UPDATE: Schumer went back to Twitter to say the show is not canceled. However, there is no sign of the show coming back anytime soon. Looks like she's pulling a Louie.
#InsideAmySchumer is not cancelled. @ComedyCentral has provided us with a wonderful home and we couldn't be happier there. I am just touring
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) August 18, 2016
Doing Standup and focusing on writing more for the next year at least. We are slated for a season 5 but not in the foreseeable future.
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) August 18, 2016
I'm grateful @ComedyCentral is giving me this time to work on other projects. Now please grab my book #TheGirlWithTheLowerBackTattoo for now
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) August 18, 2016
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The original story is as follows:
Amy Schumer may have quit her show. In a response to one of the show's writers weighing in on rape allegations at UCB, Schumer responded to Kurt Metzger's Facebook rants tweeting these two messages:
I am so saddened and disappointed in Kurt Metzger. He is my friend and a great writer and I couldn't be more against his recent actions.
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) August 17, 2016
Kurt does not work for me. He is not a writer on my show. Please stop asking me about it. His words are not mine.
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) August 17, 2016
No big deal. He was fired. But then she followed it up with:
I didn't fire Kurt. He isn't a writer for my show because we aren't making the show anymore. There are no writers for it.
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) August 18, 2016
That's a broad, sweeping statement saying that not only is Metzger not on the show, the show is done. But Comedy Central gave the show a fifth season renewal back in January. After she tweeted that, Metzger went back to Facebook with another post kind of apologizing:
"...I was talking to the perennial social media mob who, without knowing victim or accused, GLEEFULLY want to be part of social mob justice. Some of whom are my friends. And I apologize for using the term “lynch mob.” Lynch mobs sometimes actually hang a rapist. This one merely got a rapist banned from a monthly UCB show and then patted themselves on the head. I am always on the side of the VICTIMS, and I felt that this does them a great disservice..." (read the whole thing on Splitsider).
Comedy Central has not confirmed the ending via press release or email confirming. Also note that Schumer writes in her new memoir that she is a victim of sexual assault. I wasn't too into the show but it's weird to see Comedy Central's biggest show leave abruptly and without warning. I wonder how much Metzger's posts affected the show's ending.
In the same vein of news, Cameron Esposito had her own words to say about the whole situation . I found it so strange, too, because I just watched the second episode of Take My Wife and its storyline involved rape jokes/culture.
To female comics in New York & everywhere. Re: Kurt. pic.twitter.com/IRlwODEjpk
— Cameron Esposito (@cameronesposito) August 17, 2016
