Comedian/magician Andy Gross, performing at Purdue orientation last night, apparently made crass sexual jokes at the expense of female students who came up onstage as volunteers for his act.
Andy Gross joked about groping female students he'd brought onstage with him, made one so uncomfortable she left the stage in tears—again, at an event for new-student orientation at Purdue. purdueexponent.org/campus/article…
Seeing reports that thousands of the 7,000 present at the Andy Gross show at Purdue orientation walked out in protest. They've been using the hashtag #AndyGrossIsGross.
(To clarify: Some reports suggest that Andy Gross interacted inappropriately with more than one female volunteer, others indicate that it was just one.)
I'm guessing that Purdue is going to have something to say about a performer they hired being accused of sexually harassing a female student onstage at new-student orientation, but no comment yet.
Also, here's Andy Gross doing a street magic bit which involves him pretending to verbally abuse and assault a woman, so it looks like there may be a bit of a vetting issue here. #AndyGrossIsGross boingboing.net/2018/07/03/mag…
Video of a snippet of the act has surfaced. Here Andy Gross jokes about getting a "free feel" of a student volunteer.
Purdue has announced that they won't be rebooking a comedian who sexually harassed a student onstage. fox59.com/2018/08/19/pur…
