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0:03 WAS OVER, THE SMILE THAT HE GAVE, IT WAS A MAJESTIC MOMENT.
0:05 GAVE, IT WAS A MAJESTIC MOMENT.
0:10 I NEED TO, WHILE YOURE HERE, ASK FOR YOUR COMMENT ONRE HERE,
0:12 ASK FOR YOUR COMMENT ON SOMETHING QUICKLY.
0:13 SOMETHING QUICKLY.
0:14 YOUR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, LOUIS YOUR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, LOUIS C.K.,
0:22 HAS BEEN ACCUSED AND ADMITTED TO LEWD ACTS
0:23 IN FRONT ADMITTED TO LEWD ACTS IN FRONT OF WOMEN.
0:25 OF WOMEN.
0:25 WHAT WAS IT WHEN YOU HEARD THE WHAT WAS IT WHEN YOU HEARD THE ACCUSATIONS?
0:28 ACCUSATIONS?
0:33 STUNNED, I THINK.
0:33 YOU GIVE YOUR FRIENDS THE YOU GIVE YOUR FRIENDS THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
0:35 BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
0:35 I TRY TO THINK OF IT IN TERMS I TRY TO THINK OF IT IN TERMS
0:39 OF, IVE HAD FRIENDS WHO HAVE OF, IVE HAD
0:41 FRIENDS WHO HAVE COMPULSIONS AND HAVE DONE THINGS GAMBLING,
0:43 DRINKING OR DRUGS.INGS GAMBLING, DRINKING OR DRUGS.
0:44 AND WE LOST SOME OF THEM.
0:45 AND WE LOST SOME OF THEM.
0:46 SOME OF THEM HAVE DIED.
0:47 SOME OF THEM HAVE DIED.
0:48 AND YOU FIND YOURSELF AT A AND YOU FIND
0:50 YOURSELF AT A MOMENT OF, DID I MISS SOMETHING?
0:53 MOMENT OF, DID I MISS SOMETHING?
0:53 COULD I HAVE DONE MORE?
0:54 COULD I HAVE DONE MORE?
0:54 IN THIS SITUATION, WE ALL COULD IN THIS SITUATION, WE ALL COULD HAVE.
1:01 HAVE.
1:02 YOU FEEL ANGER ON WHAT HE DID TO YOU FEEL ANGER ON WHAT HE DID TO PEOPLE.
1:05 PEOPLE.
1:05 COMEDY ON ITS BEST DAY IS NOT A COMEDY
1:07 ON ITS BEST DAY IS NOT A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN.
1:09 BUT WHEN WE STARTED 30 YEARS BUT WHEN WE STARTED 30 YEARS AGO,
1:11 IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.
1:11 AGO, IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.
1:12 TO DO IT WAS AN ACT OF BRAVERY TO DO IT WAS AN ACT OF BRAVERY IN ITSELF.
1:15 IN ITSELF.
1:16 THE IDEA THERE WAS AN ADDED THE IDEA THERE WAS AN ADDED LAYER OF PRESSURE
1:21 AND LAYER OF PRESSURE AND MANIPULATION AND FEAR
1:24 AND MANIPULATION AND FEAR AND HUMILIATION, AND NOT— LOOK.
1:26 HUMILIATION, AND NOT— LOOK.
1:27 I DONT WANT TO MAKE THIS LIKE, I DONT WANT TO MAKE THIS LIKE,
1:28 LOUIS WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE LOUIS WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE BUSINESS.
1:29 BUSINESS.
1:30 ITS NOT.
1:31 ITS ENDEMIC.
1:32 ITS ENDEMIC.
1:33 AND I IMAGINE YOU WALK THROUGH AND I IMAGINE YOU WALK THROUGH 30 ROCK.
1:35 30 ROCK.
1:39 AND THINK ITS A QUESTION, WERE USED TO BEING IN CHARGE.,
1:40 WERE USED TO BEING IN CHARGE.
1:41 AND I THINK IF YOU TALK TO WOMEN,
1:42 THEYRE IN A VERY TO WOMEN, THEYRE IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION.
1:44 DIFFICULT POSITION.
1:45 AND YOU GET MAD AT YOURSELF, AND YOU GET MAD AT YOURSELF, TOO,
1:50 FOR LAUGHING IT OFF OR MORE TOO,
1:52 FOR LAUGHING IT OFF OR MORE THINKING, THAT DIDNT HAPPEN.
1:53 THINKING, THAT DIDNT HAPPEN.
1:54 THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
1:55 THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
1:56 SOME WOMEN IN THE INDUSTRY SAY,
1:57 SOME WOMEN IN THE INDUSTRY SAY, THIS IS AN OPEN SECRET.
1:58 THIS IS AN OPEN SECRET.
1:58 RIGHT.
1:59 RIGHT.
1:59 BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU SAID BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU SAID YOU WERE STUNNED.
2:01 YOU WERE STUNNED.
2:02 I WAS STUNNED.
2:02 I WAS STUNNED.
2:03 YOU HADNT HEARD THAT?
2:04 YOU HADNT HEARD THAT?
2:06 I HEARD— A CAREER AGO, I I HEARD— A CAREER AGO,
2:09 I WAS DOING A PODCAST WITH DAVID WAS DOING A PODCAST WITH DAVID AXELROD.
2:10 AXELROD.
2:11 AND A MAN IN THE AUDIENCE ASKED AND A MAN IN THE AUDIENCE ASKED ME ABOUT IT.
2:15 ME ABOUT IT.
2:17 AND I HADNT HEARD OF ANY OF IT.
2:19 SO, I WAS— HE SAID, WHAT DOT.
2:20 SO, I WAS— HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
2:21 THE ALLEGATIONS YOU THINK ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST LOUIS C.K.
2:23 AGAINST LOUIS C.K.
2:24 AND MY FIRST RESPONSE WAS, WHAT?
2:25 AND MY FIRST RESPONSE WAS, WHAT?
2:25 JOKE, JOKE.
2:25 JOKE, JOKE.
2:30 AS HE KEPT GOING, I KNOW THIS IS AS HE KEPT GOING, I KNOW THIS IS SERIOUS.
2:31 SERIOUS.
2:32 I KNOW LOUIS.
2:32 I KNOW LOUIS.
2:34 HES ALWAYS BEEN A GENTLEMAN, TO HES ALWAYS BEEN A GENTLEMAN, TO ME.
2:35 ME.
2:38 IT SPEAKS TO THE BLINDNESS THAT A MAN HAS.TO THE BLINDNESS THAT A MAN HAS.
2:40 HEY, HES A GOOD GUY.
2:41 HEY, HES A GOOD GUY.
2:42 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
2:43 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
2:44 DIGGING AROUND IN IT AND FINDING DIGGING AROUND
2:46 IN IT AND FINDING THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD DONE,
2:47 IT THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD DONE, IT WAS HARD.
2:47 WAS HARD.
2:51 BUT WE WERE ALL ASSURED, NO.
2:52 BUT WE TOOK SOMEBODYS WORD FOR BUT WE TOOK SOMEBODYS WORD FOR IT.
2:54 IT.
2:54 AND MAYBE THATS— THATS AN AND MAYBE THATS— THATS AN ERROR ON OUR PART.
2:57 ERROR ON OUR PART.
2:58 WITH DRUGS, WEVE TRIED WITH DRUGS,
3:00 WEVE TRIED INTERVENTIONS AND MAYBE THATS INTERVENTIONS
3:03 AND MAYBE THATS SOMETHING THAT— SOMETHING THAT—
3:07 HAVE YOU TALKED TO LOUIS
3:07 HAVE YOU TALKED TO LOUIS C.K.?
3:08 C.K.?
3:12 ITS A RECKONING IN OUR ITS A RECKONING IN OUR CULTURE.
3:13 CULTURE.
3:14 AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND AND APPRECIATE
3:15 YOUR TIME AND THOUGHTFULNESS ABOUT IT.
3:16 THOUGHTFULNESS ABOUT IT.
3:16 NO.
3:17 NO.
3:17 ITS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
3:18 ITS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
3:18 ITS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ITS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ENDEMIC,
3:22 SYSTEMIC, COMPLEX PROBLEMS THAT, YOU KNOW,
3:23 WE ALL PROBLEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVENT HAD THE URGENCY FOR.
3:24 HAVENT HAD THE URGENCY FOR.
3:26 AND CERTAINLY, MYSELF INCLUDED.
3:27 AND CERTAINLY, MYSELF INCLUDED.
3:28 I HOPE IT CHANGES.
3:28 I HOPE IT CHANGES.
3:29 LEAVE IT AT THAT.
3:30 LEAVE IT AT THAT.
3:31 GUYS, GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND.
3:31 GUYS, GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND.
3:32 THANK YOU.
3:32 THANK YOU.
3:34 FOR A GREAT CAUSE.
3:34 FOR A GREAT CAUSE.
3:35 MICHELLE, NICE TO SEE YOU.
3:35 MICHELLE, NICE TO SEE YOU.
3:36 ITS GOOD.
3:36 ITS GOOD.
3:37 ITS A GOOD CAUSE.