Celebrity Sexual Harasment Apocalypse Thread

[Cerveza mas fina]

List of fallen people grows larger, much like mass shooting we need an OT to stay on top (with consent) of who dun what

Cosby / dead
Weinstein / dead
Spacey / dead but he is now gay
Seagal / under siege

whos next?

[agrajag]

you forgot

Dustin Hoffman
Roman Polansky
Danny Masterson

[Cerveza mas fina]

Dustin Hoffman?

[Mandark]

Gonna be Louis CK today.

[agrajag]

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/02/561499220/actor-dustin-hoffman-and-director-brett-ratner-accused-of-sexual-misconduct

oh, while we're at it

Brett Ratner

Bryan Singer

[Great Rumbler]

I'm surprised that Bryan Singer hasn't gotten dusted yet.

[Raist]

Mariah Carey

[agrajag]

Charlie Sheen?

[Raist]

Bowser

[CatsCatsCats]

Chris Hardwick

[Nabbis]

Rich dudes groping women, im shocked.

[samir]

Tyler Malka

[toku]

they about to dump the clip on louis ck

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/928682467921362945
https://twitter.com/iamcindychu/status/928691255478853632
https://twitter.com/jowrotethis/status/928689315235770368

[HardcoreRetro]

Maybe that's why his netflix comedy thing had some unfunny bit about surpressed gay tendencies or whatever that crap was. Gonna pull a Keyser Soze.

[Mandark]

And away we go: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html

[CatsCatsCats]

It’s almost like he foreshadowed this with his comedy, always calling himself a POS, saying he’s famous for now but not to worry it will all come crashing down etc etc

[Great Rumbler]

Christopher Plummer is only one old man, guys, slow up a little bit.

[HardcoreRetro]

Don't worry everyone, it's okay. He's actually gay as well.

[TVC15]

The story says he always asked before doing it. The dude just has a kink and these women are shaming him. Shame on them. This is almost as bad as that awful, untalented woman trying to go after David Cross.

[TVC15]

Really, if asking to masturbate in front of someone is “sexual misconduct,” about 3/4ths of the regulars here could accurately accuse me of it. That headline is libelous.

[Himu]

I really liked Louis. Disappointed. He seemed such a good guy. Prayers for his victims.

[nachobro]

This is why he should have gone the Jim Norton route and just laid out his entire sexual history in his act. Then he wouldn't have a bunch of nobodies trying to make their name off of him

[ToxicAdam]

According to the article, Louis reached out to two of the victims and apologized for his actions. (many years after the incidents).

Was it because of guilt? Or because he finally had a career worth protecting? Hard to say, but I find it interesting that most of these incidents happened in the window of time where his career was at a low point and his marriage was falling apart.

I'm not really ready to bury this guy and lump him in with the Wiensteins of the world. Unless more people come out and say he's been doing this his whole adult life.

[Trurl]

Louis CK probably thought masturbating in front of people would be funny.  You have to give comedians room to test things out.

[Trurl]

Christopher Plummer is only one old man, guys, slow up a little bit.

I'm hoping that Christopher Plummer ends up being the greatest monster of all.

[TVC15]

Really, what’s the acceptable way to masturbate in front of a woman and not have it be misconduct? Does there need to be a countersigned contract? Do lawyers need to be involved? An Outlook invite?

The funny thing about this is that I like Tig better than Louis, so my natural inclination would be to take her side, but this seems to be a nothingburger so far. I like Louis as a standup, but not Louis the auteur. I find his show really hit and miss and up its own butt sometimes.

[samir]

Louis CK always comes of as a piece of shit so I wouldn't be surprised.

Funny guy though.

[TVC15]

Holy shit look at this NY Times-worthy sexual misconduct in today’s Mary Worth!

[ToxicAdam]

Aldo never would've jacked off on Mary Worth.

[TVC15]

Aldo never would've jacked off on Mary Worth.

With one hand on the wheel and the other on a bottle, he couldn’t have even if he wanted to.

[Mandark]

According to the article, Louis reached out to two of the victims and apologized for his actions. (many years after the incidents).

Was it because of guilt? Or because he finally had a career worth protecting? Hard to say, but I find it interesting that most of these incidents happened in the window of time where his career was at a low point and his marriage was falling apart.

I'm not really ready to bury this guy and lump him in with the Wiensteins of the world. Unless more people come out and say he's been doing this his whole adult life.

Tig Notaro said there was an "incident" a couple years ago which would keep him from ever working with her in the future. The NYT story doesn't even mention Jen Kirkman. People in comedy have been tweeting about how widespread his reputation was (including a guy who said he heard about it at Second City in 2014-15).

What are the odds that this article represents all the stories?

Personally, I don't think "the incidents were mostly concentrated in a 5-7 year period" is that exculpatory. YMMV I guess.

[TVC15]

why do they draw the eyes so small

baka foreigners

Probably because we don’t like our women to look like young children.

[etiolate]

Think of the female comics for which he didn't masturbate. Boy are they going to have hang-ups.

[Rufus]

Really, what’s the acceptable way to masturbate in front of a woman and not have it be misconduct? Does there need to be a countersigned contract? Do lawyers need to be involved? An Outlook invite?

A "yes"? 

[kingv]

Really, if asking to masturbate in front of someone is “sexual misconduct,” about 3/4ths of the regulars here could accurately accuse me of it. That headline is libelous.

I wonder if this issue isn't so much that he has his kink but that even after they declined watching him bust a nut HE FUCKING DID IT ANYWAY.

I mean they were in his hotel room.

Leave?

Kind of /s, but whatever, he apologized without beinprompted so... 

[TVC15]

According to the article, Louis reached out to two of the victims and apologized for his actions. (many years after the incidents).

Was it because of guilt? Or because he finally had a career worth protecting? Hard to say, but I find it interesting that most of these incidents happened in the window of time where his career was at a low point and his marriage was falling apart.

I'm not really ready to bury this guy and lump him in with the Wiensteins of the world. Unless more people come out and say he's been doing this his whole adult life.

Tig Notaro said there was an "incident" a couple years ago which would keep him from ever working with her in the future. The NYT story doesn't even mention Jen Kirkman. People in comedy have been tweeting about how widespread his reputation was (including a guy who said he heard about it at Second City in 2014-15).

I’m guessing they excluded mentioning Jen since she said she wasn’t talking about Louis, even though many people still think she was.

[CatsCatsCats]

Louis just needed a chaturbate account

[curly]

lol @ the fanbabies

He's a creep, accept it already

[Mandark]

Kirkman was talking about him. Her clarification was that it had not happened to her personally, and she was talking about being aware of the reputation and factoring it in on whether to work or tour with him.

https://www.avclub.com/jen-kirkman-sets-the-record-straight-on-louis-ck-and-th-1818543488

[TVC15]

Really, if asking to masturbate in front of someone is “sexual misconduct,” about 3/4ths of the regulars here could accurately accuse me of it. That headline is libelous.

I wonder if this issue isn't so much that he has his kink but that even after they declined watching him bust a nut HE FUCKING DID IT ANYWAY.

I mean they were in his hotel room.

Leave?

Kind of /s, but whatever, he apologized without beinprompted so... 

Some of the women said they did decline, but the story is unclear on whether he did his act.

The two in the first paragraph say they laughed off his invitation and he did it anyway so it’s unclear as to whether they consented. Typically poorly written, hyperliberal, probably intentionally obfuscatory NY Times article. Even if he did do something wrong to these wonen, the article is too unclear to tell.

[Mandark]

The part where he apologizes for shoving someone into a bathroom when that's not what he did to her.

[curly]

The part where he apologizes for shoving someone into a bathroom when that's not what he did to her.

Wasn't that one of the rumors? That he forced someone into a bathroom and made them watch him masturbate?

[TVC15]

The part where he apologizes for shoving someone into a bathroom when that's not what he did to her.

Let he who can remember everyone they ever assaulted and what precisely they did to them cast the first stone.

[thisismyusername]

Really, what’s the acceptable way to masturbate in front of a woman and not have it be misconduct? Does there need to be a countersigned contract? Do lawyers need to be involved? An Outlook invite?

The funny thing about this is that I like Tig better than Louis, so my natural inclination would be to take her side, but this seems to be a nothingburger so far. I like Louis as a standup, but not Louis the auteur. I find his show really hit and miss and up its own butt sometimes.

Are you seriously going to bat for someone that has a kink, is told "no that makes me uncomfortable" and then proceeds to do it anyway in front of the person that declined?

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

Don't think his career is ruined based on the nytimes article. The only part where I feel he crossed the line is masturbating over the phone, in the others he asked if it was okay and reacted accordingly.

The Aspen stories needs some more details cause the rumored one (Louie stood near the door and refused to let them leave until he finished) is far worse than what was written in the article.

He definitely has a problem with masturbating and should seek some kind of professional help for it, but these antics are nowhere near the level of Weinstein and Spacey, at least for now.

[TVC15]

Really, what’s the acceptable way to masturbate in front of a woman and not have it be misconduct? Does there need to be a countersigned contract? Do lawyers need to be involved? An Outlook invite?

The funny thing about this is that I like Tig better than Louis, so my natural inclination would be to take her side, but this seems to be a nothingburger so far. I like Louis as a standup, but not Louis the auteur. I find his show really hit and miss and up its own butt sometimes.

Are you seriously going to bat for someone that has a kink, is told "no that makes me uncomfortable" and then proceeds to do it anyway in front of the person that declined?

(Uh, for one, I should probably make it clear I’m arguing in bad faith for fun. This is gross)

I think the article is deliberately unclear about whether he proceeded upon getting a decline, from what I recall. I think the article isn’t well written.

[thisismyusername]

Really, what’s the acceptable way to masturbate in front of a woman and not have it be misconduct? Does there need to be a countersigned contract? Do lawyers need to be involved? An Outlook invite?

The funny thing about this is that I like Tig better than Louis, so my natural inclination would be to take her side, but this seems to be a nothingburger so far. I like Louis as a standup, but not Louis the auteur. I find his show really hit and miss and up its own butt sometimes.

Are you seriously going to bat for someone that has a kink, is told "no that makes me uncomfortable" and then proceeds to do it anyway in front of the person that declined?

(Uh, for one, I should probably make it clear I’m arguing in bad faith for fun. This is gross)

I think the article is deliberately unclear about whether he proceeded upon getting a decline, from what I recall. I think the article isn’t well written.

(As long as we're clear on that.)

The article shouldn't need to be told a hard no. When someone laughs awkwardly like "are you serious?" and then you proceed to do it and they're clearly uncomfortable by it to the point you apologize? Yeah, that's clearly crossing a line and there is no defending that.

I got nothing against him having an exhibitionist kink, but when folks are clearly uncomfortable by it and you apologize (privately) but then proceed to do it to others instead of confiding in them, seeing if they're into that, and then making a deal of popping it on them maybe in the future? Nope, no defense.

[TVC15]

Really, what’s the acceptable way to masturbate in front of a woman and not have it be misconduct? Does there need to be a countersigned contract? Do lawyers need to be involved? An Outlook invite?

The funny thing about this is that I like Tig better than Louis, so my natural inclination would be to take her side, but this seems to be a nothingburger so far. I like Louis as a standup, but not Louis the auteur. I find his show really hit and miss and up its own butt sometimes.

Are you seriously going to bat for someone that has a kink, is told "no that makes me uncomfortable" and then proceeds to do it anyway in front of the person that declined?

(Uh, for one, I should probably make it clear I’m arguing in bad faith for fun. This is gross)

I think the article is deliberately unclear about whether he proceeded upon getting a decline, from what I recall. I think the article isn’t well written.

(As long as we're clear on that.)

The article shouldn't need to be told a hard no. When someone laughs awkwardly like "are you serious?" and then you proceed to do it and they're clearly uncomfortable by it to the point you apologize? Yeah, that's clearly crossing a line and there is no defending that.

I got nothing against him having an exhibitionist kink, but when folks are clearly uncomfortable by it and you apologize (privately) but then proceed to do it to others instead of confiding in them, seeing if they're into that, and then making a deal of popping it on them maybe in the future? Nope, no defense.

The incident in the first paragraph (the one I believe you’re referring to) is one of the ones I think needs more clarity. “They thought it was a joke and laughed it off.“ This makes their exact response unclear. It’s shitty writing on the Times part.

[Rufus]

(Uh, for one, I should probably make it clear I’m arguing in bad faith for fun. This is gross)

You motherfucker, my people skills aren't good enough for this shit.

[CatsCatsCats]

I’m disappointed this Louis CK news is overshadowing my blatant slander of Chris Hardwick

[ToxicAdam]

More dirt: https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-marlee-matlin-accused-william-hurt-of-rape?via=ios

[naff]

None of these dudes have actually been charged though. Categorising them as dead, lmao. Sure it's damaging to their psyche and reputation but ultimately they remain rich old men, more than half the world doesnt give a fuck, and i imagine having their dirty laundry aired for all to see will eventually result in some level of self-actualization and relief. Hell, I bet Weinstein is getting off on his ability to manipulate the system to more-or-less get off scott free (hopefully not true), and i would bet good money Louis will stroke one out while reading the NYT story.   

I’m disappointed this Louis CK news is overshadowing my blatant slander of Chris Hardwick

I dont know her

[TVC15]

Gotta say, I was hoping the Louis reveal would be more than just attaching names to the stories that have been floating around. I was hoping for something like getting Rosie O’Donnell pregnant in the 80s and forcing her to get an abortion at gunpoint, with the experience causing her to turn gay and gain weight from stress eating. That story would have made people feel bad about making fun of her weight for years.

[Mandark]

This makes that new movie of his pretty mind-boggling.

[eleuin]

wait the ck movie is about woody allen?

you can't make this shit up huh

[fistfulofmetal]

Considering the last sexual scandal in the comedy world was Bill Cosby being the most prolific rapist in American history, Louie jerking off in front of people after asking is not going to hurt him. In fact, I expect him to joke about it on stage and everyone will have a giggle and move on.

No way. I don't think it'll kill his career but there's no way this just goes away - not now. If he's smart he acknowledges it by being honest and apologizing and goes away for awhile.

[etiolate]

More dirt: https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-marlee-matlin-accused-william-hurt-of-rape?via=ios

yeesh

[Mr Gilhaney]

Can't help but find this kind of hilarious. Masturbation is going to happen in the morning.

[Diunx]

I like the old CK stuff enough to ignore him forcing women to participate in his weird fetish, then again I'm a certified pervert, I can't even imagine the utterly disgusting and sick shit that would come out about me if I were a hollywood big wig, shit probably revolting enough to earn me an Icon status on the bore.

[etiolate]

Maybe Louis can take a note from Spacey and admit to this and having gone blind.