{"id":1410788,"date":"2022-03-30T15:44:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T19:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410788"},"modified":"2022-03-30T15:44:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T19:44:47","slug":"seat-filler-amy-schumer-forced-to-explain-joke-she-cracked-at-kirsten-dunsts-expense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seat-filler-amy-schumer-forced-to-explain-joke-she-cracked-at-kirsten-dunsts-expense\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Seat Filler\u2019: Amy Schumer Forced To Explain Joke She Cracked At Kirsten Dunst\u2019s Expense"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseat-filler-amy-schumer-forced-to-explain-joke-she-cracked-at-kirsten-dunsts-expense%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1388099077.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Oscars co-host Amy Schumer was forced to explain one of her Oscars\u2019 jokes after critics slammed her for referring to actress Kirsten Dunst as a \u201cseat-filler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Explaining to the audience that some people were hired to make the auditorium look full, Schumer suggested that Dunst was one of those people and told her to get up and move so that she could sit down and have a conversation with Dunst\u2019s partner, Jesse Plemons.<\/p>\n<p>As Page Six <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/29\/amy-schumer-on-backlash-over-kirsten-dunst-oscars-2022-joke\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>During the 94th Academy Awards Sunday night, co-host Schumer, 40, approached the \u201cPower of the Dog\u201d star, 39, who was seated at a table with her partner and co-star, Jesse Plemons.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHere\u2019s a seat filler,\u201d the stand-up star quipped, gesturing toward Dunst. \u201cHoney, do you want to go to the bathroom?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Schumer then pulled the confused-looking \u201cSpider-Man\u201d star out of her seat and directed her attention toward Plemons.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cJesse, I loved you in\u00a0\u2018Power of the Dog,\u2019\u201d she told the actor, 33, to which he responded, looking horrified, \u201cYou know, that was my wife, Amy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More awkward moments at the Oscars: Amy Schumer, with one of the most unfunny jokes of all time, moved Kirsten Dunst out of her seat, calling her a &#8220;seat filler,&#8221; prompting husband Jesse Plemons to say &#8220;you know that was my wife?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GrTKLH8dfa\">pic.twitter.com\/GrTKLH8dfa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1508286619035619330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When critics quickly flocked to Twitter to slam Schumer for disrespecting Dunst, Schumer was forced to clarify that the actress had been in on the joke from the start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey I appreciate the love for Kirsten Dunst. I love her too! That was a choreographed bit she was in on,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cWouldn\u2019t disrespect that queen like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the show, Schumer also said that she was \u201cstill triggered and traumatized\u201d after actor Will Smith slapped presenter and comedian Chris Rock over a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s baldness.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer laid out her feelings \u2014 along with a plug for her own Hulu series \u201cLife and Beth\u201d \u2014 in a post she shared on Instagram.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cbt-RAgOf19\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think we can all agree that the best way to unpack what happened is to stream my series @lifeandbethhulu and see me on tour this fall,\u201d Schumer cracked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut for real. Still triggered and traumatized,\u201d she continued. \u201cI love my friend @chrisrock and believe he handled it like a pro. Stayed up there and gave an Oscar to his friend @questlove and the whole thing was so disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo much pain in @willsmith anyway I\u2019m still in shock and stunned and sad,\u201d Schumer concluded. \u201cIm proud of myself and my cohosts. But yeah. Waiting for this sickening feeling to go away from what we all witnessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since Sunday, thousands have weighed in on the slap \u2014 and Smith, after apologizing to the Academy on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-issues-apology-to-chris-rock-says-he-was-out-of-line-and-wrong\/\">offered an apology<\/a> to Rock a day later. Despite allowing him to remain and collect his best actor Oscar for \u201cKing Richard\u201d immediately following the incident, the Academy announced on Monday that Smith would face a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-under-formal-review-after-slapping-chris-rock-at-oscars\/\">formal review<\/a>\u00a0for his actions during the broadcast.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same?\u00a0<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission.<\/a><\/i><span><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscars co-host Amy Schumer was forced to explain one of her Oscars\u2019 jokes after critics slammed her for referring to actress Kirsten Dunst as a \u201cseat-filler.\u201dExplaining to the audience that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1410788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}