Louis CK

My wife gave the apology high marks too. I think the key to his career recovering will be no revelations more recent than those in the NYT story. I've seen a lot of people highlighting a lot of his masturbation material as proof of some weird, hypocritical double life. But I think if - and it's a big if - he had long since realized that this behavior was inappropriate and curtailed it, the material plays like a cowardly admission of guilt. Obviously, it would be better if these women wouldn't have had to come forward for him to directly hold himself accountable for his actions. But if the timeline is creepy behavior > moment of clarity > jokes that highlight the disgusting nature of such behavior, he can come back from it. If more women come out and he never actually stopped doing it, I think his only hope is taking a long break and hoping his scandal gets lost in the shuffle of more stories of celebrities behaving badly.

 

Oh my.

George Takei Accused of Sexual Assault | Mediaite

 

If any of these women and others want to sue him, was the apology a good idea?

 

No offense, but why?

 

Do you masturbate to telling people about things you don't like?

 

The statute of limitations issues bars that threat from the women referenced in the apology/NYT article.

 

Huh?

 

The only portion of the apology that made me question the sincerity, where he notes that as bad as it was he always asked for permission first, seems like a safeguard. But I think the apology is his only chance of coming back. If he was defiant or played the victim he would be done. I mean, I don't want to speak too glowingly of an apology for those actions, but he didn't mince words in owning the pathetic, unacceptable, humiliating behavior.

And please trust me when I say I'm not trying to downplay the situation he put those women in or turn him into a martyr. I'm just curious how this ultimately plays out.

 

That he didn’t mention heading to rehab makes me think there aren’t recent incidents. Or at least I would hope so.

 

Here come the apology outrage pieces.

Louis C.K.’s Public Statement Unnervingly Misunderstands the Concept of Consent

 

She must've read this thread because it is laced with "consent" and power dynamics. And, she's so militant that no apology would be good enough.

 

Lol

We edited Louis C.K.’s “apology” to make it a real apology