Aziz Ansari talks about sexual misconduct allegation in Netflix stand-up special

Actor-comedian Aziz Ansari has dressed sexual misconduct allegations against him in his new stand-up special "Aziz Ansari Right w", saying that his old self has me way for a "better person".

stand-up special, directed by Spike Jonze of "Her" fame, dropped on Netflix on Tuesday. 

It starts with Ansari recalling how people often get confused between him and Hasan Minhaj and when y ask him about sexual misconduct accusation, he deflects by responding, ", , , , . That was Hasan."

comedian n turned serious as he said that he has been introspecting a lot in past year. 

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"It's a tricky thing for me to answer because I've felt so many things in last year. re's times I felt scared, re's times I felt humiliated, re's times I felt embarrassed, and ultimately, I just felt terrible that this person felt this way. And after a year or so, I just hope it was a step forward.

"It moved things forward for me, me me think about it a lot, I hope I've become a better person," he said.

Ansari took a break after a controversial article in 2018 accused comedian of sexual misconduct. In a first-person account, a woman claimed she felt pressured to have sex with comedian during a date.

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He responded with an apology and claimed encounter was "completely consensual". 

comedian recalled a conversation he h with a friend of his who told him how his story h me him rethink all of his own past dates. 

"I thought, 'Wow. Well, that's pretty incredible. It's me t just me but or people be more thoughtful, and that's a good thing'. And that's how I feel about it," Ansari said. 

He mitted that opening about allegation was t "most hilarious way to begin a comedy show" but said that it was important for him to let people kw "how I feel about that whole thing before we share this night toger".

Towards end of his act, comedian once again touched upon matter.

"I saw world where I don't ever get to do this again, and it almost felt like I died. In a way, I did. That old Aziz who said, oh treat your self' or whatever, he's de. And I'm gl. Cause that guy was always looking forward to whatever was next. 

"I don't think that way anymore. Cause I've realized it's all ephemeral. All that stuff, it can just go away like this. And all we really have is moment we're in and people we're with," he said.