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    Louis C.K. is on a bizarre comeback tour. But he's afraid you'll find out about his post-#MeToo jokes

    by Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times Nov 18, 2019 7 minutes

    On a brisk November night, a solitary man wandered around the plaza outside the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts on the edge of downtown. He had just flown alone from New York to see his favorite comic, Louis C.K., and he had an extra ticket.

    He couldn't find anyone to join him.

    Shortly before the show started, you could have picked up a pair of $49.50 orchestra seats for $9 a pop on the ticket site Vivid Seats. After hitting the bar of a nearby hotel and asking numerous people outside the box office if they needed a ticket, the man went in by himself.

    "I don't blame anyone for not wanting to see him after what he did," he told me, declining to give his name because of the controversy surrounding C.K. "I love him, but I don't want to get in any trouble."

    Two years after admitting to sexual misconduct with female comedians and associates, Louis C.K. is back on tour, landing for the time being in some pretty far-flung locales. I caught two shows in Richmond, Va., before arriving in Raleigh, N.C., to watch C.K. perform his act. Next he's heading to Illinois

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