{"id":58310,"date":"2019-02-13T05:32:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T05:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58310"},"modified":"2019-02-13T05:32:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T05:32:46","slug":"aziz-ansari-addresses-sexual-misconduct-accusation-nyc-show-scared-id-never-able","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=58310","title":{"rendered":"Aziz Ansari addresses sexual misconduct accusation during NYC show: ‘I was scared that I’d never be able to do this again’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aziz Ansari has been testing new material ahead of a big spring tour, and a stop in New York City made him especially candid.<\/p>\n

In front of the approximately 200 people who won spots for his Village Underground pop-up show on Monday (out of 18,000 who signed up), the Master of None<\/em> star, 35, veered from his typical test material to address the sexual misconduct accusation made against him in January 2018.<\/p>\n

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According to Vulture, Ansari said it was great to be back in NYC; he owns a home in Tribeca, where the incident occurred during a 2017 date with a 23-year-old photographer. He recalled a person on the street complimenting his Netflix show \u2014 only to realize the man was talking about Hasan Minhaj\u2019s Patriot Act<\/em>. The guy realized his mistake and said, \u201c\u2018Oh, no, Aziz, right?\u2019 Yeah, yeah, that\u2019s me. \u2018Master of None<\/em>!\u2019 Yeah, yeah, that\u2019s me. \u2018Parks and Rec<\/em>!\u2019 Yeah, yeah, that\u2019s me. \u2018Treat yourself!\u2019 Yeah, yeah, that\u2019s me. \u2018And you had the whole thing come out last year \u2014 sexual misconduct?\u2019 No, no, no, no, no, no, that\u2019s Hasan!\u201d<\/p>\n

The website noted that Ansari then sat down, and in a somber tone he revealed the two reasons he hasn\u2019t discussed the \u201cwhole thing.\u201d (After making a statement, he mostly dropped out of sight over the past year.) The star said his reasons were 1) to process the incident and decide what to say about it and 2) \u201cIt\u2019s a terrifying thing to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere were times I felt really upset and humiliated and embarrassed, and ultimately I just felt terrible this person felt this way,\u201d Ansari said. \u201cBut you know, after a year, how I feel about it is, I hope it was a step forward. It made me think about a lot, and I hope I\u2019ve become a better person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ansari told the crowd that one of his friends said that the incident made the friend rethink all the dates he had been on. He said, \u201cIf that has made not just me but other guys think about this, and just be more thoughtful and aware and willing to go that extra mile, and make sure someone else is comfortable in that moment, that\u2019s a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ansari went on to thank his fans for sticking by him, saying that the allegation \u201calso just gave me perspective on my life,\u201d admitting, \u201cThere was a moment where I was scared that I\u2019d never be able to do this again.\u201d<\/p>\n

And he talked about how he always used to end his shows with \u201cThanks so much!\u201d but not really mean it. It was just a way to end a show. \u201cBut now, I really mean it,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean it on a different level.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cYou canceled whatever you were supposed to do tonight, and you came out in the cold, and you waited in line, and you put your phone in a stupid pouch,\u201d a reference to the pouches often used at stand-up shows to prevent the audiences from recording them. \u201cYou did all this s*** just to hear me talk for an hour and some change, and it means the world to me, so thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

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