Louis CK and Chris Rock are SLAMMED for using the n-word in years-old interview

Louis CK and Chris Rock are under fire after a years-old video resurfaced in which they both freely use the n-word.

The 2011 clip from HBO’s Talking Funny special shows the two comedians sitting with Jerry Seinfeld and Ricky Gervais as Rock calls CK ‘the blackest white guy I f***ing know’.  

‘You’re saying I’m a n****r?’ CK asks.  

‘Yes, you are the n****rest f****ing white man I have ever met,’ Rock says while CK and Gervais laugh as Seinfeld watches uncomfortably and says he wouldn’t use the term anywhere. 

The exchange sparked an upheaval on social media with users bashing CK for using the slur, scolding Rock for allowing it and praising Seinfeld not condoning it.

A 2011 clip from HBO’s Talking Funny special featuring comedians Louis CK, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and Ricky Gervais resurfaced

During the clip, Rock calls CK ‘the blackest white guy I f***ing know,’ to which CK asks ‘You’re saying I’m a n****r?’

The interview created mixed feelings on social media with many disappointed with Rock for ‘allowing’ CK to use the slur a total of four times throughout the interview and not stepping in to stop him. 

Author and activist DeRay McKessson asked: ‘What was Chris Rock thinking?’, while Bishop Talbert Swan said: ‘Why the hell was @chrisrock shucking, jiving and laughing with them?’

Seinfeld tells Rock during the interview: ‘I don’t think he [CK] could do that. I don’t think he has those qualities.’

‘No, you don’t really understand,’ Rock says, defending CK. ‘You don’t know him like…I’ve worked with him.’ 

The pair worked together on the 2001 film Pootie Tang, which CK directed and Rock starred in.  

During the interview CK went on to declare: ‘We say n****r on stage,’ referring to himself and Rock.  

At one point, Gervais even threw around the slur while attempting to claim he doesn’t use it. 

‘Who says n****r on stage? We don’t,’ said Gervais, referring to himself and Seinfeld. 

‘You just did,’ Seinfeld corrected him. The comedian went on to say he doesn’t find the humor in the n-word, ‘nor do I seek it’.   

The men discuss using the n-word in comedy while Seinfeld appears visibly uncomfortable and says he would never use the term

At one point, Gervais says the slur while CK says it a total of four times

Social media users were quick bash CK and Gervais and scold Rock for allowing the men to say the derogatory term

Journalist Jemele Hill expressed how saying the n-word around her is unacceptable 

Author and activist DeRay McKessson asked: ‘What was Chris Rock thinking?’ in condoning the use of the n-word 

This is the second blow to CK’s career after he was forced to apologize in 2017 for sexual harassment toward multiple women. 

One woman on Twitter wrote: ‘So much cringe. LCK and Gervais were throwing the word around with so much glee, Chris Rock serving up his finest coon moment.’

‘I know black folks who are completely comfortable with white people saying the n-word in their presence. Have had to tell a few white folks I’m not that black person,’ journalist Jemele Hill said. ‘Still it says something the only person who was uncomfortable was Seinfeld.’ 

Meanwhile, others appear tired of the latest social media trend of uncovering years-old bad behavior. 

‘People are angry at Chris Rock on Dec. 22, 2018 for a skit that aired on April 22, 2012. The world has too much time on its hands and too much of an incessant need to be outraged,’ Carmine Sabia wrote. 

This incident mirrors Kevin Hart’s ordeal earlier this month when he was forced to step down as the host of the Academy Awards due 10-year-old homophobic tweets that resurfaced.   

Others praised Seinfeld for being the voice of reason and refusing to say the term