Aziz Ansari addresses sexual misconduct allegation in new Netflix special: 'I just felt terrible'
story of being inappropriate after a date, saying she felt pressured into oral sex. The girl texted the next day to tell the comic she was uncomfortable. He said in a statement shortly after that he felt awful.
The Ansari situation sparked a fierce debate over what actually rose to the level of a #MeToo accusation."There's times I felt scared, there's times I felt humiliated, there's times I felt embarrassed, and ultimately I just felt terrible that this person felt this way," he said. "After a year or so, I just hope it was a step forward. It moved things forward for me, made me think about a lot. I hope I've become a better person.
He acknowledged talking about the situation was "not the most hilarious way to begin a comedy show, but it's important to me that you know how I felt about that whole thing before we share this night together." The discussion got large applause from the audience before the comic transitioned into his material on the state of the nation as a whole.
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