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Louis C.K.’s albumSincerely Louis C.K. was named best comedy album at Sunday’s 2022Grammy Awards.
Thecontroversial stand-up comedianhad been nominated against Nate Bargatze (The Greatest Average American), Lewis Black (Thanks for Risking Your Life), Lavell Crawford (The Comedy Vaccine), Chelsea Handler (Evolution), and Kevin Hart (Zero F—s Given).
He did not appear at the ceremony, nor was his win televised on the CBS broadcast.
This was C.K.’s third Grammy win in the category, and first since he admitted to sexual misconduct in 2017.
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C.K. joked about the sexual misconduct allegations in his album, addressing what happened and the effect it had on his experience of being out in the public after they surfaced.
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Five women had detailed their experiences with C.K. in a bombshell 2017New York Timesreport, claiming thatC.K. masturbated in front of themand others without their consent. At the time, C.K. responded with alengthy statement, saying “these stories are true” and taking a step back from the spotlight.
“The hardest regret to live with is what you’ve done to hurt someone else. And I can hardly wrap my head around the scope of hurt I brought on them,” he said. “I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen.”
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He returned to the stage in 2018, doing sets at NYC’s Comedy Cellarto much protest. Anationwide comedy tourwas announced last August.
“‘Cancel culture’ seems pretty selective, hmm?” wrote Sarah Ann Masse, one of the more than 80 women who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct. “And thanks so much to our industry for once again telling us that survivors don’t matter.”
Back in a November interview withThe Wrap,Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. defended the organization’s decision to grant people like C.K. a nomination, explaining that it won’t “restrict” the people who submit their work for consideration.
“We won’t look back at people’s history, we won’t look at their criminal record, we won’t look at anything other than the legality within our rules of, is this recording for this work eligible based on date and other criteria,” Mason told the outlet. “If it is, they can submit for consideration.”
However, he made it clear that what the organizationcancontrol is who appears at its shows and events.
“What we will control is our stages, our shows, our events, our red carpets. We’ll take a look at anyone who is asking to be a part of that, asking to be in attendance, and we’ll make our decisions at that point,” he explained. “But we’re not going to be in the business of restricting people from submitting their work for our voters to decide on.”
source: people.com
