Disgraced American comedian Louis CK recently announced that he is making a comeback with a multi-city tour across the United States. The comic had previously admitted to misconduct with at least five women.
According to Fox News, CK has been relatively on the radar since 2017, when he was accused of sexual misconduct at the height of the #MeToo movement.
After some unpopular attempts at getting back on stage and doing comedy, the 53-year-old announced Wednesday that he’s going on a tour starting August 13 and 14 at the Hulu Theater in New York City at Madison Square Garden.
“Hello person that’s happening right now, I’m writing to you today because I’m going to tour the United States, doing stand-up comedy in theaters in several different cities,” said CK, whose real name Louis Szekely said in an email announcing the tour.
His website states that the tour is scheduled to end in Boston, Mass., on December 11, when he performs several shows in locations such as Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Portland, Minneapolis, Kansas City, San Diego and nearly 30 cities across the country. Arrived in more.
His email also included a pledge to follow COVID guidelines for spectators at live venues in each state. He ended the email by writing that he looks forward to watching people “as I tell some rude jokes and stories.”
The announcement comes as his first big city tour in 2017 after several women accused him of masturbating in front of him without his consent.
A news outlet published an article at the time in which five women came forward and told similar stories about the comedian and noted that she used her influence as one of the top names in stand-up comedy and TV as a Shakti did to create dynamic in which he felt that they could not refuse him and maintained his career.
CK admitted that he made a lengthy statement shortly after the article surfaced in which he acknowledged the allegations were true.
“These stories are true. At the time, I told myself that what I did was okay because I never showed my D to a woman—without asking first, which is also true. But what I learned later in life , it’s too late The power was that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly,” he wrote at the time.
At the time, many criticized CK’s response, saying it was too selfish. According to Fox News, he attempted a quiet retreat at clubs around New York City, but faced a poor reception and landed himself in overheated water with a set in Long Island in which he played the survivors of the Parkland shooting. Made fun of
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