Amy Schumer had a big night at the Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday. She was given the MVP Award, which Judd Apatow joked was just a made up award to get her to show up, and then she took home Best Actress in a Comedy, for Trainwreck. She kind of dominated the stage, going on and on during her first acceptance speech and then later talking just a bit too long when she won again. That’s Amy for you, she’s funny and tries to entertain us but she can still be exhausting. When she won for Trainwreck she lost her strappy shoe on stage and handed it to Tracee Ellis Ross, who came up to hold it for her. She was so grateful for the help she asked Tracee “will you marry me?” Next she told Lily Tomlin she should have won in that category, adding “I would love to go down on you.” This wasn’t a roast but at least it was cable. Plus she’s a comedian that’s her thing.
Also Schumer’s thing – calling out sexism. A 17 year-old film blogger snapped a picture with her on the red carpet and accompanied it by a tweet claiming he’d spent the night with her. It was supposed to be a joke but Amy rightfully noted that it wasn’t funny and told him to say hi to his dad. He then apologized and she accepted, which was nice. Here are those tweets. (The original was deleted.)
@LCJReviews @jondaly I get it. Cause I'm a whore? Glad I took a photo with you. Hi to your dad.
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) January 18, 2016
@LCJReviews that's really okay honey. I just remember thinking you and your dad were sweet and it was a bummer to read that
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) January 18, 2016
I like that she accepted his apology. If someone made an obnoxious crack about me like that I would probably put them on blast and then ignore them. Of course she jokes about sex all the time but that’s her joke to make, as Vivian at Pajiba so aptly put it.
As you know, Amy brought her new boyfriend, Ben Hanisch, with her to the Critics’ Choice awards. She only said hi to him in her speech and didn’t really mention him otherwise, but she kissed him on camera and they looked pretty cozy together. Amy recently tweeted a group photo including Ben with the caption “missing these people on the road.” Ben posted a photo with Amy on Instagram and wrote “One more from last night because this girl looked insanely gorgeous and I’m in love with her.” I think that’s sweet! People Magazine notes that Amy told them last month, “we’re in love and it’s really exciting.” She otherwise seems to be playing it pretty cool. He’s gushing about her on social media and she’s hinting that she misses him.
photos credit: WENN and Instagram
She handled this really really well.
The boyfriend thing – too much too soon and his tweet it too gushy. And they’re not teens. Yuck.
+1
I’ve got a bad feeling about him… #golddigger
Me too. He’s a bit OTT with his gushing. If I were her, I’d tell him to put a lid on it please at least where social media is concerned.
Look at me being cynical twice already (just today!) on CB, but that was my first thought, too.
He’s also really into blackface #yayracism
Blackface? Ugh. Hadn’t heard that one. He’s really cute but I also get a bad feeling, mainly from the OTT love demonstrations.
I get the feeling that if/when things go badly, there will be a lot of deleting of photos from this time frame. I just think it is best for anyone famous or otherwise to keep dating as private as possible until things are serious enough where a move-in or the wedding is being planned. I also get golddigger/opportunist vibes from him. I don’t think he’d be with Amy if she weren’t the biggest comedian in America right now and I think she can do better than him.
I wouldn’t go that far. He seems like a nice looking guy, but he needs to be quiet, and she needs to be cautious.
I really enjoy Amys sketch series,so I’m always Team Her but I hope she had some private investigators look into Ben. I’m glad she found someone but he seems so gushy now that I fear we are heading into another Jesse James situation. I’m a cynic, I guess.
Well, apparently there are pictures of Schumer’s boyfriend in blackface on the internet, so the Jesse James comparison is apt.
Yup and she likes making jokes about minorities, they’re a match made in heaven!
Yeah…given her history, that doesn’t bode well. I still absolutely love seeing the late, great Patrice O’Neil rip into her after she tried some racial jokes on him. That one never, ever gets old.
Yep, they are a perfect match IMO. Both racially insensitive and exhausting.
I like Amy and I like that she calls out the sexist standards that still exist when it comes to women. Having said that I don’t think that she’s particularly funny. She tends to drag a joke out and it’s like ok move on. Also I didn’t really like Trainwreck. It was ok but I thought Spy was a much funnier movie and it/Melissa McCarthy should have won.
Spy was worlds better than Trainwreck. Team Melissa.
I agree! Trainwreck is overrated. It’s too bad because I love Bill Hadar and I want to like Amy too.
Anyway, I think she handled this bad joke well.
I didn’t like Trainwreck either, I felt duped because there was SO much hype about it and I thought I was gonna non stop laugh my ass off. I guess that’s movie studio $$$ & a shitload of publicity for you.
I think her sketch show is clever but I don’t find her funny ha-ha. She’s got that – i’m funny because I can look you straight in the eye in front of these cameras and say penis and vaginas with a straight face and I know that wasn’t what you were expecting honey.
Just not a fan…she’s just too much in the same way that Chelsea Handler is just too much…just not my brand of humor.
And her remark to Lily Tomlin was not remotely funny…crudeness does not equate to humor–not for me, at least.
The ‘joke’ to Lily Tomlin was not funny and a tacky way to compliment her. Why do we applaud Schumer for that?
She then made the awards-girl the butt of a joke about Florida, used the poor girl as a prop – if that’s not objectification I don’t know what is.
And the kid-critic made a stupid joke, he’s 17. I have a tough time seeing the uproar over “she’s the only one who can joke about her sexuality”; technically, if she’s only playing a ‘role’, then the kid was riffing on that, referring to her stage persona…so no harm, no foul.
I keep trying to see the funny but Schumer just makes me tired, it’s all so exhausting.
Agree.
Imagine having a nice conversation with a kid and his dad, walking away and then being called a whore? That kid was rude and sexist. The kid apologised, she let it go, it’s over.
I think she’s perfectly right to talk about her own sexuality and not have to put up with demeaning comments by a teenager.
Yeah I can’t stand her at all for these very reasons.
You are a unique snowflake in the wind on this … and I’m not being sarcastic. That being said, I really can’t blame people like Amy S for constantly being in SM (because she doesn’t necessarily volunteer to do so). But when people like this actively promote themselves on shows like this and talk shows, etc., they, themselves, cause way too much exposure for themselves. By now, I’ve begun to relate to others who’ve already called people like this as overrated hacks earlier on.
I thought both sides of the tweet thing handled it well. I think the kid was trying to be funny in her raunchy way and it bombed, as he acknowledged. Good lesson for him.
I don’t know why but I don’t trust her boyfriend. He gushes way too much.
I agree, I thought she handled it well, and he did too, for acknowledging his mistake and apologizing.
The kid just forgot how easily jokes fall flat without body language and tone of voice as a guide. Good lesson to learn early. But he apologized quite nicely and sincerely, and deserved to be forgiven. Which she did.
I really like Amy Schumer, but I agree on the gushing boyfriend stuff. With all of her independence and humour, this makes her sound like another starlet. Chill, girl. But she looks great–maybe chanelling Jennifer Lawrence’s look from her first Oscars?
I didn’t think the teen’s joke was funny either, but it is kind of interesting to see how comedians don’t like certain jokes being made, yet will tell us how we shouldn’t be so politically correct and should try to find all of their jokes funny. This is more of a general observation I’m making rather than denying her right to be agitated (if she was offended I do think she has a right to be because the implication of that joke does sound creepy. And I do think she handled the exchange well).
I agree and I also see that.
I think this kid is a jerk and an idiot and it sounds like his Dad is who got him this little bit of publicity. That being said it’s interesting what a thin skin Schumer seems to have for someone who makes several dirty jokes about herself. I don’t mean simply this incident either, it just seems like it’s really easy to get her from comedy-club Amy to really serious, why would you say that Amy.
I think it’s unfair to state she’s thin skinned. The kid basically implied she’s a whore. She didn’t go crazy on him, just called him out, as she should. Her skits and jokes that talk about her sexuality are hers to own and most of us can see that plays up a character to get her point across.
I think most of us can be very self-deprecating but if someone else were to say it we’d also feel that it wasn’t cool. And she handled it well without overreacting.
Yes. She doesn’t like the implication of the kid’s joke, but it was fine for her to offer to go down on Lilly. I just seen her as someone who expects us all to applaud whatever she says, but no liberties can be taken by anyone else.
Yes she is very hypocritical. She only likes it when she has the upper hand trying to be funny.
I agree completely. If she made a similar joke, we would be pearl clutchers and she would be “pushing the envelope.” Some things aren’t funny.
I have a teenage son and if he ever tweeted a “joke” like that he would be in serious big trouble with me. I don’t care what Amy Schumer’s reputation is, what she says or tweets in public or brand of humor.. Thank you Amy, for giving this boy a teachable moment about the internet, cyber space, and women. Hopefully in the future, he will stick to being just a film critic. But, probably not.
I think she and her boyfriend are cute. She handled the teen really well too. Plus, I freaking loved Trainwreck!! Glad she won an award for it!!!
The boyfriend makes my red flag go up. Just can’t put my finger on it but he’s just “off” somehow. Maybe it’s just that I would never be attracted to a man who spent his time posting pictures of me and and writing 13 year old equivalents of deep thoughts as captions. Or perhaps he’s just a psychopath and he’ll eventually come for us all. Hard to say.
The ending of your comment snuck up on me and resulted in too much laughter, great job!
I’m with you. I don’t think he’s a psychopath but there’s something insincere and not genuine about his demeanor. I feel like he might be using her. He’s not exactly cool and low key.
He does blackface. He’s a jackass, at minimum.
“Or perhaps he’s just a psychopath and he’ll eventually come for us all. Hard to say.” LOL! But, seriously, there are more of them (psychopaths) out there than meets the eye. He’s definitely sketchy.
Could that be because he looks like he belongs among the ranks of The. Bachelor?
The young blogger’s original tweet was inappropriate, but so was her comment to Lily Tomlin.
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Good point!
Flame me for saying this, but I disagree that it’s “her joke to make.” Comedians can’t use something in their skits and then expect people to not work off of what they put in their routines. The joke itself was lame and unoriginal, but I don’t think the subject material was out of line. I feel like if they were Brit comedians saying this in the UK like on a panel show no one would have batted an eye. She started it and he followed; maybe not the best execution but not out of the realm of her comedy. She claims to be so comfortable with her sex life and supposedly all about the one nighters but then someone else makes a joke about it and she gets to be a victim? Sorry, that’s not how comedy should work to me. She could have said something like “I regret nothing!” which would have diffused the situation, made a joke and have stuck with her shtick. We want Ricky G. to flame all the celebs at the GG’s while they have no chance in the moment to counter with their own jokes, but we don’t want to offend the supposedly offensive comedian? With subject material from her own comedy? She’s the one who brought up the w word as well. Come on. And her response was lame; she just played the victim and wanted an apology. No humor, no biting jokes to “call out his sexism”. The whole thing is just overblown and lame and she’s still not funny and fails at being a comedienne to me.
Well said.
I agree .She jokes about being sluttier than the average woman but gets upset when someone jokes about her being a slut.She writes a movie which slut shames the main character.Basically saying promiscuity leads to an unhappy life.When she calls herself a slut she is calling every woman who engages in the same behavior a slut.So she is a slut shamer
Yeah I agree. She talks and jokes about sex all the time. Someone makes a joke back and it’s a big deal? She should have laughed it off, post good one or something like that. But maybe she thought he was serious and didn’t want people thinking she slept with him.
Besides the sexism of it, I could see why an adult public figure would feel uncomfortable with a minor on twitter saying something like that.
When has Schumer been uncomfortable with anything regarding herself and sex? It’s almost her entire schtick which is what makes the joke funny. She should do what others who watch her have to, get a sense of humor.
I think she can be funny, sure she’s overrated but I’m just really happy that someone like Amy is finally a thing. I am so tired of seeing the male equivalent, who don’t have half the sense of humor she has.
LOL at all the people being skeptical about her boyfriend. Why because he’s too good looking for her? He can do better? I’m enjoying this role reversal. They both seem happy, I hope it works out well for them….And that tweet from her “fan” was a dick move. Yes, she has self deprecating humor & slut shames herself. No, that does not make it okay when others slut shame her. It’s only okay when she does it to herself.
“No, that does not make it okay when others slut shame her. It’s only okay when she does it to herself.”
I think this point makes sense. Therefore, in that vein, I think she in turn needs to lay off the jokes about Latinos and Latinas (which don’t make any sense to me). Maybe she has stopped doing this, but I vaguely remember other people defending her.
I don’t watch a whole lot of her material, only a handful of episodes from her tv show and a couple of live shows on youtube. If that’s the case, she really should lay off that. Bit of a double standard I agree :/
“LOL at all the people being skeptical about her boyfriend. Why because he’s too good looking for her? He can do better?”
Dude dresses up in black face, thats why people are getting dbag vibes from him.
Yeah I’m not sure where OP got the vibe that this is about her boyfriend’s looks. I was actually going to compliment her on having the relationship until I read about the blackface. Sorry, that just ruins any perception of him being a ‘good’ guy.
Thanks for pointing that out, I honestly was not aware he did that. Wtf if wrong with him? Alright, alright I understand the hate now. I honestly just thought people in general (on sites like dailymail make snarky comments about him using her because “no man that attractive would date Amy”. I know that doesn’t always happen here because I know this is a predominantly feminist site so I was really confused there for a bit.)
Her reaction was stupid. He made a dumb joke. He never called her a whore, she said that, and unless she is a virgin his tweet was actually true (he was in fact not the first man to be able to say he spent the night with her.) He clearly never mean that he had actually slept with her. It was a dumb play on words. This is a woman who makes her living mocking others and who can’t take a joke. Ridiculous.
I tend to agree. She’s made promiscuity and her ability to get men despite her non-conventional body a hallmark of her routine. That would be like the late George Carlin getting offended if somebody cracked a joke about his general misanthropy – that was a big part of his act. I can’t imagine him getting bent of out shape over it. She’s crafted a really strong career off of this particular image, and now people are running with it. I feel like she can’t claim offense now without looking like a spoiled little girl.
@ doug
Completely agree. Didn’t she say that she wouldn’t apologize for other people’s stupidity when some people were upset about her Ryan Dunn joke at Steve-O’s roast? What hypocrisy.
Totally agree, She totally humiliated the kid; good for him for taking the high road & acting more adult than her. She is just obnoxious & needs to go away.
She didn’t humiliate him. She just let him know that she had enjoyed talking to him and his dad but his attempt at a joke that could be interpreted as her having sex with him made her uncomfortable. Not the same thing as in a public comedy skit. He got the point and properly apologized, and she assured him that she was okay with it. That’s how grownups deal with conflict, they don’t pretend it doesn’t exist but allow for a resolution. And I can certainly see why a grown woman would not want anybody thinking she had a one-night stand with a seventeen year old. That’s illegal, for starters. And ewwww, for finishers.
I’m a fan, but, yes, she should proceed slowly with her BF.
I don’t find her funny at all. Agree with someone else who compared her to Chelsea Handler – just not my brand of humor. She’s crass. JMO, but to me, crass doesn’t equal funny in and of itself. Anyone can be crass, myself included. It’s pretty easy. It doesn’t take any talent – just nerve. I want to like her, I do, but I can’t do it just because I’m supposed to be excited that she’s a successful female comedian (and writer, etc.) First requirement for me – be funny. Male or female, just actually be funny. I know I’ll get killed for saying this, but it seems like the bar for comedy is set lower for women in some cases.
I love Amy. #massivegirlcrush