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Before the New YorkTimesreported onmultiple sexual-misconduct allegations against Louis C.K.
in 2017that the comedianadmitted were true, the biggest confirmed drama surrounding C.K.
was between him and Dane Cook, who is featured in anew profile inThe Hollywood Reportertoday.
It helped him, it really did.
It was like he was on a press tour because of it.
Cook went on to say that several reporters reached out to him in 2017 when theTimesreport on C.K.
was published, but he decided not to comment at the time.
People were like, What do you think about this guy?
But I didnt speak out, he said.
Yeah, it sucked what happened to me, but I knew what I did and didnt do.
In a 2014Splitsider interview, Cook explained the joke-stealing accusations more deeply.
The reason why there wasnt any kind of closure before [C.K.]