Photo: YouTube/Splash A father whose son was killed in the Parkland school shooting has hit back at Louis C.K. for jokes the comedian made about the survivors late last year.
In leaked audio from one of C.K.'s recent standup sets, the 51-year-old poked fun at the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, saying that they're too young to be testifying in front of Congress.
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"What are they doing? You're young! You should be crazy! You should be unhinged! Not in a suit," he said. "You're not interesting because you went to a high school where kids got shot.
"Why does that mean... I have to listen to you? Why does that make you interesting? You didn't get shot. You pushed some fat kid in the way and now I've got to listen to you talking?"
In a later set, Louis, who is returning to standup after admitting to several accusations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour, joked that he only said the Parkland stuff to distract from the sexual misconduct allegations.
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Parkland dad Manuel Oliver referenced C.K. and his off-colour jokes in a new video campaign for Change the Ref, a non-profit organization started by Oliver and his wife to help young people fight for gun control.
"Recently I heard this great line from a comedian. He said, 'If you want people to forget that you were jerking off, just make a joke about kids getting shot,'" says Oliver, who performs a standup routine of his own in the video. "And I thought, Jokes about kids getting shot... I can do that.
"Hear the one about the kid that walks into the school on Valentine's Day? Skinny kid, wearing headphones. Gets dropped by his dad. And he says, 'I love you,' and gets out of the car and walks into the school. And then gets shot to death a couple of hours later."
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Oliver's son, Joaquin, was one of the 17 people killed in the Parkland shooting last year. "You guys ever heard dead baby jokes?" the father continues. "I got a dead baby. His name was Joaquin Oliver. He was gonna be 18. But now he's dead.
"And that's not a joke," he concludes before leaving the stage. At the end of the video is a message calling for people to stand up to gun violence.
Louis C.K. has yet to comment on the clip.
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