--- title: Parks and Rec Creator Apologizes for Louis C K Guest Spot description: Parks and Rec creator Mike Schur has apologized for giving Louis C.K. a guest spot on the show after the comedian was accused of sexual misconduct. canonical: https://time.com/5018106/parks-and-rec-louis-ck-apology/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-09T23:06:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:06:14.081Z og:title: Parks and Rec Creator Apologizes for Louis C.K.'s Guest Spot on Show og:description: "Misogyny is a cancer" og:url: https://time.com/5018106/parks-and-rec-louis-ck-apology/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70420cf5cf071ee9/6988e549ab6d7769d76b08fb/parks-and-rec-louis-c-k.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Parks-and-Recreation-Leslie-Knope-Dave-Sanderson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Parks and Rec Creator Apologizes for Louis C.K.'s Guest Spot on Show twitter:description: "Misogyny is a cancer" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70420cf5cf071ee9/6988e549ab6d7769d76b08fb/parks-and-rec-louis-c-k.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Misogyny Is a Cancer': _Parks and Recreation_ Creator Apologizes for Louis C.K.'s Guest Spot  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 9, 2017 11:06 PM UTC  Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope and Louis C.K. as Dave Sanderson in Parks and Recreation Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope and Louis C.K. as Dave Sanderson in Parks and RecreationChris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 9, 2017 11:06 PM UTC After the _New York Times_ published a [report](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html?smid=tw-share&%5Fr=0) on Thursday in which [five women publicly accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct](http://time.com/5017766/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations/), _Parks and Recreation_ creator Mike Schur apologized for giving the comedian a guest spot on the show. “Misogyny is a cancer. Harassment and abuse are that cancer metastasizing and going untreated. Stories like this being reported and printed are the first steps toward a cure,” he [wrote](https://twitter.com/KenTremendous/status/928716178687590400). “I don’t remember when I heard the rumors about him. But I’m sure it was before the last time he was on _Parks and Rec_. And that sucks. And I’m sorry.” C.K. played police officer Dave Sanderson, an early love interest of Amy Poehler’s Leslie Knope, on _Parks_. His final appearance came in the season four episode “Dave Returns,” which originally aired on Feb. 16, 2012. > [](https://twitter.com/KenTremendous/status/928716178687590400) > [](https://twitter.com/KenTremendous/status/928718528726704128) The screening for C.K.’s upcoming film _I Love You, Daddy_, which centers on a relationship between a 17-year-old girl and a 68-year-old man, was cancelled due to “[unexpected circumstances](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/louis-cks-movie-premiere-canceled-advance-ny-times-story-1056585)” ahead of the publication of the _Times_‘ story. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5018106/parks-and-rec-louis-ck-apology/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5018106/parks-and-rec-louis-ck-apology/"},"headline":"'Misogyny Is a Cancer': Parks and Recreation Creator Apologizes for Louis C.K.'s Guest Spot","datePublished":"2017-11-09T23:06:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:06:14.081Z","description":"C.K. played Dave Sanderson, an early love interest of Amy Poehler's Leslie Knope, on Parks","url":"https://time.com/5018106/parks-and-rec-louis-ck-apology/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","TV","Louis C.K.","parks and recreation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70420cf5cf071ee9/6988e549ab6d7769d76b08fb/parks-and-rec-louis-c-k.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70420cf5cf071ee9/6988e549ab6d7769d76b08fb/parks-and-rec-louis-c-k.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Parks-and-Recreation-Leslie-Knope-Dave-Sanderson","caption":"Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope and Louis C.K. as Dave Sanderson in Parks and Recreation","creditText":"Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5018106/parks-and-rec-louis-ck-apology/","name":"'Misogyny Is a Cancer': Parks and Recreation Creator Apologizes for Louis C.K.'s Guest Spot"}}]}] ```