Sarah Silverman defends Al Franken, says of Louis CK: "I don't see any reason why they can't continue being artists"

GQ

"All I can say is, and he may not be excited about this, but he has no sexuality," Silverman says of Franken in a GQ profile. "I believe in my heart of heart of hearts he never copped a feel." As for Louis CK and whether he should be allowed to make a comeback, she says: “I think that there are people who were caught and there were people who were not caught, but the important thing is that they are forever changed. And if that's the case, I don't see any reason why they can't continue being artists. Now, whether they're popular artists or not is up to the audience. I have compassion. There are people that just deny everything they're accused of and they continue to be the politicians or the filmmakers that they are. And there are people that come and say, I'm guilty of these things, and I'm wrong, and I want to be changed from this. And yet those are the ones that kind of are excommunicated forever. He's my brother, so it's hard. I may not have a very clear perspective on it, but I'm trying to.” Silverman also spoke about Aziz Ansari, saying of her reaction to his sexual misconduct scandal: “I was just like, Gross, I don't wanna know that about Aziz! Hopefully he's dealing with things, looking inward, and will blossom from it.”