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Louis C.K. has been battling to make a comeback after being canceled for assaulting several women, and part of that road back into the spotlight has led him to Tel Aviv, where he told the Israeli audience at his Thanksgiving show that things were so brutal back in his home town of New York City that he would rather be in Auschwitz.
“I’d rather be in Auschwitz than New York City,” he joked. “I mean now, not when it was open.”
The audience responded with surprised laughter followed by applause.
Louis, who was born Louis Székely and has a Jewish grandfather on his father’s side, made the risque joke during one of his international tour dates in locations like Slovakia and Hungary, a series of shows that are likely meant to help him pave the way back into mainstream comedy, which he was booted from after publicly admitting that he masturbated in front of several women without their consent.