Cancelled US comedian Louis C.K. has been spotted debuting a new romance with the ex of a late Hollywood legend.
Louis C.K. was spotted this week with Mimi O’Donnell in New York City.
The 58-year-old comedian was seen sharing an intimate kiss with the ex-wife of Hollywood actor Philip Seymour Hoffman during a romantic stroll in New York City’s West Village.
The costume designer shared three children with the late beloved actor, who tragically passed in 2014.
O’Donnell had a 15-year relationship with Hoffman, who left the world mourning when he passed away in 2014 after a devastating heroin relapse.
Her appearance with Louis C.K. marks her first public romance since Hoffman’s death.
Louis C.K. was previously married to Alix Bailey and has two daughters. He has also been linked to Fiona Apple, Sarah Silverman, Blanche Gardin and Dasha Nekrasova.
The comedian hit headlines back in 2017 when he was accused by five women of masturbating in front of them.
He was declared persona non grata in the US after the allegations from the five women (which he confirmed were true) were published in the New York Times. He lost a TV production deal, and a movie he’d directed and starred in was pulled from release.
In the bombshell New York Times report, a Chicago comedy duo, Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, alleged they were invited to C.K.’s hotel room for a nightcap during a 2002 Colorado comedy festival. The pair assumed the meeting would be “collegial”.
Once inside his hotel room, the women claimed C.K. asked if he could take out his penis. They laughed it off as a joke.
“And then he really did it,” Goodman told the New York Times.
“He proceeded to take all of his clothes off and get completely naked and started masturbating.”
The pair described being “paralysed” from shock, and both fled the room after C.K. had ejaculated.
In a lengthy statement addressing the claims, C.K. confirmed the accusations and expressed remorse for his actions.
“These stories are true,” he wrote.
“The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly. I have been remorseful of my actions … There is nothing about this that I forgive myself for.”
