Amy Schumer says her new comedy special is different this time. The 42-year-old actress and comedian says that when she watched it back, she thought, “Oh my God I can’t believe I said that.” “I’m talking smack.
I’m burning bridges,” Amy said. “I’m like uh, how are people going to react to this one? I didn’t hold back.” Keep reading to find out more…Amy said that normally, she talks to people beforehand about her material. “Except for this special.
There is always backlash because as you know, any woman that opens up her mouth and speaks and says what they think, will hear about it,” she said on the Today show. “But I think this one, I’m going to get a lot of backlash,” Amy said.
In her Netflix special, Emergency Contact, she reveals she was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe type of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. “I was so relieved when I was diagnosed six months in. ‘Okay we know what it is, what do we do?’” Amy said. “[The doctor] explained to me, ‘We haven’t been able to study it because it only happens…to women.” Amy then reiterated the double standard between men and women. “I think I’m allowed to say this, but there’s like a dozen types of Viagra, but if a woman needs something, it’s like, “Ohh, sorry we haven’t really gotten around to studying it.’ Emergency Contact premieres on Netflix on June 13, where she details what it is like to have sex after marriage.
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