Comic Louis C.Ok. took dwelling a Grammy Award Sunday night time, virtually 5 years after admitting to a cycle of sexual misconduct. The comic received Greatest Comedy Album for "Sincerely," his first standup particular launched for the reason that allegations.
The comic has been nominated two prior occasions for comedy albums in 2012 and 2017. That is the second time he is received a Grammy, however the first since a number of girls accused him of sexual misconduct.
In November 2017, a number of girls mentioned C.Ok. uncovered himself to them and masturbated in entrance of them with out consent. C.Ok admitted to the accusations and issued an apology.
"The facility I had over these girls is that they admired me," he mentioned in an announcement. "And I wielded that energy irresponsibly. I've been remorseful of my actions."
In "Sincerely," C.Ok. made a number of feedback addressing the allegations, however in his return to the comedy stage, The New York Instances mentioned he makes an attempt to double down "on the worth of claiming the incorrect factor."
"It is type of like a Negro non secular," he mentioned within the particular whereas discussing consent. "It is kind of comparable. So to imagine that she likes it's like in the event that they heard slaves singing within the subject and you are like, 'Hey, they're having a very good time on the market."
"Comedy like many fields is a male-dominated trade and there is an expectation particularly in case you're a comic, a feminine comic, that you may hold with it, you may take a unclean joke, you will be accepting of some raunch that might be misplaced in most workplaces," New York Instances reporter Melena Ryzik, who broke the story in regards to the allegations in opposition to C.Ok, advised CBS This Morning in 2017.
"One of many issues that is attention-grabbing about this conduct is that it actually hits deeply, and an apology is a superb transfer to make nevertheless it would not essentially erase the ache or the trauma of the unique expertise," she added.
In 2018, C.Ok returned to the world of standup with a efficiency at New York's Comedy Cellar, earlier than making a number of makes an attempt at a comeback. Whereas a lot of his units addressing his sexual misconduct allegations, C.Ok drew controversy over feedback about Auschwitz and the Parkland faculty taking pictures.