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There's a gray area between Cook's apparent desire to publicize his relationship and the extent to which he may as well be open about it since news outlets are going to cover it anyway.

Let's face it — Hugh Hefner is dead, we live in a post- MeToo universe, and society mostly no longer lionizes aging millionaires sleeping with women easily young enough to be their daughters. While there's no evidence or indication of wrongdoing here, from a purely PR-related standpoint, Cook hypothetically would've been smart to spin his relationship in the media before an intrepid, opportunistic gossip columnist could do it for him.

Or maybe he just loves talking about his girlfriend and has no other ulterior motive. Either way, the attention around his relationship hasn't really reignited his career nor have rumors that he's gotten cosmetic work done.

Let's just hope they're both happy. As of this writing, the most talked-about comedy special of the last six months or thereabouts is probably Bo Burnham 's "Inside. The year-old comedian recorded his 5th hour of material entirely during the pandemic, and manages to mine the isolation and helplessness of lockdown for laughs, which we didn't think was possible until we watched the special.

It's a refreshingly honest and intimate, yet somehow hilarious, look at the dark subject matter of anxiety and depression. It's also millions of miles from Dane Cook's comedy style.

If the intense, thought-provoking content of "Inside" is the kind of humor that people go for these days — and we're pretty sure we do — then contemporary culture as a whole probably isn't stoked to revisit juvenile bits that high schoolers thought were hilarious in about bad breath and how public bathroom floors are always wet. Even if Dane Cook were to adopt a socially aware, self-effacing, thoughtful persona to get with the times, the public might not accept him in that mold.

It's quite a departure from his familiar identity as a yelling guy whose arms never stop bending and waving, like a wacky inflatable tube man come to life. Cook could maybe find an in with the " anti-political correctness " crowd.

Plenty of comics have complained that they can't push the envelope like they used to, and some have even turned it into material, a la Jim Norton. There's something ironic about a comedian whining about his perceived inability to freely speak his mind while being paid to freely speak his mind in front of large crowds, but we digress.

But in order to present himself as a victim of cancel culture, Cook would have to get canceled. And it's too late for that. If Cook ever gets caught on tape making a racist or homophobic joke, or if his personal behavior comes under serious public scrutiny, it might not meaningfully impact his already dead-in-the-water career.

The people who tend to take the lead on calling attention to that sort of stuff already de facto canceled Cook when they stopped paying attention to him 13 years ago. In a polarized America, where does Dane Cook fit in, anyway? He's too sophomoric to click with the socially conscious urbanites, but he lacks the sense of aggrievement necessary to appeal to the "no-trigger-warning" Joe Rogan-loving types.

Cook just doesn't suit the zeitgeist. Maybe Dane Cook's brand of loud, inane, rambling comedy will come back into vogue at some point, but for now, audiences of every political persuasion are craving more incisive commentary.

Then, he vanished. He tried to transition to acting, but he failed miserably. He is currently more active on Twitter than he is comedy scene, but that might change soon.

Dane Cook released his last comedy special, Troublemaker , in Cook is set to return to the stage in mid He has a show in Las Vegas on 21st August and an upcoming special on 29th and 30th October in Boston. It will represent his first comedy special since Cook told The Hollywood Reporter that he viewed his tour as a comeback to comedy. His upcoming shows are a continuation of that comeback.

And the truth was, compared to other master joke-writers and storytellers, he wasn't. However what Dane Cook did have, at his best, was an unbridled enthusiasm that was a bit contagious. And it appealed to a lot of people, it still does today: the man has 2. In , Dane made a joke about the Aurora, Colo. Dane quipped that there was probably someone watching the film and not enjoying it and saying to themselves, "Ugh, somebody shoot me. Dane later apologized for the joke, especially after getting flak for making light of such devastating news.

Miller, who went on to get criticisms of his own, wrote a blisteringly brutal review of Dane's performance , calling it "misogynistic" and a poor attempt of purposefully bombing to work out his own issues on stage. Dane didn't take too kindly to T.

In fact, Dane even referenced the "bomb review" of T. It seems that Dane is always in someone's crosshairs. In , he came under fire for dating his girlfriend Kelsi Taylor , who is 26 years younger than him. He and Kelsi are still together, and she appears to be very supportive of his continued comedy career. A post shared by Dane Cook danecook. In August of , Dane took to social media to announce that he is "finally, finally, finally! Dane has also been on tour and doing stand-up shows all over the country for months, proving that he hasn't really gone anywhere; he's just maybe not as in-your-face with his performances as you remember him being years ago.

According to a source cited by Us Weekly though, Cook's relationship with Kelsi Taylor is no mere celeb fling. Some time after the couple confirmed their relationship, Cook posted a sweet selfie of the two on Instagram with the joking caption, "Clearly this isn't working for us. Sometimes when it comes to romantic relationships, opposites really do attract, and we'll often find the most mismatched of couples in and out of showbiz.

And sure, some people might use that sentiment as an excuse to date others who are totally wrong for them — but to each their own though, right? For his part, Dane Cook has been known to be extroverted, outspoken, and oftentimes raunchy and controversial in his comedic endeavors — which sometimes gets him into trouble.

The AV Club once referred to a surprise stand-up set at the Laugh Factory as "the egotistical ramblings of a narcissist" The Nevada native even went so far as to jokingly describe herself as a "year-old" woman on the inside, while her comedian boyfriend has "way more energy. A source cited by E! Let's all make a note. Have you ever come across one of those couples who seem to be completely inseparable and almost want to rub people's noses in it? That would be Dane Cook and his much younger girlfriend, Kelsi Taylor.

Or so it seems, anyway. If you go to either of their Instagram pages, it's like an obvious display to the world that these two are totally in it together and rarely leave each other's sides.

In October , for example, Cook posted a photo of him and Taylor together backstage during his Tell It Like It Is stand-up tour, which shows that they travel together even when he has to work. Further proving that she's a super supportive girlfriend, Just Jared spotted Taylor and Cook walking hand-in-hand when the comedian made a TV appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Cook has also posted many vacation photos featuring the couple on Instagram, such as this slightly racy one , where Taylor is literally on top of him while the two lay in the sand on a Hawaiian beach. For her part, Taylor once shared a loved-up selfie of the duo out on a hike , with the sweet caption, "When someone else's happiness is your happiness, that is love.

Considering his sometimes controversial comedic output, one might think the words "empowered women" and Dane Cook don't belong in the same sentence, but here we are. Jezebel once listed the so-called "horrible things" Cook said about women during that aforementioned Laugh Factory gig, while the Daily Beast called him a "washed-up comedian" who "spend[s] his time making misogynistic, distasteful jokes Cook even discussed with ET Canada whether or not his joke about "Karen" a.

However, during a interview with HuffPost Live , Cook claimed that any notion about him having "misogynistic feelings toward women" is a total "joke," because "[he's] dated some very empowered women. Even though there's the glaring year age difference between the two, Taylor did move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music at a young age, which shows real motivation and dedication.