Here’s how a Louis C.K. accuser responded to Sarah Silverman’s masturbation story
"He’s a predator who victimized women for decades and lied about it."
Following the Monday airing of comedian Sarah Silverman’s satellite radio interview in which she said that fellow comedian Louis C.K. had masturbated in front of her with her consent, one of the comedians who accused C.K. of sexual misconduct in a November 2017 New York Times article took to Twitter to respond.
C.K., a Newton native, disappeared from the spotlight in 2017 after five women accused him of sexual misconduct in the aforementioned Times article. Shortly after its publication, C.K. released a statement, saying, “These stories are true.”
Silverman spoke to Howard Stern on his satellite radio show about times that C.K. masturbated in front of her with permission when the two were young and up-and-coming comics. Silverman said she believed her situation was very different from the ones described by the other comics in the Times article because she and C.K. had a completely different power dynamic in their relationship.
“It’s not analogous to the other women that are talking about what he did to them,” Silverman told Stern. “Because he could offer me nothing. We were only just friends. So sometimes, yeah, I wanted to see it, it was amazing. Sometimes I’d be like, ‘F****** gross, no,’ and we’d get pizza.’”
Comedian Rebecca Corry, who told the Times in 2017 that she declined C.K.’s request to masturbate in front of her while the two were working on a television pilot in 2005, shared her response to Silverman’s interview on Twitter.
“To be real clear, CK had ‘nothing to offer me’ as I too was his equal on the set the day he decided to sexually harrass [sic] me,” Corry tweeted. “He took away a day I worked years for and still has no remorse. He’s a predator who victimized women for decades and lied about it.”
https://twitter.com/TheRebeccaCorry/status/1054471083967959040
Silverman quickly tweeted her apologies to Corry, calling Corry a friend and saying she can’t seem to promote her TV show without being asked about C.K.
“Rebecca I’m sorry,” Silverman wrote. “Ugh this is why I don’t like weighing in. I can’t seem to do press 4 my show w/out being asked about it. But you’re right- you were equals and he f***** with you and it’s not ok. I’m sorry, friend. You are so talented and so kind.”
Corry acknowledged Silverman’s apology and the difficulties of the situation.
“Thank you,” Corry wrote. “I know exactly how you feel. I can’t seem to live my life without getting rape & death threats, harassed & called a c*** regularly for simply telling the truth. I’m sorry your friend created this situation. We deserve to do our art without having to deal with this s***.”
https://twitter.com/TheRebeccaCorry/status/1054478976805101568
