Stephen Colbert responds to Louis C.K. missing his show amid sexual misconduct allegations
On Thursday, five women accused the comedian of sexual misconduct in a New York Times article.
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Comedian and Newton native Louis C.K. did not make his scheduled appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday after five women accused the comedian of sexual misconduct in a New York Times article. In Colbert’s monologue during Thursday’s show, the late-night host made sure everyone knew why C.K. wasn’t there.
“For those of you tuning in to see my interview with Louis C.K. tonight, I have some bad news,” Colbert said. “Then, I have some really bad news.
“Louis canceled his appearance here tonight because The New York Times broke this story today: Five women are accusing Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct,” Colbert said.
“When reached for comment, Jesus said, “‘La-la-la-la-la. I don’t want to hear about it. I was a big fan!’” Colbert continued, using a joke he had employed earlier in his monologue when discussing the Roy Moore scandal.
Colbert — whose big break into comedy came as a writer and performer on The Dana Carvey Show, for which C.K. served as head writer — also called the allegations against C.K. “disturbing.” He noted that they were “the latest in an avalanche of allegations against powerful and prominent men,” mentioning Harvey Weinstein, Bill O’Reilly, Roger Ailes, and Kevin Spacey.
Colbert’s jokes about C.K. garnered different responses, with The Hollywood Reporter tweeting that Colbert “opened his monologue tackling the Louis C.K. news head-on,” while the Times headlined its article, “Stephen Colbert goes easy on Louis C.K.“
Trevor Noah also addressed the allegations against C.K. on Thursday’s episode of The Daily Show. The late-night host mentioned how he thought a story about Facebook’s attempts to combat revenge porn by having users upload nude photos to the service would be “the most pervy story” of the day.
“And then Louis C.K. said, ‘Hold my penis,'” Noah said.
“Like, at this point, we’re going to need a new Oscar category this year: best actor whose movies we can’t watch anymore,” Noah continued. “Now that I think about it, all women in Hollywood should win double Oscars for acting like all the men were cool all along, every single one of them. This s*** is insane.”
