CHARLES: SYSTEM REVELATIONS
ABOUT LOUIS C.K. AND WHETHER OR
NOT HE SHOULD BE BACK ON STAGE
DOING STANDUP.
DURING THE WEEKEND HE HAD A
SURPRISE COMPLETELY UNANNOUNCED
PERFORMANCE AT THE COMEDY
CELLAR IN NEW YORK CITY AND
EVERYONE HAS BEEN REACTING.
IS THIS TOO SOON AFTER HIS
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS
LAST YEAR WHERE HE ADMITTED
DOING A LOT OF UNTOWARD THINGS,
INCLUDING MASTURBATING IN FRONT
OF WOMEN HE WAS WORKING WITH.
WE GOT MARLON WAYANS OUT.
AND WHEN WE COME BACK WE'LL
TALK TO SOMEONE DIRECTLY
CONNECTED TO A COUPLE OF
ALLOWIES'S VICTIMS.
>> LOUIS C.K. IS BACK ON STAGE
AFTER ADMITTING WHAT HE DID.
>> SURE, I THINK HE NEEDS IT.
COMICS NEED THE STAGE BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE WE EXPRESS AND
THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE ALL OUR
ANXIETIES AND LIFE DEPRESSIONS
AND WE PUT IT ON STAGE AND MAKE
PEOPLE LAUGH.
>> THERE COULD BE A COMEDY
JAIL.
FOR EACH CRIME, SOME PEOPLE GO
AWAY FOR LIFE AND SOME PEOPLE
FOR A LONG TIME.
AS LONG AS HE SIN SYRUPLY
APOLOGIZED FOR WHAT HE DID.
REALIZED HE WAS WRONG.
SOMETIMES LESSONS ARE MADE TO
HUMBLE AND GROW YOU, PUT YOU
THROUGH A PROCESS TO BECOME
BETTER.
I THINK WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT
TO GROW.
CHARLES: SO IS THE TIMING RIGHT
FOR LOUIS TO GET BACK ONSTAGE?
WE'RE BRINGING IN SHAWNA
HELBURN, THE FOUNDER OF THE
I.O.S. COMEDY CLUB IN CHICAGO.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US ON "TMZ LIVE."
YOU KNOW VERY WELL TWO OF THE
VICTIMS OF LOUIS WHO CONFIDED
IN YOU ABOUT THIS.
WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT THE FACT
THAT HE'S BACK ON STAGE?
>> WELL, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO
THEM ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE'S
BACK ON STAGE BUT I CAN TELL
YOU WHAT I THINK NEEDS TO
HAPPEN BEFORE HE GOES BACK ON
STAGE ASK PART OF IT HAS TO DO
WITH THESE GIRLS.
IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AND
HE NEEDS THERAPY AND WHEN HE
DOESN'T GET IT, THE SAME THINGS
ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT
MORE WOMEN AND THAT'S NOT FAIR.
SECONDLY, SHE NEEDS TO MAKE
AMENDS TO THESE WOMEN.
THESE YOUNG YIRLS -- GIRLS ARE
VERY TALENTED AND THEY HAD TO
GUTS TO COME OUT.
EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE
THREATENED BY THE POWERFUL
MANAGEMENT AROUND LOUIS C.K.
BUT THEY BASICALLY BLACK BALLED
THESE GIRLS AND BEFORE HE FIXES
HIS LIFE, HE SHOULD FIX THEIRS.
CHARLES: I KNOW THAT LOUIS
RELEASED A STATEMENT WHERE HE
APOLOGIZED TO THE STATEMENT
BASICALLY IN THE STATEMENT AND
HE APOLOGIZED IN THE STATEMENT
TO HIS VICTIMS.
DO YOU KNOW IF HE'S EVER HAD A
PHONE CONVERSATION OR
FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATION WITH
THEM TO APOLOGIZE?
>> IT WAS ONLY IN THE STATEMENT
AND BELIEVE ME -- THEY DON'T
WANT HIM TO CALL BUT THEY DO
WANT WORK AND HE SHOULD TELL
HIS MANAGEMENT, LET'S GET THESE
GIRLS WORKING AND NOT BLACK
BALL THEM FOR HAVING THE ADULTS
-- GUTS TO COME FORWARD.
EVERYONE HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT
THESE WOMEN.
SUDDENLY EVERYBODY GOT ON THE
BANDWAGON AFTER HARVEY
WEINSTEIN AND THESE GIRLS WERE
THE ONES WHO STARTED AND IT
THEN WERE FORGOTTEN.
HARVEY: THEY ARE SOME FAMOUS
CLUBS WE TALKED TO AND THE
OWNERS OF ALL THREE SAID FOR
VARIOUS REASONS THEY WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE HIM BACK ON THEIR
STAGES.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT REACTION
SINCE YOU YOURSELF OWN A COMEDY
SHRUB AS WELL.
>> I DO NOT SEE ANY POINT IN
RUINING SOMEONE'S LIFE BUT IF
THEY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE
AND GET CARE THEN THEY SHOULD
BE ALLOWED TO GO BACK TO WORK
BUT NOT NEW MEXICO THEY DO.
CHARLES: SO AT SOME POINT YOU
WOULD BE OPEN TO HAVING LOUIS
PERFORM PERFORM AT YOUR LUBS --
>> ABSOLUTELY, IF I KNEW HE'D
HAD THERAPY.
IT'S NOT HAIR FAIR FOR HIM TO
AFFECT OTHER WOMEN TOO.
HARVEY: THANK YOU.
