All trolls must be seated.
Amy Schumer defended her joke by calling Kirsten Dunst a placeholder at the 2022 Oscars after some viewers tugged at the comedian for “disrespect” towards the actress.
“Hey, I appreciate the love for Kirsten Dunst. I love you to! That was a choreographed part that she was involved in,” Schumer wrote on her Instagram story Monday, adding, “Wouldn’t disrespect this queen so much.”
During the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday night, co-host Schumer, 40, approached the “Power of the Dog” star, 39, who was sitting at a table with her partner and co-star Jesse Plemons.
“Here’s a placeholder,” the stand-up star quipped, gesturing to Dunst. “Honey, do you want to go to the bathroom?”
Schumer then pulled the confused-looking “Spider-Man” star from her seat and turned her attention to Plemons.
“Jesse, I loved you on ‘Power of the Dog,'” she told the 33-year-old actor, to which he replied, horrified, “You know, that was my wife, Amy.” (The couple got engaged in 2017, but neither marriage announced.)
Not missing a beat, Schumer joked, “You’re married to that seat filler?”
When Plemons nodded yes, she replied, “Oh, that’s weird.”
Critics were quick to take to Twitter to smear Schumer’s treatment of Dunst, who was nominated for an Oscar that night.
“amy schumer of all people calls kristen dunst a seat filler, although no one has heard from her since 2015…” one person tweeted.
Schumer jokingly called Kirsten Dunst a “seat filler” and then chatted with her partner, Jesse Plemons.Getty Images
“what kristen dunst should have done with amy schumer,” another tweeted alongside a video by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the awards ceremony.
“I have to say that again, Amy Schumer is not funny. Absolutely disrespectful, Jesse Plemons and Kristen Dunst looked so damn uncomfortable,” a third reviewer said wrote.
“Amy Schumer calls Kristen Dunst a seat filler and then takes off her seat and makes fun of her while she flirts with her husband…I’m about to throw hands, I hate this woman,” another I Agree.
“Will this forge, will forge that. Can we please start hating Amy Schumer!?!? openly slapping kristen dunst’s husband right in front of her face and making her get up from her deserved chair. Chris Rock wasn’t the only person who should have gotten a slap in the face,” a recent netizen said Posted.
Plemons and Dunst were both Oscar-nominated for their roles in The Power of the Dog. Getty Images
Dunst and Plemons received Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor nominations, respectively, for their roles in The Dog’s Power, though neither took home a trophy.
Meanwhile, Schumer made a few controversial jokes during Sunday’s show. She teased Leonardo DiCaprio about his penchant for dating younger women and also tried to laugh at Smith, 53, by smacking Rock, 57, over a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.