Samantha Bee Weighs In on the Claims Against Aziz Ansari<br />Sweatpants, eating in the bedroom: Even back then he was preparing for the presidency.” —<br />STEPHEN COLBERT, referring to Ms. Clifford’s account of her first tryst with Mr. Trump<br />“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.<br />The public conversation around sexual misconduct has grown more nuanced recently, particularly in the wake of an article alleging<br />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.<br />Or a Ziploc bag full of grape jelly?”<br />In Touch magazine published excerpts on Wednesday from a 2011 interview with Stephanie Clifford, the former adult-film<br />star known as Stormy Daniels, in which she describes having had an affair with President Trump in 2006.<br />“That doesn’t mean we have to be happy about any of them.”<br />Ms. Bee said Mr. Ansari — the author of a book called “Modern Romance: An Investigation” — should<br />have been able to recognize when his advances were making his date feel uncomfortable.<br />“If you don’t want to tune into your partner’s feelings throughout sex,” she said,<br />maybe Mr. Ansari shouldn’t be engaging in sexual activity with a woman at all.
