Amy Schumer Talks ‘Death Threats’ Over Oscars Joke, Said ‘The Misogyny Is Unbelievable’

Amy Schumer already discussed how much backlash she got from fans over joking that A-lister Kirsten Dunst was a “seat filler” at the 2022 Academy Awards. Now she’s claiming she got “death threats” that required the LAPD and Secret Service to get involved.

“I got death threats,” she told Howard Stern while appearing on his radio show Thursday. “The Secret Service reached out to me.”

“They were so bad the Secret Service reached out, yeah, about that bit,” Schumer claimed. “I’m like, ‘I think you have the wrong number. This is Amy, not Will [Smith]. You must have the wrong number.’”

“Not that I want Will to get death threats, but the misogyny is unbelievable,” she continued.

“They were that serious and that many,” she said when Stern seemed skeptical. Schumer also said the LAPD contacted her on the matter.

“They were like, ‘How can you disrespect Kirsten Dunst like that,’” the “Life & Beth” alum said.

During the conversation, Schumer reiterated how all her jokes were vetted with the Hollywood stars prior to her telling them. In other words, Dunst was aware of the gag and happy to participate. 

“Hey I appreciate the love for Kirsten Dunst. I love her too! That was a choreographed bit she was in on,” Schumer wrote on her Instagram story while trying to explain herself to followers. “Wouldn’t disrespect that queen like that.”

The joke in question involved Schumer questioning the “Spider-Man” actress’ presence at the event.

“Here’s a seat filler,” Schumer said, explaining how some people are invited to big events just to fill empty seats for celebrities when they need to step out. “Honey, do you want to go to the bathroom?”

“Jesse, I loved you in ‘Power of the Dog,’” Schumer said, sitting down next to Dunst’s partner Jesse Plemons. 

Plemons replied, “You know, that was my wife, Amy.”

“You’re married to that seat filler?” Schumer asked.

The backlash online was merciless. That wasn’t the only time the “Trainwreck” star got chided for the jokes she made. Online followers accused Schumer of stealing a joke about Leonardo DiCaprio from Twitter.

The Daily Wire originally reported:

Eagle-eyed Twitter users noticed that one of Schumer’s jokes went viral on Twitter in December, leading them to question if the 40-year-old comedian had stolen it.

“Leonardo DiCaprio is so passionate about climate change because he wants to leave a better word for his girlfriends,” user Pjörk shared, making fun of how the actor dates much younger women.

The Oscars host told an incredibly similar joke at the Academy Awards when she said, “[DiCaprio] has done so much to fight climate change and leave behind a cleaner, greener planet for his girlfriends.”

Schumer addressed the controversy during an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live” this week.

“OK. Well, I would like to say, I haven’t personally been on Twitter,” the actress replied after being asked about stealing the joke. “I’ve had my assistant do it, just so I can remain alive and not kill myself. And also, that joke was written by Suli McCullough. But I thank you guys, always, for making sure that I don’t start thievery.”

She went on to say she had taken a lie detector test from Vanity Fair, which included a question about stealing jokes. “… [T]hey asked me, thank God, ‘Have you ever stolen a joke?’ and I said no, and it was ‘that’s true.’ So, everybody just chill. It’s crazy. I’m funny enough, I don’t need to steal s***.”

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