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Bill Cosby won’t set foot in NYC’s famed Comedy Cellar, owner says

It’s no joke — Bill Cosby isn’t welcome at this legendary Big Apple comedy club.

The owner of the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village — which has hosted stars including Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams and Chris Rock — won’t allow the disgraced comic to perform on the heels of his prison release, he told The Post on Sunday.

The 83-year-old fallen funnyman reportedly plans to do a stand-up tour now that his sexual-assault conviction has been tossed and he was freed from prison last month.

But club owner Noam Dworman — who let Aziz Ansari and Louis C.K. perform in 2018 after their respective sexual-misconduct scandals — said he won’t book Cosby in the beloved, brick-lined basement venue because Cellar audiences wouldn’t support it.

Bill Cosby is not welcome to NYC's Comedy Cellar, according to its owner.
Bill Cosby is not welcome to NYC’s Comedy Cellar, according to its owner. Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images

Dworman explained that he is drawing the line on Cosby because the accusations against the former TV star were far worse than anything Aziz Ansari and Louis C.K. allegedly did.

“Comparing Bill Cosby to these other guys is absurd,” Dworman said, adding that the other two comics were not charged with a crime.

Dworman, who got death threats after allowing Louis C.K. to perform, said, “I didn’t want to talk about this to begin with. 

“I just think these comparisons are ridiculous.”

The Comedy Cellar
The Comedy Cellar will not be one of Bill Cosby’s stops on his planned stand-up tour. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images

A rep for Cosby, Andrew Wyatt, told TMZ that his client is unfazed by the showbiz snub.

“That’s one club owner, and in the words of the King of R&B Bobby Brown, ‘It’s his prerogative to do what he wants to do,’ ” Wyatt said.

The Pennsylvania State Supreme court overturned Cosby’s sex-assault conviction on June 30, saying a secret verbal agreement with then-Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor Jr. prevented the comic from ever being charged for allegedly drugging and molesting Andrea Constand in 2004.

Cosby was released from prison after serving more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence.