Louis CK Mocks Parkland Shooting Survivors In Leaked Tape, Twitter Slams Comedian
Embattling comedian Louis C.K. found himself in hot water again, after he mocked both transgendered/non-binary kids as well as Parkland shooting survivors. The leaked audio of his new stand up was originally published on YouTube on Sunday, and later shared on Twitter by writer and comedian Jack Allison.
The beginning of the clip begins with a general criticism of the younger generation:
“I’m a little disappointed in the younger generation, honestly,” he beings. “I’m 51 years old, and when I was like 18, in my twenties, we were idiots. We were getting high, we were doing fucking mushrooms and shit. Older people were like, ‘You gotta get your shit together and we were like fuck you!’ So I was excited to be in my fifties and see people in their twenties and be like, ‘You’re crazy!’ But they’re not. They’re fucking boring, going, ‘You shouldn’t say that!' What are you? An old lady?”
At one point, he criticizes the survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. In February, a gunman opened fire at the Florida school killing 17 people and injuring several others.
“They testify in front of Congress, these kids? What are they doing? You’re young! You should be crazy! You should be unhinged! Not in a suit… 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? Why does that make you interesting? You didn’t got shot. You pushed some fat kid in the way, and now I’ve got to listen to you talking?”
While it remains unclear where the segment was taped, the original YouTube upload claimed it was from a Dec. 19 show.
Twitter users criticized the comedian with one person calling him "trash."
"Louis CK is trash. Has always been trash. Will always be trash. He's a sexual predator which, you know, very clearly makes him trash. But his comedy is also trash. & it always has been trash. & if you liked him in the past well... ask yourself why. Because he, & it, are trash," one Twitter user wrote.
“Hey Louis CK, as someone who is an alumni of that high school in Parkland that got shot up this year leaving 17 students and faculty dead, F--- YOU AND YOUR F------ ‘COMEDY’,” Jeremy Wein who lost his close ones in the shooting incident wrote on Twitter.
Last week, a clip from a 2011 HBO special surfaced showing comedians Louis, Ricky Gervais and Chris Rock throwing around the N-word. In the recording, Rock told Louis he is “the blackest white guy I know.” Louis then asked “You say I'm a n-----?” Rock laughingly retorts to Louis “you are the n-----est f-----g white man I have ever...”
Last year, Louis admitted that he had engaged in sexual misconduct with several women. In a statement at the time, he said, “I want to address the stories told to the New York Times by five women named Abby, Rebecca, Dana, Julia who felt able to name themselves and one who did not,” adding: “These stories are true.” Less than one year later, he returned to the stage, performing a set at New York City's Comedy Cellar, drawing criticism from female comedians.
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