Schumer told Stern that this explanation was necessary after abuse and threats she received in relation to the joke went out of control.
Amy Schumer received death threats of sufficient plausibility that the authorities contacted her in the wake of a joke she made at the Oscars, the actor has revealed.
“People made fun of me for saying it was traumatising,” Schumer told Stern. “I don’t think it was traumatising for me.
Schumer was swift to explain to fans upset at the perceived slight that both Dunst and her partner, Jesse Plemons, were in on the joke.