A year ago, comedian Aziz Ansari was accused of sexual misconduct by a woman he went on a date with. More than a year later, he recently performed a series of Netflix special standup shows in India where he spoke about various aspects of his life, including the allegation.
A video of which has been doing the rounds on the internet:
In what seemed like an attempt to absolve himself of guilt, Ansari said
There were times when I felt scared, times I felt humiliated, times I felt embarrassed. Ultimately, I just felt terrible that this person felt this way.
He even goes on to take credit for other men rethinking how they behaved on a date.
While Ansari feels this was enough to erase the memory of his actions, the internet felt otherwise about his apologetic non-apology.
At least the internet is up to speed with the 2019 memo.