Chris D’Elia.
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Months after several accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct that prompted Netflix to make its next prank call, ex-costar Whitney Cummings condemning his “predatory behavior pattern” and Tig Notaro assuming his role in the Zack Snyder film Army of the Dead, comedian Chris D’Elia posted a ten-minute video on YouTube on February 19, the first in eight months, again denying any criminal charges against him. “First of all, I know how it looks, with all the things that have been said and the emails that have been put there, and what the media has been trying to say,” said D’Elia in the video. “I know it looks bad and it doesn’t show the full extent of what happened. I maintain the fact that all of my relationships were consensual and legal, and that’s it. That’s the truth.”
In most of the video, D’Elia focuses on his self-described sex life control “problem”, including his story of being “petulant” about having sex with fans during a relationship. “Sex controlled my life. It was my focus all the time. I had a problem, and I have a problem, ”he said. “It was out of control, so I have a chance here to apologize to the people who were caught in this shit, and the lies that I would tell my fiancée, my friends, and I’m sorry about.” D’Elia added that he has been “on this road to recovery for several months” and that “it is the most difficult thing to look at yourself and realize that this is what it is, this is what you have done, and this is who you are. “
Last summer, the You The actor was accused of allegedly requesting nude photos of underage girls online, while in September, several women alleged that the comedian exposed himself to them. D’Elia has denied the charges on both occasions, with his lawyer, Andrew Brettler, noting in September that D’Elia “never engaged in any sexual conduct with any woman without her consent.”