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Louis C.K. Wonders if People No Longer Enjoy Being Gay Now That It’s Not Seen as “Bad”

The disgraced comedian has been performing at sold-out shows across the country.

Louis C.K. returned to the stand-up stage last year, after disappearing from public view for a period of time following his admission that an article published by The New York Times in 2017 outlining his sexual misconduct was accurate. His set featured material on topics like the Parkland students and nonbinary people, which stirred up yet more controversy for the comedian.

That set was recorded and leaked online, and now the comic is appearing at comedy clubs and other venues around the country in sold-out shows, delivering yet more new material that is also raising eyebrows.

In addition to suggesting that everyone in the audience had a "thing" sexually that would be embarrassing were it to come to light, and saying they are privileged no one knows about it, unlike with his situation, he also delved back into the LGBTQ community for material.

C.K. wondered if now that being gay has become more accepted, if it hasn't taken some of the fun out of it, the Chicago Tribune reports, with reporter Zach Freeman reading a damning self-revelation between the lines:

And finally, towards the end of his set, he said that while he is glad that homosexuality has become more acceptable in society overall, he wonders if there are any gay people who are actually upset by this acceptance, positing that part of the enjoyment they felt was in engaging in behavior others saw as “bad” or wrong, and considering whether they could even enjoy being gay anymore if it’s not a secret. This bit of pondering felt like his biggest confession of the night, even without a direct mention of his own predilections, serving as a direct rebuke to the claim that he didn’t know what he was doing was wrong as he was doing it. The wrongness of it was the point.

C.K. has upcoming shows scheduled in Rockford, Illinois and Tel Aviv, in Israel.

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