This is so depressing I have to be in this convo for catharsis, as much as I wish it would die. IF it's true but...at this point... He probably thought his behavior was ok on some level because people are protecting him. I just read the internet on this over the last days because I was so disappointed this was coming out and I don't want anything to happen to any of their careers. It sounds like she was not trying to 'out' him at all because she assumes that people have heard this all before and it seemed that she was sort of coming from a place of trying to forgive and forget. I thought she was simply speaking honestly about her own experiences. I also think it could be more complicated than threats from managers. Comedians probably respect each other's issues, they are in some sense colleagues, C.K. has been pretty open about his dark side about women. Even in this season's finale "The Road" all I could think of when he got to that condo with Kenny was 'ok, how is it even a question why there aren't more women in stand-up? Imagine having to deal with that AND learning a job that is scary itself?' Lucky for us fans, there are some really funny women who do and that is why I feel conflicted. It shouldn't be like this and if this is still going on, it should come out, right? Nothing ever gets better until people talk about it. But then again... Sexual harassment (which is what we're talking about here, not assault as far as I know) is perhaps just too complex of an issue for our culture since we can't even get rape right yet. No good would come from it; C.K. would survive this but it would certainly be bad if he could no longer explore this kind of stuff, it's what he's great at. It's definitely not worth Kirkman or anyone else hurting their career over, she's earned it and she has more important things to do.

thank you redddit for that little therapy session :)