean now, not when it was open.”
The audience applauded the comment, but C.K.’s joke was not as well-received on the internet. “What the f—ing f— is wrong with you?” Miranda Yaver, a professor at UCLA, said on Twitter.
I’m going to try to find a delicate way to respond to Louis CK…
What the fucking fuck is wrong with you? https://t.co/7kBwO7oePk
— Miranda Yaver (@mirandayaver) November 29, 2019
The only thing more pitiful than what Louis CK has become are those who’ll continue to pretend he’s Hilarious! Edgy! Fearless! because he serves their obsessive trigger-the-left purposes. https://t.co/o6EF6pxaEO
— Alheli Picazo (@a_picazo) November 29, 2019
I know he’s always been an asshole, but was Louis CK ever funny? https://t.co/tZQjiTLgVr
— Jeffrey St. Clair (@JSCCounterPunch) November 30, 2019
You have no idea how much commitment to comedy it takes to make an Auschwitz joke in Israel. Or how much most Jews appreciate the risk. #LouisCK
— Lex Jurgen (@Lex_Jurgen) November 30, 2019
C.K. is known for his edgy comedy, joking last year about the Parkland mass shooting. “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 at the Governor’s Comedy Club.
In 2017, C.K. was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women who said he masturbated in front of them. The allegations against the comedian came during the height of the #MeToo movement, which saw the downfall of media mogul Harvey Weinstein and actor Kevin Spacey.
