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Tampa’s Side Splitters comedy club has booked six performances by Louis C.K..
The 51-year-old certified creep spent 2018 watching his comedy career unravel after five women accused him of sexual misconduct (including wanking off in their presence), but he’s bringing his attempt at a revival to Carrollwood for shows on Wednesday (8 p.m.), Thursday (8:30 p.m.), Friday (8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.) and Saturday (7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.).
Tickets are listed at $30, and all in attendance will be required to stow their phones away in Yondr cases, which are supposed to prevent recording of the performance. Not sure if the cases were in use when leaked audio from a December 2018 performance found C.K. mocking the Parkland high school shooting survivors and gender pronouns.
You could say that C.K.’s eventual emergence in Tampa was inevitable, too. When Vulture asked 17 comedy talent buyers if they’d book the disgraced funny man, Side Splitters owner Brian Thompson said he would not hesitate, adding that he likes to be open-minded about things.
“Certainly if I was one of the alleged victims I would hate to see his name on things. I’d hate to see him on TV and all,” Thompson said. “But the reality is he is a business, and if he still sells tickets, people will still book him.”
More information is available via sidesplitterscomedy.com.
