Amy Schumer Responds to Writer's Rape Rant
On Thursday’s Charlie Rose, Amy Schumer addressed one of her Inside Amy Schumer writers, Kurt Metzger, and his Facebook post that mocked members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre who banned an alleged rapist. Metzger, who was neither involved in the incidents nor the decision, posted a rant that attacked the manner in which a comedian was banned from the popular improv theater. In it he implied the accusers were liars and described those who made the decision to protect other female performers as “an unthinking herd of mewling progressive cattle.”
Amy Schumer made it clear that does not share the same views as Metzger. “He gets something from going after people and making them mad,” she said. “That is not representative of me at all.”
Some have taken to social media to question his position as writer on Inside Amy Schumer, a comedy program that often tackles female-centric issues. Schumer said, “Right now there are no plans for the TV show to come back … so nobody’s on my staff. There are no writers. People want his head. They want to burn him at the stake.” (On Twitter, Schumer clarified that the show is not canceled, just on hiatus.) She added that posts like Metzger’s distract from a larger issue. “I would love to focus the attention on the real problem … about rape and what’s consensual and what’s not.”
The issue is close to Schumer’s heart, and she said she hoped that this ordeal can open a dialogue about sexual assault. She explained, “I was sexually assaulted and I encourage women to come out. And I want men to hear what happened so that there’s no confusion, because people have different understandings of what sexual assault is, what rape is. So let’s all get on the same page so it happens less.”
Charlie Rose airs Fridays at 8:30 p.m. on PBS.
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