Amy Schumer has hit out at claims that she stole a joke she told about at the Oscars, saying she’s ‘funny enough’.
The comedian hosted , which saw slap on stage, alongside Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall, at one point taking aim at Titanic star Leo.
Referencing his work to bring attention to climate change, she quipped: ‘He has done so much to fight climate change and leave behind a cleaner, greener planet for his girlfriends.’
Fans questioned if she had seen a similarly worded joke on Twitter from 2021.
Shutting down the rumours during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Amy, 40, insisted: ‘OK. Well, I would like to say, I haven’t personally been on Twitter. 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.’
She 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 s**t.’
However, Amy was recently criticised after
Appearing at a stand-up show at Las Vegas’s Mirage Theatre on Saturday, she reportedly claimed that there were some things that were off the table when it came to her time on stage.
According to , the I Feel Pretty actress told the crowd during the Aces of Comedy series: ‘I don’t even know what to say about the Oscars.Â
‘I was kind of feeling myself…and then all of a sudden, Ali was making his way up. And it was just a f**king bummer. All I can say is that it was really sad, and I think it says so much about toxic masculinity.
‘It was really upsetting, but I think the best way to comfort ourselves would be for me to say the Oscar jokes that I wasn’t allowed to say on TV.’
The publication reports that she went on to share some of the quips that she was not allowed to make on stage, directed at Joe Rogan and James Franco, explaining that her lawyer had warned against them.
Referring to Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust at the end of last year, she reportedly said: ‘Don’t Look Up is the name of a movie? More like don’t look down the barrel of Alec Baldwin’s shotgun.
‘I wasn’t allowed to say any of that [at the Oscars], but you can just come up and [slap] someone.’
