11:00 am - 07/17/2012
Louis C.K. appeared on Monday’s “Daily Show” and cleared up a few matters about his role in the whole Daniel Tosh rape-joke controversy.
A tweet that the “Louie” star sent to Tosh — one in which he said that the Comedy Central show “Tosh.0” “makes him laugh” — was written while Louis C.K. was on vacation, not reading the Internet and unaware of the controversy over comments Tosh recently made at the Laugh Factory, he said. The tweet was cited in the blogosphere as evidence that the former boyfriend of Leslie Knope was defending Tosh’s joke.
“I’ve been called a rape apologist because I said hi to a guy,” the comedian told Jon Stewart.
Then he continued, and explained why feminists and comedians are natural enemies. Hoo boy.
“Stereotypically speaking, feminists can’t take a joke,” he said, eliciting groans from “The Daily Show” studio audience, which then prompted Louis C.K. to say, “See?”
“And on the other side, comedians can’t take criticism,” he added
There’s more. And it gets better. Just watch.
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Louis CK continues his fail tour
Louis C.K. appeared on Monday’s “Daily Show” and cleared up a few matters about his role in the whole Daniel Tosh rape-joke controversy.
A tweet that the “Louie” star sent to Tosh — one in which he said that the Comedy Central show “Tosh.0” “makes him laugh” — was written while Louis C.K. was on vacation, not reading the Internet and unaware of the controversy over comments Tosh recently made at the Laugh Factory, he said. The tweet was cited in the blogosphere as evidence that the former boyfriend of Leslie Knope was defending Tosh’s joke.
“I’ve been called a rape apologist because I said hi to a guy,” the comedian told Jon Stewart.
Then he continued, and explained why feminists and comedians are natural enemies. Hoo boy.
“Stereotypically speaking, feminists can’t take a joke,” he said, eliciting groans from “The Daily Show” studio audience, which then prompted Louis C.K. to say, “See?”
“And on the other side, comedians can’t take criticism,” he added
There’s more. And it gets better. Just watch.
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i LOVE the points he makes tbh they're so valid and on point
love him
Edited at 2012-07-17 03:16 pm (UTC)
did you just read what I read and see what I saw jw
#judgingyou
I mean, he was good later on with deflecting the real issue, but Jon wasn't asking him much anyway :/
HOLY lack of context
FUCK. THIS. GUY.
Oh okay cause being bullied isn't fucked up alone, it has to be explained to them WHY at every turn.
I had to explain why the rape joke wasn't funny to someone by finally saying "what if that was your mother he said it to, would it still be funny?" then the eyes opened~
He's a liar & apart from that, he sucks. He can fuck right off.
I just relieved I gave up oh his show.
Edited at 2012-07-17 03:20 pm (UTC)
I can take a joke, you fucking moron. They just have to be funny.
And not about rape.
i just watched the video he said "stereotypically speaking feminists can't take a joke"
Edited at 2012-07-17 03:34 pm (UTC)
So much this.
I love how 90% of ONTD don't bother paying attention to context.
I understand that the government isn't jailing or censoring him, so he still has free speech. People just also have the right to call him out on what he's saying and how wrong it is.
but i don't watch his show so.
he laughed and nodded and laughed and tee-hee'd and agreed an awful lot. :(
I don't think people really grasp the situation Jon's in; Tosh.0 is his lead in (as are, frequently, Comedy Central Stand Up specials) and there's a great deal of overlap between their audiences, so he's not going to express an opinion one way or the other until that douchebag-in-front-of-a-green-screen is handed the pink slip he deserves, at which point (as was the case with Mind of Mencia and Krog Mandoon) the proverbial floodgates will open.
Well he and I are fucking done professionally.
Because yeah.
i've never met someone who makes those "jokes" and was funny tbh. it makes sense, if you were actually funny why would you use something so old and tired? it's always just ppl who think they're being edgy and controversial bc they have no personality
You must be, like, really, really young.
I was joking. I take "Internet vacations" all the time.