'Beef' Star David Choe Ignites Backlash as 2014 Comments Detailing 'Rapey Behavior' Resurfaces

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, has drawn controversy for resurfaced comments from a 2014 podcast in which he discusses an encounter featuring «rapey behavior.» He later clarified that the story was fictional and said the podcast was an «extension of his art.»In clips of the now-defunct podcast, , Choe tells his co-host, porn actor and director Asa Akira, and a group of guests a story that has been criticized as rape and sexual assault since it's been widely shared after  debuted last week.

reported on the podcast's discussion back in 2014, including the full transcript of Choe's comments. During the 2014 podcast episode, Choe said his «erection quest» took him to his favorite massage studio — where he emphasized that sexual contact was not on the menu.

During a session with a masseuse he called Rose, he said he began to experience an erection.«So I go back to the chill method of: You never ask first, you just do it, get in trouble and then pay the price later,» Choe told his guests, going on to say he forced the masseuse to perform oral sex on him, noting that «she didn't want to do it.»Akira loudly protested that Choe was detailing a rape as the male guests ask Choe to describe the masseuse's physical attributes. «The thrill of possibly going to jail is what achieved the erection quest,» Choe said, also replying, «she said yes with her eyes.»  «I just want to make it clear that I admit that that's rapey behavior, but I am not a rapist,» Choe added, according to . .