{"id":207408,"date":"2025-11-25T13:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/louis-ck-appears-to-be-dating-philip-seymour-hoffmans-widow-and-the-internet-has-opinions\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T13:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:35:20","slug":"louis-ck-appears-to-be-dating-philip-seymour-hoffmans-widow-and-the-internet-has-opinions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/louis-ck-appears-to-be-dating-philip-seymour-hoffmans-widow-and-the-internet-has-opinions\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis CK Appears to Be Dating Philip Seymour Hoffman&#8217;s Widow (And the Internet Has Opinions)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been almost 12 years since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2014\/02\/amy-adams-breaks-down-on-bravo-over-death-of-philip-seymour-hoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philip Seymour Hoffman tragically passed away <\/a>at the age of 46.<\/p>\n<p>So no one begrudges her her right to move on with a new partner.<\/p>\n<p>But a lot of folks are wishing she\u2019d picked someone less problematic than the controversial comedian Louis CK.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2246769254-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Louis C.K. performs during the 2025 New York Comedy Festival at the Beacon Theatre on November 14, 2025 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-541231 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2246769254-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2246769254-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2246769254-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2246769254-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2246769254-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2246769254-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2246769254-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2246769254-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Louis C.K. performs during the 2025 New York Comedy Festival at the Beacon Theatre on November 14, 2025 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, according to a new report by the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15322147\/louis-ck-philip-seymour-hoffman-mimi-odonnell.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a><\/em>, CK was spotted kissing Mimi O\u2019Donnell on a New York City street corner this week.<\/p>\n<p>The London-based newspaper published two photos that they claim show a public display of affection between Louis and Mimi.<\/p>\n<p>In our headline, we referred to O\u2019Donnell as Hoffman\u2019s widow, which is not technically true, as they never tied the knot. <\/p>\n<p>But they\u2019d been together for 15 years at the time of his death, and they had three kids together, including actor Cooper Hoffman.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and girlfriend Mimi O'Donnell arrive at The Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) at the Odeon Leicester Square on February 19, 2006 in London, England. \" class=\"wp-image-541232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-2048x1329.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-960x623.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-1080x701.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-1200x779.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and girlfriend Mimi O'Donnell arrive at The Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) at the Odeon Leicester Square on February 19, 2006 in London, England. \" class=\"wp-image-541232 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-2048x1329.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-960x623.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-1080x701.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-1200x779.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-56887538-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and girlfriend Mimi O\u2019Donnell arrive at The Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) at the Odeon Leicester Square on February 19, 2006 in London, England. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Chris Jackson\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recently, O\u2019Donnell made headlines by becoming one of the first public figures in New York to support Zohran Mamdani\u2019s successful mayoral campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love a progressive candidate. He\u2019s got the energy. I love free child care, free buses,\u201d she told the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/29\/us-news\/girlfriend-of-late-star-philip-seymour-hoffman-joins-other-wealthy-lefties-in-zohran-mamdani-campaign-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Post <\/a><\/em>in April. In 2018, she opened up about losing Hoffman to an overdose in a moving essay for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/philip-seymour-hoffman-mimi-odonnell-vogue-january-2018-issue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vogue<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been almost four years since Phil died, and the kids and I are still in a place where that fact is there every day. We talk about him constantly, only now we can talk about him without instantly crying,\u201d she wrote, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can talk about him in a way that feels as though there\u2019s a remembrance of what happened to him, but that also honors him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talk about his bad sides and his good sides, what he did that was funny and what he did that was crazy, and what he did that was loving and tender and sweet. We open up, and it brings us together and keeps his spirit alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Louis C.K. attends FX Networks celebration of their Emmy nominees in partnership with Vanity Fair at Craft on September 16, 2017 in Century City, California.  \" class=\"wp-image-541233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Louis C.K. attends FX Networks celebration of their Emmy nominees in partnership with Vanity Fair at Craft on September 16, 2017 in Century City, California.  \" class=\"wp-image-541233 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-848105706-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Louis C.K. attends FX Networks celebration of their Emmy nominees in partnership with Vanity Fair at Craft on September 16, 2017 in Century City, California.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Rachel Murray\/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for CK, well \u2014 he\u2019s made headlines for different reasons in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>As you may recall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2018\/10\/sarah-silverman-i-let-louis-ck-masturbate-in-front-of-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CK was \u201ccanceled\u201d amid sexual assault allegations<\/a> back in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In the years since, he\u2019s rebranded with a darker, edgier brand humor that\u2019s led him to some pretty weird places.<\/p>\n<p>And while CK eventually apologized for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2018\/12\/louis-ck-mocks-parkland-survivors-non-binary-people-in-standup-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mocking survivors of the Parkland school shooting<\/a>, he\u2019s no longer the progressive comic he once was.<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s not hard to see why many fans of Hoffman\u2019s are not crazy about this match \u2014 but at the end of the day, it\u2019s Mimi\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/11\/louis-ck-appears-to-be-dating-philip-seymour-hoffmans-widow-and-the-internet-has-opinions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes It\u2019s been almost 12 years since Philip Seymour Hoffman tragically passed away at the age of 46. So no one begrudges her her right to move on with a new partner. But a lot of folks are wishing she\u2019d picked someone less problematic than the controversial comedian Louis CK. Louis C.K. 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