Amy Schumer Shuts Down a Slut-Shaming Critic on Twitter: "Glad I Took a Photo With You"

Trainwreck writer and actress fights back at film reviewer whom she met on red carpet

By Samantha Schnurr Jan 18, 2016 8:47 PMTags
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Amy Schumer didn't find this joke funny at all. 

The Trainwreck actress became the punchline of an offensive joke after she posed for a photo with an "Emmy-winning film critic" on the red carpet of Sunday night's Critics' Choice Awards, for which Schumer was nominated. 

"Spent the night with @amyschumer. Certainly not the first guy to write that," critic "LightsCameraJackson" wrote on his account. The user has since deleted the tweet. 

It didn't take long for Schumer to catch wind of the snide remark before it was removed. She swiftly responded to Jackson with a jab of her own.

"I get it. Cause I'm a whore? Glad I took a photo with you. Hi to your dad," she wrote back. 

The reviewer was quick to react, issuing an immediate apology for his comment. 

"I truly apologize," he wrote. "Thought you'd like the joke. I should leave the comedy to you! Thanks for the photo. Glad you won last night!"

He reiterated the sentiment with a follow-up tweet, asserting that he is definitely not the professional comic in the conversation. 

"I truly apologize for the tweet I posted earlier," he added. "I'm not a comedian and it wasn't funny."

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Schumer wasn't going to let the comments rain on her parade, especially after spending the evening seated next to her new beau Ben Hanisch while winning for Best Actress in a Comedy for Trainwreck and the Critics' Choice MVP Award.

"That's really okay honey," she later tweeted. "I just remember thinking you and your dad were sweet and it was a bummer to read that."

During her acceptance speech for the MVP Award, Schumer poked her own fun at Hollywood's tendency to subtly body shame her. 

"If you're an actress and you have this area right here, you have to write your own stuff if you want to get it made," she joked at the podium as she pointed to her midsection.

"This is where I get really 'brave' as everyone said after my Annie Leibovitz photo. That's what you want everyone to say when a naked photo of you goes viral...what a brave photo."