'Not a good look': Did comedian Aziz Ansari know about Louis C.K. and keep quiet?

In light of the disturbing — and now officially confirmed — allegations against actor-comedian Louis C.K., Hollywood’s complicity in — and enabling of — rampant sexual predation looks even worse. The question people keep asking over and over is: How could they allow this to get so bad? This 2015 exchange between the Daily Beast’s Marlow Stern and comedian Aziz Ansari really sheds some light on that:

Here's what happened when I asked Aziz Ansari about the Louis CK allegations: https://t.co/14u2cueVBv pic.twitter.com/LUM07EE5Qp

— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) November 10, 2017

Hmmm.

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It’s not clear what — if anything — Ansari knew about Louis C.K. back then, but that was a pretty dramatic about-face.

Aw Aziz, come on man…

— waywardworldhopper (@worldhopper_os) November 10, 2017

So disappointing.

— Not Today (@thisizfine) November 10, 2017

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