Amy Schumer has opened up about the severe reaction to her Oscars 2022 hosting stint – revealing she got death threats over one particular joke.
The Trainwreck actress, 40, presented last month’s ceremony at the Dolby Theatre with Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes,Speaking about her time on stage during an appearance on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show, she explained that a quip about Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons didn’t go down well with viewers,
‘The joke was that I was pretending I thought she was a seat filler. And we all worked that out together. I got death threats.’ ‘They were so bad the secret service reached out to me. I was like, “I think you have the wrong number. It’s Amy, not Will [Smith],’” she said, in reference to the King Richard actor slapping Chris Rock on stage.
Explaining the role of a ‘seat filler’ at ceremonies, she gestured towards Kirsten, quipping: ‘Here’s a seat filler… Honey, do you want to go to the bathroom?’
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