On Wednesday night, comedian Amy Schumer entered the clubhouse on “Watch What Happens Live” for a lively chat about all things Amy (and Bravo, of course). And host Andy Cohen, of course, started by asking the Oscars co-host what she thought of Will Smith being allowed to stay and collect his Oscar for best actor after beating the shit out of Chris Rock onstage.
“I’m just saying, I was backstage and I knew I had to get out … and it really felt like comedy’s Situation Room,” she explained. “We all just looked at the monitor and then he won… Everyone was kind of floored – the whole thing. And I was like, what am I going to do when I get out there?”
“It really changed the air in the room!” she added.
Later, during the call-in portion of the show, a fan asked Schumer about allegations that she stole her Leonardo DiCaprio joke at the Oscars (“He’s done so much to fight climate change and make a cleaner one , greener planet to leave his girlfriends”) by a Twitter user. (Joke-stealing allegations have dogged Schumer for years, though other comedians have often come to their defense.)
“OK. Well, I want to say that I haven’t been on Twitter personally. I had my assistant do it so I could stay alive and not kill myself,” she replied. “Also, this joke was written by Suli McCullough. But I always thank you guys for making sure I didn’t start stealing. I just had to take a polygraph test on Vanity Fair and they asked me, thank god, ‘Have you ever stolen a joke?’ and I said no, and it was ‘that’s true’. So, everybody just chill. It’s crazy. I’m funny enough, I don’t have to steal shit.”
After revealing that she donated the $15,000 she received as Oscars co-host to Planned Parenthood, Cohen pointedly asked Schumer what she thought about Louis CK – who admitted to sexual misconduct on the show – the Grammy for Best Comedy Album.
After taking a large sip of her drink, she said, “I don’t think it feels good. It doesn’t feel good. I don’t think it feels good.”