- The premiere of Louis C.K’s new film ‘I Love You Daddy’ was cancelled on Thursday just hours before stars were set to hit the red carpet
- The actor, 50, was also pulled from a planned appearance on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ with William H. Macy replacing him at the last second
- This move comes ahead of the release of a New York Times article about the actor’s personal life
The premiere of Louis C.K’s new film ‘I Love You Daddy’ was cancelled on Thursday
The premiere for Louis C.K’s new film ‘I Love You Daddy’ has been cancelled just hours before the director and star of the film was set to walk the red carpet on Thursday.
This unexpected move comes as The New York Times prepares to release a story about the comedian, who has been accused of sexual misconduct in the past.
Louis C.K. was also pulled from a planned appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Thursday according to The Hollywood Reporter, with William H. Macy being asked to fill in for the actor.
The 50-year-old actor is the father of two teenage daughters with his ex-wife of 13 years, painter Alix Bailey who he divorced in 2008.
He has cited Woody Allen and Bill Cosby as two of his comedy idols.
Roseanne Barr said in a 2016 interview with The Daily Beast that she was ‘speaking up’ about claims and stories she has heard from people over the years about incidents of abuse before naming one person in a bombshell of an allegation.
‘It’s Louis C.K., locking the door and masturbating in front of women comics and writers. I can’t tell you – I’ve heard so many stories. Not just him, but a lot of them,’ alleged Barr.
‘And it’s just par for the course. It’s just sh** women have to put up with.’
Barr later said that she believed Louis C.K. is ‘about to get busted.’
Louis C.K. addressed those allegations in an interview with New York after he landed the cover of the magazine’s special issue on comedy back in 2016, with the interviewer asking how he responded to a Gawker story that detailed the same claims that Barr made in her interview.
The comedian managed to quickly change the subject after saying the story had no impact on him at the time.
‘I don’t care about that. That’s nothing to me. That’s not real.’
When pressed a bit later in the interview about his reluctance to comment on the story, he responded by saying: ‘Well, you can’t touch stuff like that. There’s one more thing I want to say about this, and it’s important: If you need your public profile to be all positive, you’re sick in the head.