C.K. staged a surprise show
The owner of the Comedy Cellar said he was entirely unaware that disgraced comedian Louis C.K. would show up Sunday to perform an impromptu set, but called it a “missed opportunity” that C.K. didn’t include his sexual misconduct scandal in his material.
Noam Dworman, owner of the legendary West Village spot, said C.K. offered no advance warning, and simply walked in and was let up on stage by the emcee. “It’s not an open mic, but it’s Louis C.K., somebody famous like that,” Dworman told The Hollywood Reporter. “I haven’t spoken to (the emcee) because I didn’t feel he could say anything other than, ‘OK.’ ”
C.K.’s show was thought to be his first since he admitted to masturbating in front of female colleagues in November, but Dworman says he’d previously given it a go on Long Island – and struck out.
“He did a spot at Governor’s [of Levittown And it was a very, very light crowd and he apparently wasn’t happy with it, and he decided on a spur of the moment to come to the Comedy Cellar,” Dworman said.