Jerry Seinfeld said in a recent interview that audiences will be the ones to decide the future of Louis CK comedy career, which the disgraced stand-up is trying to revive a year after he admitted to allegations of exposing himself to female employees and other comedians without their consent. Seinfeld’s not wrong, especially now that audiences are now being given the opportunity to decide whether or not they want to see CK perform.
As The New York Times reports, CK’s name was, for the first time since he reemerged in August, placed on the bill of the Comedy Cellar, where he’s previously performed a number of surprise sets. The Times reports that the billing drew protestors, one of whom brandished a sign reading, “When you support Louis CK, you tell women your laughter is more important than their sexual assaults and loss of their careers.”