Iowa men’s basketball’s twitter account, @IowaHoops, deleted a tweet on Sunday that featured a GIF of comedian Louis C.K.
The comedian has been accused of sexual misconduct by five women, the New York Times reported on Nov. 9. These accusations have included Louis C.K. masturbating in front of women, and asking to pull his penis out, the Times reported after interviewing the victims.
The tweet, posted at 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, was in reference of Iowa forward Tyler Cook’s two blocks in the first six minutes of Sunday’s game. The GIF was a reaction of Louis C.K. with the caption, “Nope!”
The tweet was deleted later in the afternoon, and fans reacted on Twitter before and after it was deleted.
Not a good look, @IowaHoops . Think someone should tell them?
— Paul McMorris (@paulmcmorris411) December 10, 2017
Yeah, maybe not so much with the Louis gifs right now. Please? I can google you some news related to this matter if you’d like.
— Michael Graham (@michaelgraham) December 10, 2017
Maybe replace with this? pic.twitter.com/MVRW0vzbxl
— Amber (@EuphoricLilac) December 10, 2017
So the nicest way for me to put this is that this is not the gif you want to use right now.
— Stephanie Schmidt ? (@Schmitty32) December 10, 2017
Might want to say nope to Louis C.K. for awhile
— Travis Tomlinson (@trav2117) December 10, 2017
— Alex Bruning (@BruningOC11) December 10, 2017
Perhaps stay away from the Louis CK gifs right now
— Colin (@colinjc44) December 10, 2017
Maybe you shouldn’t use a gif of a sexual predator.
— Clem Fandango (@tikkikki) December 10, 2017