History Creator / LouisCK

--> "It's like as a society, we just tell ugly people: 'We don't like your face. Nobody will ever fall in love with you, and it's unanimous.' And we expect ugly people to just go 'Oh no, it's okay; I ''totally'' get it. I'll just ''go without'' the things that... really matter in life.'"

--> "It's like as a society, we just tell ugly people: 'We don't like your face. Nobody will ever fall in love with you, and it's unanimous.' And we expect ugly people to just go 'Oh no, it's okay; I ''totally'' get it. I'll just ''go without'' the things that really matter in life.'"

* HardTruthAesop: He has a tendency to present really unpleasant facts about life in a way that's still funny even though it shouldn't be. For example, he points out that being physically unattractive is the ultimate acceptable targets that no one will ever lobby or protest on behalf of:

In 2011, C.K. broke ground in comedy by releasing a new comedy special, ''Live at the Beacon Theater'', exclusively online, editing it himself and funding all the production costs out of his own pocket. It could be easily bought through [=PayPal=] for only $5, and was not copy-protected. Despite warnings about torrents and illegal downloads, the special made over a million dollars in a few months, even after [=PayPal=] fees. It was so successful that he later donated some of the proceeds, totaling $280,000, to charity. He later released an extended version of his 2013 HBO special, ''Oh My God'', through his website.

This idea was so incredibly successful that fellow comedian Creator/AzizAnsari did a [[FollowTheLeader similar sale]] for his next comedy special. Soon after, Creator/JimGaffigan also released his 2012 comedy special ''Mr. Universe'' in the same way (with some of the proceeds also going to charity). Comedy Central at its ''CC:Direct'' website has since commercialized this model, making its specials from multiple comedians available at the same $5 price point.

On November 9, 2017, the ''New York Times'' published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that C.K. committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX and was dropped by longtime talent agency 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not he had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where he made jokes about gender identity as well as the victims and survivors of the Parkland school shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]]

While C.K.'s career seems to have slowly recovered after self-releasing his 2020 special ''Sincerely Louis C.K.'' to mostly positive reviews (at least according to Website/RottenTomatoes) on top of receiving a Grammy for Best Comedy Album, time will tell if it can result in a [[CareerResurrection full career comeback]].

** Louie was actually raised in Mexico until he was seven and Spanish was his first language. On stage he used to quip [[TakeThat I'm more Mexican than Carlos Mencia.]]

* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: Much attention has been placed on how he writes, directs, produces, stars and edits each episode of ''Louie'', his own stand-up specials and ''I Love You, Daddy''.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Louis manages to deconstruct the ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' series by describing a hypothetical book, in which Clifford accidentally steps on a policeman and gets the death penalty for it.

* DisproportionateRetribution: A bit in ''Live At the Beacon Theater'' is about a kid in his daughter's class that he hates. When he sees the kid bully his daughter, he goes into an elaborate revenge fantasy that culminates in him turning himself gay, turning the kid's dad gay, having sex with him, moving away with him for a couple months, joining a Christian CureYourGays program to make himself straight again, calling the kid's dad a faggot, and making his life miserable from there.

* IfItsYouItsOkay: His bit on Ewan [=McGregor=]. He states emphatically that he's not gay...but that he would happily blow Ewan if he had the chance.
* InkSuitActor: In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' he plays basically himself...if he was a giant man-eating head with an arm growing out the top. "No one wants to get in my mouth. I've got to call my mother."

** The distempered kid known only as Jizanthapus, a name he made up on the spot so he could ''have'' a name for this kid in his routine without actually divulging the child's personal information (the kid is said to be real and was a classmate of CK's eldest daughter).

** Also ''Film/AmericanHustle'', where he plays a by-the-book FBI agent who is the ButtMonkey to Bradley Cooper's Richie.

* SelfDefeatingProphecy: Once stated that no one in the audience of ''Series/InsideTheActorsStudio'', specifically those who ever stood up to ask questions, would ever become famous. Fast forward a few years later when one of his co-stars in ''American Hustle'', Creator/BradleyCooper, actually did ask a question as part of the audience in the aforementioned show.
** Made even more ironic when you consider that Louis' original statement was "There's no way you ask Sean Penn a question and then, you're gonna be HUGE!" and the person who Bradley Cooper did ask a question of in the show was Creator/SeanPenn.

* StupidSexyFlanders: Used hilariously in his special ''Shameless'' with Ewan [=McGregor=] (see IfItsYouItsOkay above).

-->'''Louis:''' Whenever a white lady on CNN with nice hair says "the n-word", that's just white people gettin' away with sayin' "nigger". That's all it is. They found a way to say "nigger". "N-word!" It's bullshit, 'cause when you say "the n-word", you put the word "nigger" ''in the listener's head''. That's what saying a word ''is''. You say "the n-word", I go "Oh, she means 'nigger'." You're makin' ''me'' say it in my head! Why don't ''you'' fuckin' say it instead, and take responsiblity for the shitty words you wanna say?

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was one of many up-and-coming comedians who auditioned to be on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (around the 20th season[[note]]which already was rife with problems centered on its SeasonalRot and NBC wanting the show to end[[/note]]) and didn't make the cut. However, his not becoming an ''SNL'' cast member led to him getting a writing job for ''Late Night with Creator/ConanOBrien''.

Louis Székely (born September 12, 1967), known professionally as Louis C.K., is an American stand-up comedian, screenwriter, actor and filmmaker known for his no-holds-barred, off-color style of comedy, often consisting of brutally honest observations about life and himself.

On November 9, 2017, the ''New York Times'' published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that C.K. committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX and was dropped by longtime talent agency 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not he had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where he made jokes about gender identity as well as the victims and survivors of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]]

On November 9, 2017, the ''New York Times'' published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that C.K. committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX and was dropped by longtime talent agency 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not he had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where he made jokes about the victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]]

* ClusterFBomb: His stand-up comedy is rather infamous for this. Helps that his style finds influence from people like Creator/GeorgeCarlin and Creator/RichardPyror, who have been known to do the same thing.

** He also says that this gets turned UpToEleven when those boys and girls grow up into men and women.

* ClusterFBomb: His stand-up comedy is rather infamous for this. Helps that his style finds influence from people like Creator/GeorgeCarlin, Creator/SteveMartin and Richard Pyror, who have all been known to do the same thing.

Louis Székely (born September 12, 1967), commonly known as Louis C.K., is an American stand-up comedian, screenwriter, actor and filmmaker. He is known for his no-holds-barred, off-color style of comedy, often consisting of brutally honest observations about life and himself. Some of his inspirations are Creator/GeorgeCarlin and Creator/RichardPryor, and it shows.

C.K. started out with comedy towards the back-end of the 1980s, but found the first solid ground of his career as a writer for other comedians including Creator/DavidLetterman, Creator/ConanOBrien, Creator/DanaCarvey and Creator/ChrisRock, as well as ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. He created and starred in ''Series/LuckyLouie'', {{Creator/HBO}}'s first traditional three-camera SitCom, and followed up with ''Series/{{Louie}}'', an autobiographical {{Dramedy}} series on Creator/{{FX|Networks}}. He has also begun to emulate Creator/GeorgeCarlin's practice of creating a new hour-long stand-up special each year. He also co-created ''Series/BetterThings'' with Creator/PamelaAdlon, who stars on the series.

In 2011, he broke ground in comedy by releasing a new comedy special, ''Live at the Beacon Theater'', exclusively online, editing it himself and funding all the production costs out of his own pocket. It could be easily bought through [=PayPal=] for only $5, and was not copy-protected. Despite warnings about torrents and illegal downloads, in a few months the special made over a million dollars, even after [=PayPal=] fees. It was so successful that he later donated some of the proceeds, totaling $280,000, to charity. He later released an extended version of his 2013 HBO special, ''Oh My God'', through his website. He also hosted a comedy special for his friend Todd Barry.

This idea was so incredibly successful that fellow comedian Creator/AzizAnsari did a [[FollowTheLeader similar]] sale for his next comedy special. Soon after, Creator/JimGaffigan also released his 2012 comedy special ''Mr. Universe'' in the same way (with some of the proceeds also going to charity). Comedy Central at its ''CC:Direct'' website has since commercialized this model, making its specials from multiple comedians available at the same $5 price point.

In 2016, he released the comedy drama series ''Series/HoraceAndPete'' on his website.

Aside from his stand-up and television work, C.K. also played supporting roles in a few films, most notably ''Film/AmericanHustle'' and ''Film/BlueJasmine''.

!!Tropes explored in his stand-up and shows

C.K. started out with comedy towards the back-end of the 1980s, but found the first solid ground of his career as a writer for other comedians including Creator/DavidLetterman, Creator/ConanOBrien, Creator/DanaCarvey and Creator/ChrisRock, as well as ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

He created and starred in ''Series/LuckyLouie'', {{Creator/HBO}}'s first traditional three-camera SitCom, and followed up with ''Series/{{Louie}}'', an autobiographical {{Dramedy}} series on Creator/{{FX|Networks}}. He has also begun to emulate Creator/GeorgeCarlin's practice of creating a new hour-long stand-up special each year. He also co-created ''Series/BetterThings'' with Creator/PamelaAdlon, who stars on the series.

In 2011, he broke ground in comedy by releasing a new comedy special, ''Live at the Beacon Theater'', exclusively online, editing it himself and funding all the production costs out of his own pocket. It could be easily bought through [=PayPal=] for only $5, and was not copy-protected. Despite warnings about torrents and illegal downloads, in a few months the special made over a million dollars, even after [=PayPal=] fees. It was so successful that he later donated some of the proceeds, totaling $280,000, to charity. He later released an extended version of his 2013 HBO special, ''Oh My God'', through his website. He also hosts the most recent comedy special for his friend Todd Barry.

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that C.K. committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX and was dropped by longtime talent agency 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not he had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where he made jokes about the victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]]

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that C.K. committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX and was dropped by 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not he had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where he made jokes about the victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]]

In 2011, he broke ground in comedy by releasing a new comedy special, ''Live at the Beacon Theater'', exclusively online, editing it himself and funding all the production costs out of his own pocket. It could be easily bought through Paypal for only $5, and was not copy-protected.

Despite warnings about torrents and illegal downloads, in a few months the special made over a million dollars, even after Paypal fees. It was so successful that he later donated some of the proceeds, totaling $280,000, to charity. He later released an extended version of his 2013 HBO special, ''Oh My God'', through his website. He also hosts the most recent comedy special for his friend Todd Barry.

This idea was so incredibly successful that fellow comedian Creator/AzizAnsari did a [[FollowTheLeader similar]] sale for his next comedy special; Soon after, Creator/JimGaffigan also released his 2012 comedy special ''Mr. Universe'' in the same way (with some of the proceeds also going to charity). Comedy Central at its ''CC:Direct'' website has since commercialized this model, making its specials from multiple comedians available at the same $5 price point.

In 2016 he released the comedy drama series ''Series/HoraceAndPete'' on his website.

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that Louis committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX, as well as having been dropped by 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not C.K. had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where C.K. mocked the young victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]] While Louis' career seems to have slowly recovered after self-releasing his 2020 special ''Sincerely Louis C.K.'' to mostly positive reviews (at least according to Website/RottenTomatoes) on top of receiving a Grammy for Best Comedy Album, time will tell if it can result in a [[CareerResurrection full career comeback]].

Louis Székely (born September 12, 1967), commonly known as Louis C.K., began performing StandUpComedy in the late 1980s. His act has always taken VulgarHumor. His inspirations are Creator/GeorgeCarlin and Creator/RichardPryor, and it shows.

In the 2000s, he began incorporating brutally honest observations about his marriage and children that take RefugeInAudacity, to say the least.

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that Louis committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX, as well as having been dropped by 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not C.K. had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where C.K. mocked the young victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]] While Louis' career seems to have slowly recovered after self-releasing his 2020 special ''Sincerely Louis C.K.'' to mostly positive reviews (at least according to Website/RottenTomatoes) on top of receiving a Grammy for Best Comedy Album,
time will tell if it can result in a [[CareerResurrection full career comeback]].

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that Louis committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX, as well as having been dropped by 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not C.K. had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where C.K. mocked the young victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]] While Louis' career seems to have slowly recovered after self-releasing his 2020 special ''Sincerely Louis C.K.'' to mostly positive reviews (at least according to Website/RottenTomatoes), time will tell if the public will be ready to give him a chance at a [[CareerResurrection full career comeback]].

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that Louis committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX, as well as having been dropped by 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not C.K. had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where C.K. mocked the young victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]] While Louis' career seems to have slowly recovered after self-releasing his 2020 special ''Sincerely Louis C.K.'' to mostly positive reviews (at least according to Website/RottenTomatoes), time will tell if the public will be ready to give him a chance at a full career comeback.

-->from ''Hilarious''

* AllMenArePerverts: Along with AllWomenArePrudes. In ''Live at the Beacon Theater'' he says that the reason why these two tropes are TruthInTelevision is because women are great at sex while men are terrible at it.
-->'''Louis:''' We're so bad at sex, and then we wonder why women aren't, like, really aggressive about sex. We think it's 'cause they don't have as much desire as we do, that's how stupid men are, that we think, "They're just ''weird''! Women are, like, fucked up in the head. 'Cause they don't wanna just fuck all the time. If I was a woman, I'd just fuck everybody! Why don't they wanna fuck all the time? ''I'' do!" Of ''course'' you do! Because when you fuck, you get to fuck a ''woman''! When she fucks, she has to fuck a '''''guy'''''! '''''Wildly''''' different experience! For a man, 100% of the time he's fucking a woman, it's the greatest thing that ever happened in his entire life. For a woman, about 40% of the time she's being fucked by a guy, she's thinking, "I'll get over this in a week. It's not the worst thing. I'm not gonna cry this time..."

* BerserkButton: People who interrupt and heckle, to the point that he not only confronts them, ''but will aggressively single out and pick on someone who doesn't take the hint and shut up.'' Even addressed and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in Series/{{Louie}}:

* BlatantLies: One of his bits is about a confrontation he had with a snob who lived in his apartment complex, where he pretended to be a bum in order to piss the guy off. He ends the story with " ... and he didn't say anything else to me after that ... because none of it actually happened."

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that Louis committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX, as well as having been dropped by 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not C.K. had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where C.K. mocked the young victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]] While Louis's career seems to have slowly recovered after self-releasing his 2020 special ''Sincerely Louis C.K.'' to mostly positive reviews (at least according to Website/RottenTomatoes), time will tell if the public will be ready to give him a chance at a full career comeback.

* SelfDefeatingProphecy: Once stated that no one one in the audience of ''Series/InsideTheActorsStudio'', specifically those who ever stood up to ask questions, would ever become famous. Fast forward a few years later when one of his co-stars in ''AmericanHustle'', Creator/BradleyCooper, actually did ask a question as part of the audience in the aforementioned show.

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that Louis committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX, as well as having been dropped by 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not C.K. had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where C.K. mocked the young victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]] While Louis's career seems to have slowly recovered after self-releasing his 2020 special ''Sincerely Louis C.K.'' to mostly positive reviews (at least according to Website/RottenTomatoes), time will tell if it can result in a full career comeback.

Despite warnings about torrents and illegal downloads, in a few months the special made over a million dollars, even after Paypal fees. It was so successful that he later donated some of the proceeds, totaling $280,000, to charity. He later released an extended version of his 2013 HBO special, ''Oh My God'', through his website. He also hosts the most recent comedy special for his friend [[Movie/TheWrestler Todd Barry]].

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that Louis committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX, as well as having been dropped by 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not C.K. had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where C.K. mocked the young victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]] While Louis's career seems to have slowly recovered after self-releasing his 2020 special ''Sincerely Louis C.K.'' to mostly positive reviews, time will tell if it can result in a full career comeback.

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that Louis committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX, as well as having been dropped by 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not C.K. had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where C.K. mocked the young victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]] While his career seems to have slowly recovered after self-releasing his 2020 special ''Sincerely Louis C.K.'' to mostly positive reviews, time will tell if it can result in a full career comeback.

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that Louis committed from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. lost his production deal with FX, as well as having been dropped by 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not C.K. had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where C.K. mocked the young victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]]

On November 9, 2017, the New York Times published [[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html an article that detailed alleged sexual misconduct that Louis did from the late 90s to 2005.]] From the fallout, C.K. has lost his production deal with FX, as well as having been dropped by 3Arts. [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/9/16630850/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations The next day, he publicly confirmed the allegations.]] He further got himself into hot water the following August when he did an unannounced stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar in New York, leading to a debate over whether or not C.K. had truly atoned for his sins in that short amount of time. Months later, a leaked audio recording of a stand-up act surfaced where C.K. mocked the young victims of the Parkland shooting, which led to both sides of said debate uniting in [[DudeNotFunny condemning him.]]

Louis Székely (born September 12, 1967 in Washington, DC), commonly known as Louis C.K., began performing StandUpComedy in the late 1980s. His act has always taken VulgarHumor. His inspirations are Creator/GeorgeCarlin and Creator/RichardPryor, and it shows.

* {{Gayngst}}: He goes on about an elaborate scheme to get back at the kid who shoved his daughter. He would turn his father gay, and just when he comes out of the closet, he would dump him and leave him as a mess of sexually confused feelings.

* AManIsAlwaysEager: Despite everything above, he has said that it ''is'' actually possible for a man to not be in the mood to have sex... but he'll still do it anyway if a woman is offering, [[ADateWithRosiePalms forcing himself to have an erection if he must]]. A man ''never'' turns down sex out of sheer principle.
** From his "What you get with a basic life" bit:
--->'''Louis:''' You get to put your dick in there and go in '''''and''''' out! Pretty good! And if you're a woman you get to just lay back and just have a dick just shoving in and out of you awkwardly, anytime you want. '''''Any'''''time you want.
* MenUseViolenceWomenUseCommunication: He says the difference between raising boys and raising girls is that "boys fuck things up, but girls are fucked up". Boys merely cause destruction to your property and possessions, while girls leave you with emotional scars that you may not even notice until years later.
** For an example, he talked about a time when his sister-in-law visited him with her son, and her son walks up with a big handful of sand (there was no sand anywhere near the house, so he had no idea where the kid got it) and plopped right into the poor woman's drink ("It's all she had!"). Then Louis talked about a time one of his own daughters accidentally broke one of her toys, so she went to him and [[TallPoppySyndrome demanded that he break one of her sister's toys "to make it fair"]]. What horrified him the most was that he did it without question, not to mention the creepy evil smile on his daughter's face as she watched him do it.

* NWordPrivileges: He hates the phrase "The N Word", because everyone knows what you ''mean'' by it anyway, and he would rather you just take responsibility and say it yourself, rather than forcing someone else to think of it. He loves "[[CountryMatters The C Word]]" however.
** He also defends usage of the word "faggot", because he's used it since before he knew gay people even existed.
--->'''Louis:''' "Faggot" didn't ''mean'' "gay" when I was a kid. You called someone a faggot when they were... [[ShapedLikeItself being a faggot]], you know?

-->'''Louis:''' We're gonna pay hard for this shit, you gotta know that. We're not gonna just fall from #1 to 2, they're gonna hold us down and fuck us in the ass forever, and we totally deserve it. But, for now, ''WHEEEEEEE''!
** Another bit has him describe a white noise machine as a machine white people need to help them sleep at night, because they shouldn't be able to.
** He also seems to have some male guilt as well, as evidenced by this bit from ''Oh My God''.
--->'''Louis:''' A woman saying "yes" to a date with a man is ''literally insane'', and ''ill-advised''... and th-the whole species' existence ''counts on them doing it'', and I don't know how they-[[SuddenlyShouting HOW DO WOMEN]] ''[[SuddenlyShouting STILL]]'' [[SuddenlyShouting GO OUT WITH GUYS]], when you consider that there is ''no'' greater threat to women than men? We're the ''number one threat''! [...] If you're a guy, try to imagine that you could only date a [[MixAndMatchCritters half-bear, half-lion]]. "[[SarcasmMode Oh, I hope]] ''[[SarcasmMode this]]'' [[SarcasmMode one's nice]]..."