Speaking on her podcast, Amy Schumer Presents: 3 Girls 1 Keith, the comedian revealed that she and her husband Chris Fischer had named their son Gene Attel Fischer, in tribute to the comedian David Attell.
Amy Schumer has revealed that she has legally changed the name of her 11-month-old son after realising the name bore an unfortunate homonym.
“It was Gene Attell Fischer, but we realised that we, by accident, named our son ‘genital,’” she admitted. The name’s rude connotations were first pointed out by comedian and actor Claudia O’Doherty (Love), who mentioned to Schumer how the name sounded.
Schumer’s child’s new name is, fortunately, just as meaningful as the old one, paying tribute to the Trainwreck star’s father, Gordon David Schumer.