After an initially positive reception, Beef — a new series from Netflix and A24, starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun — is facing calls for accountability from its creators after troubling comments by one of its actors, David Choe, resurfaced on Twitter
What did he say about this masseuse?
I just start jerking off. So then her hands gets off my leg and she just stops … I go, ‘Look, I’m sorry, I can’t help myself — can you just pretend like I’m not doing this and you continue with the massage?’ And she’s like ‘All right’ and she does … I’m like ‘Can I touch your butt?’ and I reach out and touch her butt and she pulls away. She doesn’t want me to touch her butt.
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