Louis C.K. received a “standing ovation” over the weekend at his first show since admitting his sexual misconduct.
The comedian made an unplanned appearance at New York’s Comedy Cellar on Sunday night where he performed a 15 minute set.
The New York Times reports that the crowd “greeted him warmly, with an ovation even before he began.”
Louis C.K. was accused last year of sexual misconduct by five different women, some of whom said that the comedian exposed himself and began masturbating in front of them.
The comedian made his return to comedy last night, performing what the venue’s manager described as “typical Louis C.K. stuff.”
He did not reference the sexual misconduct allegations.
In October last year, Comedians Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov alleged that Louis C.K. invited them back to his hotel room and then asked if he could take his penis out.
The women thought he was joking, but then said, “he really did it.”
“He proceeded to take all of his clothes off, and get completely naked, and started masturbating,” they told the New York Times.
Another comedian, Rebecca Corry, said that in 2005 she appeared on a television pilot with Louis C.K., when he asked her if he could masturbate in front of her.
She said she “declined.”
Following the allegations, Louis C.K. admitted sexual misconduct, saying: “I have to reconcile it with who I am. Which is nothing compared to the task I left them with.”
