Louis CK announces first international tour since sexual misconduct scandal saw his TV show axed

Controversy-driven Louis CK is going on his first international tour since returning to the stage with jokes that made fun of the Parkland High School shootings and the Nazi concentration death camp at Auschwitz. 

The tour is part of CK’s comeback after sexual harassment allegations were made against him by five women, whom he admitted he masturbated in front of.

CK’s website has the tour kicking off in Richmond, Virginia, on November 2, and continuing on making several stops in US cities before heading off to Israel, Italy and Slovakia. He then returns back to America for appearances in several more cities before ending in New Orleans on January 31.

Louis CK (pictured in 2016) is going on his first international tour since returning to the stage with jokes that made fun of the Parkland High School shootings and the Nazi concentration death camp at Auschwitz

Tickets for the 'DO NOT SELL - LOUIS CK' tour opener at the Dominion Energy Center's Carpenter Theatre are $39.50 to $49.50, according to CK's website (above)

Tickets for the ‘DO NOT SELL – LOUIS CK’ tour opener at the Dominion Energy Center’s Carpenter Theatre are $39.50 to $49.50, according to CK’s website (above)

Tickets for the ‘DO NOT SELL – LOUIS CK’ tour opener at the Dominion Energy Center’s Carpenter Theatre are $39.50 to $49.50. 

By comparison, the band Goo-Goo Dolls is asking $38 to $1573 for its performance at the same venue later in the month.

CK promises he will add more dates and says he expects to, ‘See you all (or some of you anyway) on the road’.

CK, also a writer, actor and filmmaker, returned to the comedy stage in August 2018, less than a year after five women had accused him of sexual misconduct, which he later admitted to. 

The women were mostly comedians who said he asked to watch them masturbate or forced them to watch him masturbate.

For years rumors swirled that the comedian used his status and power to harass female comedians.

After the allegations arose, the comedian immediately confessed they were true.

‘These stories are true. What I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them to look at your d*ck isn’t a question. It’s a predicament for them. The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly’, he said in a statement released just a day after the allegations came forward.

Despite his confession, he faced no legal consequences for the sexual misconduct.

However, his stand-up special was cut from Netflix and his relationship with HBO and FX were also axed.

Just nine months later he returned to the spotlight. It wouldn’t be long before he was creating more controversy for himself during an appearance at a Long Island comedy club in December, where he made reference to Parkland.

Students David Hogg, 18, and Emma Gonzalez, 19, became faces of the gun reform movement following the devastating Parkland shooting on February 14, 2018 where 17 people were killed at the hands of gunman Nikolas Cruz. 

CK’s unleashed his brash, unapologetic style on the students. 

‘They testify in front of Congress these kids…What are you doing? You’re young you should be crazy, you should be unhinged. Not in a suit saying ‘I’m here to tell you…’ F**k you’, he said in a clip leaked form the performance.

‘You’re not interesting because you went to a high school where kids got shot. Why does that mean I have to listen to you? Why does that make you interesting. You didn’t get shot. You pushed some fat kid in the way and now I gotta listen to you talking’.

All the while the audience can be heard laughing during what was the comedian’s sixth sold-out show at the club.

The comedian also made fun of today’s youth and belittled gender-identity terms in his set.  

Despite his confession to sexually harassing women, CK faced no legal consequences for the sexual misconduct. Protesters are pictured outside one of his shows in San Jose, California

Despite his confession to sexually harassing women, CK faced no legal consequences for the sexual misconduct. Protesters are pictured outside one of his shows in San Jose, California

‘I’m so disappointed in the younger generation honestly because I’m 51 years old and I was 18 and in my 20s we were idiots. We were getting high doing mushrooms and sh*t…I was kind of excited to be in my 50s and see people in my 20s and be like these kids are crazy, these kids are nice…but they’re not!’ he said.

‘They’re just boring. F**king telling me you shouldn’t say that. What are you an old lady?…You should address me…as they/them because I identify as gender neutral. You should address me as there…because I’m a location…and the location is your mother’s c***’, he added.

He compared them to royalty for demanding specific gender titles that they feel comfortable with.

The video of his set was posted on YouTube.

In his hour-long spiel he talked about his difficult year and how he lost $35million and alluded it to the sexual misconduct allegations against him.

‘I live in New York. I f**king hate it now. I loved New York for 20 years. Now I’d rather be in Auschwitz, honestly. I mean Auschwitz now’, he said.

In previous sets he said he feels that everyone hates him and was booed in public.

The clip sparked outrage on Twitter with users calling him a ‘monster’.

CK on his website says he is on ‘on the road doing professional stand-up comedy,’ providing no hint of the controversial tone he’s taken. He describes his act as consisting of ‘sharing jokes, stories, observations, lies, non-lies, and being generally ridiculous for the benefit of a laughing audience’.

'I live in New York. I f**king hate it now. I loved New York for 20 years. Now I'd rather be in Auschwitz, honestly. I mean Auschwitz now,'  said of the city following his fall from grace. He is pictured walking his dog in Manhattan's Greenwich Village in January

‘I live in New York. I f**king hate it now. I loved New York for 20 years. Now I’d rather be in Auschwitz, honestly. I mean Auschwitz now,’  said of the city following his fall from grace. He is pictured walking his dog in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village in January

 

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