Amy Schumer Addressed The Accusation That She Stole An Oscars Joke From Twitter: “Im Funny Enough, I Don’t Need To Steal”

So perhaps you saw Amy Schumer host the Oscars this year with Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall?

Well, aside from The Slap, there was another controversial moment at the Oscars. This one has to do with Amy.

After the show, viewers started accusing Amy of stealing a viral Leonardo DiCaprio joke from Twitter for her Oscars monologue. “He has done so much to fight climate change,” she said onstage, “…and leave behind a cleaner, greener planet for his girlfriends.”

“OK. Well, I would like to say, I haven’t personally been on Twitter,” Amy said. “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.”

Amy added: “I just got to do a lie-detector test on Vanity Fair and they 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 shit.”

“What has always been amazing to me is that she purports to be a feminist and yet only steals from other female comedians,” Pescatelli tweeted in 2016. “If we call her on it we are ‘jealous’ or career shamed. Be successful. WE want you to do well, just do it [with] your own material. BTW she blocked me.”