I don’t watch You, nor do I pay attention to the glut of white-bro comics who seem to all hate women, and who perform their hatred of women through “comedy.” All of which to say, I have no idea who Chris D’Elia is but now I know he’s a sexual predator who contacts teenage girls online and tries to groom them. This started when a woman named Simone Rossi tweeted out some screencaps of conversations she had online with D’Elia when she was only 16 years old and in high school:
imagine getting owned by a 16 year old pic.twitter.com/wKTSx6ie5S
— simoné (@girlpowertbh) June 16, 2020
imagine being 16 and being groomed by a stand up comedian twice ur age and the only reason you never met up and never got physically m*lested was because u had just gotten a boyfriend ur own age pic.twitter.com/xq7XDrat8i
— simoné (@girlpowertbh) June 16, 2020
She went on to say that he was the one who contacted her and DM’d her. He asked for her age and she said she was 16, and he still wanted to meet up. That was all it took for other women to share their stories of being preyed on by D’Elia when they were teenagers too, and he used the same kind of predatory tactic of DMing underage girls, begging them for photos or begging them to come to one of his shows. SheRatesDogs has been posting stories and DMs from his victims all night – go here to see.
And of course no one is surprised. Then why did it take his victims coming out for things to change? The women who have put their names to accusations are getting harassed by rapists and incels now too.
Note by Celebitchy: Chris D’Elia’s character on You season two, Henderson, was a standup comic who also preyed on and raped teenagers. How did he get that part?
I’m sure it’s awful to learn your favorite comedian has been preying on underage girls, but love yourself enough to not publicly claim Chris D’Elia as your favorite comedian.
— Louis Peitzman (@LouisPeitzman) June 17, 2020
this Chris D'Elia shit is wild, but I guess it's always the first person you suspect
— Django Gold (@django) June 17, 2020
Photos courtesy of WENN.
And he played a guy that preyed on pre-teen boys in a Justin Bieber chat room on “Workaholics”. Does he just get jobs playing a disgusting person, aka himself?
Typecasting.
What the actual F*? I just watched You, he plays a stand up comic who is preying on underage girls and one of his victims does a “Harvey” expose on him. Not exactly a star of the show, he appears in a a couple of episides, but that is besides the point. I would love to hear what Netflix think of this and what is the timeline on this? Did he first play a perve and decided, well, that must be fun to do that in real life or did he just played himself and damn, what are the chances?
Nope, this isn’t recent for him. I followed the thread and receipts go back to at least 2010.
I remember reading years ago on Tumblr about how he’s a creep, so as I watched You I felt like it was real life.
also on another note, him beefing with Ken Jennings cause Ken called him out is hilarious
He’s also in a 2011 episode of Workaholics called “To Friend a Predator” where he plays a child predator as well. WHAT THE HELL. This guy wasn’t playing a character at all, he was just being himself all along. WTF WTF WTF WTF.
How narcissistic and arrogant do you have to be to play a predator and think that you won’t be called out?
You don’t even need to do much, just be a semi-successful, young, white male, and you’ll be excused till people possibly can’t excuse you anymore, and even then they can still get away with it. See: Ed Westwick, Danny Masterson, Max Landis, etc, etc… I could go on (and that’s not even mentioning the more famous ones like James Franco).
Yes, exactly.
And have a cadre of people who carry water for books like Lolita. Turning abuse of this nature into Literature with a capital L and calling it art does help. Add lionizing Woody Allen and Roman Polanski to this toxic stew. The white males you mention are indeed our generation’s Woody and Roman, if you ponder it.
Hm.
About as narcissistic and arrogant as you have to be to be walking around with that nasty looking perpetually moist mouth of his and actually go for a career in front of cameras.
They do say to draw your emotions in acting from real life experience…
His comedy is misogynistic BS. I hope he gets prosecuted.
It was pretty spot on, then.
Am I hoping for too much that someone in casting knew about Chris D’elia’s reputation and cast him tongue-in-cheek or as a warning he probably still ignored? It doesn’t hurt the show too much if it comes out, it’s mocking a thing with the actual thing. This is nothing but a win for Netflix really.
I think that would be even worse. That people knew about it and didn’t do anything, but actually gave him a part that fit his own life.
When I meant as tongue in cheek, I didn’t mean as a wink and a nod towards him. Sometimes you can easily hand someone the keys to their undoing. And they don’t even know you’re doing it.
Maybe someone in casting was trying to shine a light on his predatory ways but was too scared to risk the backlash or risk losing their job? The industry protects men like this by axing and blacklisting those who come forward as we’ve seen too many times
From other comments on this thread, it’s like, at least four bit roles on four completely separate shows that all had him as some flavor of sexual predator. If this is the case then looks like a multi-casting director conspiracy.
The irony is stunning. But am I surprised by this? No. 1. Because nothing surprises me anymore. And 2. He has always given me creep vibes. Which is WHY he was cast in You. It’s just ironic that the character he played was so accurate
Yikes… I saw season 2 of You but have never seen the episode of Workaholics where he plays… a child predator. I’m currently watching the Netflix Epstein doc so I’m creeped out to the max at the moment. People with money, fame, power, etc all seem to think they can do whatever they want and get away with it.
yeah but arent you more creeped out by white guys? i mean yeah everyone can be gross but White Rich Guy is the most dangerous fraction of ppl for sure
I’ve always gotten the vibe that his “comedy” was just proof he’s a bad dude.
I’ve watched his stand up a few times on Netflix. Wasn’t my favorite, but wasn’t the worst. Now, he’s absolute garbage
So to summarize…he WAS NOT acting in You. Oh the irony.
What a maggot.
Woowwwww… he always gave creeper vibes but I didn’t think it was on this level. He was believable on You. A little too believable.
Creepy comic who bases 90% of his ‘comedy’ on sex, hating women, and having sex with women, turns out to… harass underage women. And the sky is blue and water is wet. What a disappointment.
His father is a MAJOR producer. He probably felt “protected” by his nepotism and sadly he probably will not go down for this. Daddy is certainly why he has a career in the first place bc lord knows he’s unfunny, ugly *and* a bad actor.
Wow. Not surprised. Watched his stand up years ago and he gave me really creepy vibes.
Get ready for the long list of Friends Who Had No Idea
I already tweeted at Whitney Cummings she casted him in Whitney. She loves to rail about justice. Can’t wait to hear her platform on Chris. I have a feeling she will ignore this story.
That’s where I remember him from!
He’s close / recent friends with Whitney for sure, so she’s the first person I thought of. That being said, despite him not being popular with this site, he’s well known as a comic. I’m sad to hear this and can only imagine all the girls he went after. Goddammit.
And Chelsea handler, I remember him from her show years ago. Terrible comic, terrible person too I guess!
I hope she doesn’t ignore it or try to cover for him. She may not have known, and he is responsible for his behavior, but now would be a good time for her to stand up for victims.
I didn’t read the headline and got danger vibes from his picture alone.
Good radar– good.
I read this about him a while back! SO disgusting.
Also: who the hell considers this guy their favorite comedian? He’s never been a good actor or comic. Never understood how he had a career at all.
Why did it take so long? because when you are a teenage girl, the truth is this happens to you ALL THE TIME, and most girls have to learn to tune it out in order to get on with their homework, their teenage bullshit and life.
I remember as a teen friends and i saying why do only guys in their 30s show us attention and its creepy? Why dont guys our age talk to us in a respectful way? It was literally the only ‘attention ‘ we got and thats a crappy first impression of ‘dating’ as a teen, we were asking each other is this dating? Because this feels creepy not nice or slightly romantic. I remember saying i dont expect a scene in a movie but this is just depressing
The irony of his ‘You’ casting is astounding.
I know, right? I wonder if he gave the writers any tips. At times his character was so proper and so acted so woke for a moment there I thought that maybe there is some plot twist where is the good guy being conned but no, he was the pedophile.
glad he’s finally getting called out. he was a creep in my DMs a few years back (I was 21 so not underage )
no nudes exchanged but let’s just say he has a real ‘daddy’ kink .
I wonder if Eminem is cutting ties with him? He does an Eminem impression and sounds just like him and I think Em put him in a video or something and they became good friends. I think. Lol.
I used to watch Chris on that show “Whitney” that was on years ago. He was kind of funny in it. Good to know he’s a child predator these days. Gross.
I think they met once – Eminem was given the audio of D’Elia imitating him and added it to the end of ‘Homicide’ with Logic. D’Eila hadn’t spoken to him through all that though, it was done through a third party. But they did end up meeting up at Eminem’s studio a few months ago and I think that was the only time – this came from D’Elia in an interview he did recently.
You is such a great portrait of toxic masculinity and rape culture. You all should check it out. I didn’t recognize this guy right away, but his storyline was interesting (and disturbing) I like that they don’t go heavy handed to show issues like the Henderson story.
My ex boyfriend is a sexual predator who used his position as a professor to prey on 17 and 18 year old women. He even got plastic surgery and veneers to appear younger to these women and lied about his age as well. He is now currently 43, but because he is short, 5’5″, he can pass for far younger. Sadly, he state jumped and is doing the same thing as a professor in another state because fun fact: professors do not have to do background checks upon being hired(he has a criminal record for violating restraining orders against me and others as well as stalking women as well). We sadly live in a world where this happens more often than we know.
So, as a professor at a large state school, I can say that a lot of this is changing. Unfortunately, sounds like it’s not changing fast enough, especially regarding your ex! When I was first hired I had to go through 3 different background checks, including FBI fingerprints, and all background checks need to be renewed every 5 years. Also, we get extensive, mandatory training on what is and is not appropriate, and students also get training and told where and how to report if something makes them uncomfortable. Not sure which school he is currently at, but hopefully they’ll start enacting something similar so that creep can’t keep going! Sorry you had to deal with him!
I know he is now in a remote part of California at a community college. He has been there for a few years now. It is comforting to know things are changing, but I sadly fear the FBI will contact me about him one day. He has a 20+ year history of abuse and death threats towards women (not to mention rape victims as well). He is a charismatic sociopath and since he is so short and nerdy, a lot of people including myself fall for his act.
Creep. I remember him saying that he hated going on dates and going out to eat, as he just wanted to have sex, especially before the first date.
Ahahahah those tweets!
“I’m sure it’s awful to learn your favorite comedian has been preying on underage girls, but love yourself enough to not publicly claim Chris D’Elia as your favorite comedian.”
I’ve always found him to be a grating, uncharismatic hack of a comedian (with a super annoying voice) so don’t respect anyone who’s into his comedy. His schtick is very woman-hating 80s comedian.
The only difference between him and Jeffrey Epstein, is that Epstein had to have Ghislaine help him get his girls because he was so damn weird, a comic is much more extroverted and can easily talk to young girls.