“We never agreed nor asked [Louis C.K.] to take all his clothes off and masturbate to completion in front of us. But it didn’t matter because the exciting part for him was the fear on our faces”
Louis C.K. Photo: Brian de Rivera Simon/WireImage One of the five women who accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct in a 2017 New York Times report has come forward publicly for the first time to clear up an important part of her story. Julia Wolov, one half of the comedy team Dana & Julia, wrote a piece for Canadian Jewish News this week, and its title gets right to the point: “Counterpoint: I Didn’t Consent to Louis C.K. Masturbating in Front of Me.
Breslin, who owns the Toronto comedy club Yuk Yuk’s, wrote the initial op-ed to explain why he recently welcomed C.K. to his club to perform eight shows over five nights and how financially successful the run of shows turned out to be, noting that the club broke a record with how fast the shows sold out. “Tickets were seen on resale sites selling up to $1,000 a ticket,” he wrote.
Wolov also takes issue with the way Breslin wraps up his article, in which he talks about C.K. revealing onstage that his grandfather was a Hungarian Jew who escaped the Nazis. When Breslin heard this, “I felt even better about my decision to book him,” he wrote. “Since Breslin seems to take pride in his Judaism, he should know that four of the five women from the Times article are Jewish. The author’s attempt to convince himself and the Jewish community of the validity of supporting C.K. by saying he is part Jewish is shameful,” Wolov writes, adding that she receives “consistent hate mail” and even death threats from C.K.
“We too work in comedy. We will probably never make tens of millions of dollars to lose. Louis C.K. is still very wealthy,” Wolov continues. “Although we may never have the stature to perform at Yuk Yuk’s, we will continue to navigate our careers the best we can. So, when you pat yourself on the back for Louis C.K.’s career resurgence and helping your business thrive, maybe think about the human beings encumbered in this story.
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