Metzger, among other jobs (he’s “Kurt” on Horace & Pete), is a writer on Inside Amy Schumer.
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It’s been a week for Amy Schumer. “They want to burn him at the stake”, Schumer said of those attacking Metzger. He isn’t a writer for my show because we aren’t making the show anymore.
Kurt’s my friend, I love him, I’m not on Facebook so I don’t read his insane rants… he gets something from going after people and making them mad that is not representative of me at all. However, his comments did not represent her in any way.
Schumer has so far responded to Metzger through Twitter and a Charlie Rose interview, disavowing any supposed support for his comments.
“We all need to be empowering each other”, Schumer said, “but to focus your energy on online trolling-if I did that, I wouldn’t get anything done. Because he writes for the show, it’s a bigger story, because of our connection”.
“It is an incredible moment for every woman”, she tells NPR’s David Greene, “if you have ovaries, and you’re in the 90210 ZIP code”.
The “Trainwreck” star is mostly upset that Metzger’s controversy is diverting the conversation away from real issues.
Amy Schumer sent fans into a tizzy Wednesday night with a tweet implying that her Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schumer has ended.
In May, Viacom president Doug Herzog said that Schumer’s future with Comedy Central was up in the air since her “immediately viable movie career is something that she’s going to be pretty focused on going forward”.
Schumer had been criticized for remaining silent as Metzger wrote a series of posts on Facebook and Twitter in response to the Upright Citizens Brigade’s alleged banning of comedian Aaron Glaser, who was accused of sexual assault in a private Facebook group for female comedians.
Rose tried to clarify what Schumer, a survivor of sexual assault herself, meant by asking if the “main problem” is “a smart understanding of what rape has become”.
Watch the full Charlie Rose segment tonight on PBS. Still, Schumer’s making the most of the circumstances, and speaking out against the common reflex among men to be skeptical when women admit to being sexually assaulted. “Let’s all get on the same page so that it happens less”.
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“I don’t remember how it felt to lose everything, but I do remember men coming to take my dad’s vehicle when I was ten”, she recalled. Not of whether or not it was rape, but it’s not the way we think of, like, a “Law and Order” episode. And when it’s not as black and white for everyone, it makes it harder for them to digest.
