Louis C.K., whose career cratered after he admitted to masturbating in front of multiple unwilling women throughout his comedy career, popped up at the Comedy Cellar Sunday night for another surprise performance—and similar to last time he performed, the audience gave him a pretty enthusiastic reception.

Gothamist reviewed audio of the start of C.K.'s set, which started around midnight Sunday, in which any boos or gasps of recognition in the audience were drowned out by the cheers and clapping. Two people did walk out of the set, a source told Gothamist, and as per the Comedy Cellar's new house policy, their checks were on the house.

A source told Page Six, "He didn’t address [the #MeToo allegations against him]. He was a little arrogant … he made some comment like, ‘I’ve been off for a while, ‘cause everyone needs a break.'"

Another person in attendance tweeted, "I saw Louis CK at the Comedy Cellar last night, and I’m happy to report that his new material is just as bad as the old." Another added:

Louis CK did another surprise drop-in set last night in NYC. Guess he hasn't been watching the Kavanaugh hearings during his "time out" — Alli Breen (@allibreen) October 1, 2018

C.K. showed up at Comedy Cellar to do a set on August 27th in his first major comedy appearance since admitting to masturbating in front of unwilling women. At the time, the crowd of about 115 reportedly "greeted him warmly, with an ovation even before he began." Afterwards, a lot of people were none-too-happy with the ease with which C.K. seemed to slip back into his old stomping grounds after nine months in celebrity jail.

In the wake of the C.K. incident and backlash, Comedy Cellar owner Noam Dworman told HuffPost the Cellar was going to institute a new policy: "Essentially 'swim at your own risk.' We don’t know who may pop in that’s not on the lineup. If someone does come in that you don’t want to see, you are free to leave, no questions asked and check completely on the house," he said. "Having said that, we don’t expect Louis back anytime soon."

Update: An person who was in the audience described more details of CK's set to us. They said that in addition to getting an email earlier in the day stating the "swim at your own risk" policy, the show's emcee made some similar comments in person before CK went up, reminding the audience that they could leave if they were uncomfortable.



A screenshot of the new Comedy Cellar email disclaimer

CK was working from notes for his 20 minute set. Here's how the audience member described it to us: