New York Post

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SARAH Silverman revealed that comedy pal Louis C.K., who admitted to masturbati­ng in front of multiple women without their permission, used to consensual­ly masturbate in front of her. “I don’t know if I’m going to regret saying this,” Silverman told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show on Monday. “I’ve known Louis forever. I’m not making excuses for him. Please don’t take this that way, but you know, we are peers. We are equals . . . When we were kids, and he asked if he could masturbate in front of me, sometimes I’d go, ‘F - - k yeah, I want to see that.’ ” However, Silverman made clear that her experience doesn’t compare to that of his accusers. “It’s not analogous to the other women in this that are talking about what he did to them,” she said. “He could offer me nothing. We were only just friends. So sometimes, yeah, I wanted to see it . . . It was amazing. Sometimes I would say, ‘ F - - king no, gross,’ and we got pizza.” She continued, “We talked openly, you know, we were letting our freak flags fly . . . I’m just talking about separate experience­s.” Silverman has been outspoken about her feelings on C.K.’s actions, stating that while he is one of her oldest friends, she believes he abused his power. She added, “Can you love someone who did bad things? ...I hope it’s OK if I am at once very angry for the women he wronged and the culture that enabled it ... and also sad, because he’s my friend.” C.K. has been performing again recently, less than a year after he admitted to sexual misconduct.

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