Amy Schumer Is Also Boycotting the Super Bowl This Year by Refusing to Do Any Commercials

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From Cosmopolitan

Right after news broke that Rihanna turned down this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show to support Colin Kaepernick, Amy Schumer is also coming out against the NFL and the Super Bowl by refusing to do any commercials for the game.

On Friday, Amy took to Instagram to post a photo of herself with a gigantic wine glass and a *very* long caption about why she supports Colin's kneeling and what it means to oppose the NFL. She wrote:

Friday thought. I wonder why more white players aren’t kneeling. Once you witness the truly deep inequality and endless racism people of color face in our country, not to mention the police brutality and murders. Why not kneel next to your brothers? Otherwise how are you not complicit? I think it would be cool if @maroon5 backed out of super bowl like @badgalriri Did. I personally told my reps I wouldn’t do a Super Bowl commercial this year. I know it must sound like a privilege ass sacrifice but it’s all i got. Hitting the nfl with the advertisers is the only way to really hurt them. I know opposing the nfl is like opposing the nra. Very tough, but don’t you want to be proud of how you’re living? Stand up for your brothers and sisters of color. And the hottest thing a guy can do is get down on one knee. Not to propose but to reject the treatment of his teammates by this country. Anyone who says its disrespectful to our military please read up on the fact that a lot of veterans are proud of what @kaepernick7 is doing and fully support him. What are your thoughts?

So, so far we have two celebs anti Super Bowl, and one band (Maroon 5, who will be doing the halftime show) pro Super Bowl. Should be interesting to see if more celebrities come out and take a side...

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