Samantha Bee Weighs In on the Claims Against Aziz Ansari
Sweatpants, eating in the bedroom: Even back then he was preparing for the presidency.” —
STEPHEN COLBERT, referring to Ms. Clifford’s account of her first tryst with Mr. Trump
“She stormied on: ‘But I do remember while we were having sex, I was like, please, don’t try to pay me.’ Oh Stormy, you don’t know Trump at all.
The public conversation around sexual misconduct has grown more nuanced recently, particularly in the wake of an article alleging
that the actor and comedian Aziz Ansari — who wore a “Time’s Up” pin at this month’s Golden Globe Awards — behaved coercively during a sexual encounter last year.
Or a Ziploc bag full of grape jelly?”
In Touch magazine published excerpts on Wednesday from a 2011 interview with Stephanie Clifford, the former adult-film
star known as Stormy Daniels, in which she describes having had an affair with President Trump in 2006.
“That doesn’t mean we have to be happy about any of them.”
Ms. Bee said Mr. Ansari — the author of a book called “Modern Romance: An Investigation” — should
have been able to recognize when his advances were making his date feel uncomfortable.
“If you don’t want to tune into your partner’s feelings throughout sex,” she said,
maybe Mr. Ansari shouldn’t be engaging in sexual activity with a woman at all.