Amy Schumer is clapping again.
The comic, 42, has been posting in assistance of Israel following Hamas’ calamitous Oct. 7 assault, for which Israel has retaliated with airstrikes on Gaza, as humanitarians, protestors, and Hollywood celebs name for a ceasefire.
Consistent with the Associated Press, greater than 8,500 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis have died within the ongoing war.
On Wednesday, Schumer took to took to Instagram to deal with the backlash she’s gotten over her feedback at the tide ongoing Israel Palestine war.
“What I want is EVERY HOSTAGE BACK,” Schumer wrote, regarding the over 200 hostages that Hamas snatched all over their Oct. 7 assault.
“I want safety and freedom from Hamas for Palestinian and Israelies. I want safety for Jewish people and Muslims as well. Everyone. Just like you. I want peace,” Schumer posted.
“You will never see me wishing harm on anyone. Saying I’m Islamophobic or that I like genocide is crazy.”
She added that she’s gotten criticisms of being a “failed” comedian or stealing jokes.
“I’m the most successful comedian of all time,” she slammed her critics. Reputedly responding to critics who’ve mocked her look, she wrote, “I’m ugly/ fat okay Sorry you aren’t attracted to me,” she wrote. “I found someone who is,” she stated, regarding husband Chris Fischer, 43, a chef she secured the knot with in 2018. “I hope you find someone too.”
She added that she needs critics who say that she’s lavish to grasp that she’s “self made” and got here from being “dirt poor.” She additionally added a remark showing to distance herself from Senator Chuck Schumer, announcing that he’s her dad’s “2nd cousin once removed. I didn’t meet him until I was 25.”
She specified that she grew to become the feedback on for this publish, in contrast to a few of her alternative contemporary posts, writing “comments on” in massive letters.
Some celebs shared their assistance within the feedback, comparable to Kate Hudson, who commented, “Love you Amy” and Orlando Bloom, who commented with middle emojis.
Alternative feedback had been extra scathing, with commenters writing, “You are centering yourself and the emotions of your upbringing while people are dying,” and “You have shared MULTIPLE islamophobic posts in the past few weeks…horrible and delusional as well as narcissistic…You’re just a hateful person who has, in this post, made the acts of terror all about you.”
Some other commenter wrote, “it’s so nuts that people, israeli and palestinian alike, are being mercilessly slaughtered and somehow you’ve made yourself into a martyr. This *actually* might be the first funny thing you’ve said.”
A few of Schumer’s time posts in regards to the war on social media come with a publish referencing Martin Luther King Jr., which his daughter corrected.
On Monday, Schumer posted a video of Martin Luther King Jr declaring that Israel “has the right to exist” and that the mythical civil rights chief would “take a stand against anti-Semitism because it’s wrong, it’s unjust, and it’s evil.”
His daughter, Bernice King, 60 corrected Schumer, posting on X, previously referred to as Twitter, “Amy: Certainly, my father was against anti-Semitism, as am I,” she wrote.
“He also believed militarism (along with racism and poverty) to be among the interconnected Triple Evils,” she persevered. “I am certain he would call for Israel’s bombing of Palestinians to cease, for hostages to be released… and for us to work for true peace, which includes justice.”
