While Mr. Metzger has worked on her Comedy Central series in the past, she explained that he’s not now her writer because there are “no plans for the TV show to come back anytime in the near future”. “He is a friend and a great writer and I couldn’t be more against his recent actions”.
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After that, Schumer re-tweeted a fan’s sorrowful comment that the show might be ending. Amy Schumer blocked me on Twitter for this tweet.
“I am so saddened and disappointed in Kurt Metzger”. In his post he mocked women who report rape, seemingly in response to the fact a comedian had been banned from performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade theatres amid rape allegations from several women.
The comedienne’s Inside Amy Schumer sketch show debuted in 2013 and in January (16) executives at USA network renewed the series for a fifth season, which is set to air in 2017.
As for the future of Inside Amy Schumer, the Trainwreck star didn’t offer any hope the series would be returning for a fifth season anytime soon.
But a new season seemed in doubt on Wednesday after Schumer’s cryptic message about writer Kurt Metzger.
That being said, Schumer explained that it’s Metzger’s controversial opinions that make him a good writer for her Comedy Central show.
Amy Schumer speaking about her film “Trainwreck” at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival in NY on April 19, 2015.
The controversy surrounding Metzger erupted after he posted a series of strongly-worded Facebook rants stemming from accusations of rape against a fellow stand-up comedian. We are slated for a season 5 but not in the foreseeable future.
But she’ll have to take a break from all that to show up at the Emmy Awards next month.
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After a confusing string of tweets, Amy Schumer clarified that her Comedy Central show is not canceled. “They want me fired from a job that doesn’t exist”.
