Amy Schumer may have just announced that her Comedy Central sketch show Inside Amy Schumer is finished.
Schumer has become embroiled in a scandal involving one of the show's writers, Kurt Metzger, who wrote a controversial Facebook post about rape at the weekend. The writer made the comments following the Upright Citizens Brigade’s alleged banning of comedian Aaron Glaser, who was accused of sexual assault in a private Facebook group for female comedians.
The Upright Citizen's Brigade is a well known improv comedy training centre that has launched the careers of Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari and Donald Glover among others.
There had been increased speculation as to whether Metzger would be fired from Inside Amy Schumer as a result of his comments. Schumer took to Twitter to explain why that couldn't happen. There is no show to fire him from.
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
If the show is in fact finished, it certainly comes as surprising news considering it was renewed for a fifth season in January.
Schumer has also taken the opportunity to distance herself from Metzger's comments.
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
Via Variety
*Update:
Amy has since tweeted that the show is in fact not cancelled, and she's just taking a break to tour;
#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