When was Louis C.K. accused of misconduct? Comedian reflects on the allegations in new podcast appearance

Comedian and actor Louis Alfred Székely, aka Louis C.K., reflected on his past #MeToo allegations in a recent episode of the This Past Weekend podcast with Theo Von on September 19. The accusations of s*xual misconduct against him came about in 2017, when The New York Times posted a report. In the report, five women made almost similar claims of Louis attempting to pleasure himself in front of them.

Meanwhile, at one point during the conversation, Theo Von brought up the incident. Replying to his thoughts, Louis C.K. said:

“And um when the when life f*cks it up for you, when it gets torn up, it's a relief. That's why I felt free, you know. Because I had tried to manage these problems I had inside of me for so many years. And I tried to to feel like I was like a normal person or that I was like a what I thought of as a good person, but I was doing sh*t in the background of my life that I was ashamed of.”

Louis C.K. said he was hurting others while making himself believe he wasn’t. In The New York Times report, two women claimed that when they met Louis at a hotel room, he bared himself and started self-pleasuring. In another case, he sought permission from a different person, but they declined. He also told Von:

“By the grace of my own f*cking mistakes, my own f*ckups, they all came back and took everything away from me. And it was the most thing I was most afraid of the in the whole world. And it happened. The scariest possible thing. And it happened like now people know about me. They know. They like deeply know. And not perfectly either.”

What did Louis C.K. say when the allegations were raised against him?

According to a report by Toofab, in 2017, following the accusations, Louis C.K. released a statement saying that the claims were not false. He said back then, he thought it was fine because he always asked women first. However, later in life, he realized that since he had power over them, it wasn’t a fair question, as it put them in an uncomfortable situation.

Reflecting on the time when the incident happened, Louis C.K. told Von:

“And you lose everything you were working for. The people you hurt, everybody knows about it now. And also, people who love are hurt by it. I hurt a lot of people who love me by mismanaging that and letting and willfully becoming big enough as a famous person that the downfall hurt a lot of people. People I love. So, it was like unbearable.”

Louis C.K. explained that during that time, he didn’t feel safe anywhere, not even in his own mind. He was filled with anger and self-pity, which made things even harder. He said the toughest part was losing peace inside his own head.

He believed people usually stay strong by supporting each other, but when someone loses self-love, it can make them feel cut off from others. He also thought that many people who mess up badly, like he did, often start with low self-esteem.

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