Al Franken is latest to be accused of sexual assault

[FatAndFaithless]

You want the literal words "i'm sorry"?  I think his statements capture pretty well that he deeply regrets his actions and is ashamed of how he hurt these women.




He even leads off by saying straight up, that he's guilty of the accusations.  If you don't think he's actually showing remorse/apology, do you think he's saying "Yes, I did it, but I'm not sorry"?

The guy is absolutely a creep and if the women involved wanted to bring some sort of charges, or if he lost his shows, or if he was sued, I wouldn't shed a tear, but I don't know how you read an apology that takes full responsibility and shows shame for his actions as 'insincere'.  

And I agree that an apology beforehand would've been better, but by that logic then no public apology in response to any revelation could ever be sincere.

As for the 'he tried to make good with the women after the incident' thing - I think I must've heard that in one of the interviews I was watching surrounding this issue, so I can't provide a definite source for that, so you can disregard that.

I guess I can't really pin point why his letter rings so hollow to me.  I guess it reads like a script; like he's just saying all the things he knows his fans and the institution want him to say.  I honestly can't put my finger on it.  And this one really stung for me.  Louie was one of my favorites.  I want to believe he's sincerely remorseful.  But, even if he is, I still can't give him the pass that the irrational side of my brain wants to; otherwise I'm no better than Trump supporters who rationalized all those accusations and that disgusting bus audio, simply because they really, really liked him.  Louie let me down.  That's all I know.

Hey, fair enough.  I really liked CK a whole lot as well, and I did a literal double-take when I heard the news.  We might have a difference of opinion on whether or not he's remorseful for his actions, but we don't differ in how much our opinion of him has changed.  I'm not saying that this apology suddenly makes him not-a-scumbag either, he well and truly is.

(Sorry for the delay, just got out of a meeting)