Well, Aziz Ansari is back. On Netflix, to be more specific. On Monday, the streamer dropped a moody surprise trailer for his upcoming comedy special, titled Aziz Ansari Right Now.

Directed by Spike Jonze, the special arrives a little over a year and a half after Ansari was accused of sexual misconduct by an anonymous 23-year-old woman in an article published on Babe.net, who claimed Ansari sexually pressured her during a date. In a statement released shortly afterward, Ansari claimed their encounter was consensual, though he added that she had texted him the next day to say she “felt uncomfortable” with him. “I took her words to heart and responded privately after taking the time to process what she had said,” he wrote.

The allegation came out just days after the majority of Hollywood wore black to the 2018 Golden Globes in solidarity with the organization Time’s Up, at the height of the industry-wide sexual misconduct reckoning. After releasing his statement, Ansari largely avoided the spotlight. A few months later, he began cautiously stepping back into the public eye, sitting courtside at a Knicks game with Chris Rock and making a surprise stand-up appearance at New York’s Comedy Cellar. That eventually gave way to a full-on comedy tour in the fall of 2018, titled Working Out New Material, in which Ansari criticized collective outrage and political correctness. However, he apparently has not explicitly referenced the allegations in the Babe.net story, only obliquely referring to it as “that story” during a set in Philadelphia.

Netflix, which produced Ansari’s hit dramedy series Master of None, has supported him through the scandal. Cindy Holland, Netflix’s VP of original content, said in a panel last July that the company would be open to making a third season of the show, despite the allegation against its star. “We certainly would be happy to make another season of Master of None with Aziz,” she said. She also noted that she had not spoken directly to Ansari since the Babe.net allegation broke. However, it seems they’re on speaking terms now that Aziz Ansari Right Now is on the way. The comedy special will debut July 9.

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