Louis C.K.’s jokes about Parkland shooting survivors stoke outrage: ‘You’re not interesting because you went to a high school where kids got shot’
- Louis C.K. also mocked young people demanding gender-neutral pronouns
- The comedian fell from grace in 2017 after he admitted to sexual misconduct
Comedian Louis C.K. is back in hot water after cracking jokes about non-binary youth and survivors of the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
The embattled comedian, who fell from grace in 2017 after admitting to multiple acts of sexual misconduct, has continued his rounds on the stand-up circuit. But some of his new material had many up in arms when leaked audio was posted online this weekend.
According to TMZ, the audio first appeared on YouTube, noting that the set took place on December 16, though it did not specify a location. The clip has since been removed, but former Jimmy Kimmel Live writer Jack Allison shared a particularly coarse snippet on Twitter on Sunday that highlighted some of C.K.’s offending remarks.
“I’m a little disappointed in the younger generation,” C.K. said, explaining that today’s youth should be up to no good and getting high. And, as a man in his 50s, he was excited to see 20-year-olds be crazy.
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The Emmy Award winner then skewered them, calling them boring and too politically correct, and mimicked those who prefer to be addressed in gender-neutral ways.