Disgraced comedian Louis CK has chosen to dig himself deeper as audio of him poking fun at Parkland shooting victims and transgender youth leaked online on Sunday night.
The audio was originally uploaded to YouTube and claimed to be of CK’s December 16th set at a Levittown, New York, comedy club.
The clip was quickly taken down but not before several Twitter users and media outlets posted snippets and transcripts of the set.
A bulk of the set was dedicated to CK mocking survivors of the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida which claimed 17 fatalities.
“You’re not interesting because you went to a high school where kids got shot,” C.K. said.
“Why does that mean I have to listen to you? How does that make you interesting. You didn’t get shot. You pushed some fat kid in the way. Now I gotta listen to you talking?”
Multiple people have condemned the comments online including Parkland survivors Aalayah Eastmond and Ryan Deitsch and father of shooting victim Fred Guttenberg.
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To anyone who knows Louis CK, please deliver this message for me. My daughter was killed in the Parkland shooting. My son ran from the bullets. My wife and I deal with loss everyday. Why don’t you come to my house and try out your new pathetic jokes? https://t.co/tZI9ThSciR
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) December 31, 2018
Hey Louis CK – since you like making fun of me and other Parkland survivors behind closed doors, I’m right here if you want to talk. Just try to keep it in your pants, ok?
— Aalayah Eastmond (@AalayahEastmond) December 31, 2018
It’s a shame when you sink so low that your comeback plan is to make fun of school shooting survivors for speaking out.
— Ryan Deitsch (@Ryan_Deitsch) December 31, 2018
CK’s set also included jabs at modern attitudes towards gender identity, mocking disabled people (whom he referred to with an offensive slur), outdated racial stereotypes and the use of homophobic slurs.
The comedian was caught up in the #metoo movement last year when he confirmed that he had engaged in sexual misconduct with several women (some of them co-workers) in what was an open secret within the industry.
In the last few months, CK has popped up at The Comedy Cellar in New York and at venues in Paris signalling an attempt at a comeback from the once-popular comic.
