Ashley Graham blasts Amy Schumer over plus-size label on women

It’s like American model Ashley Graham has basically told comedienne Amy Schumer, “You can’t sit with us.”

In an interview with Cosmopolitan magazine, the 29-year-old model has criticised the “Trainwreck” star for the latter’s stance in the plus-size label. It would be remembered that e arlier in April, Schumer took to Instagram to express her disapproval for being included in Glamour magazine’s plus-size feature. The issue cited her as one of the magazine’s “Women Who Inspire Us,” which also named Ashley, Melissa McCarthy and Adele.

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She wrote, “I think there's nothing wrong with being plus size. Beautiful healthy women. Plus size is considered size 16 in America. I go between a size 6 and an 8. @glamourmag put me in their plus size only issue without asking or letting me know and it doesn't feel right to me. Young girls seeing my body type thinking that is plus size? What are your thoughts? Mine are not cool glamour not glamourous.”

The comedienne also brought the issue up when she was a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” Schumer said that she loves Glamour magazine and they’ve done so many great things for women. “But what I learned is people really don’t like being categorized by ‘plus-size,’” she told Fallon. “We don’t need these labels. We don’t need them. It should just say what size you are, right? Why?”

Social media users did not take Schumer’s statement. Graham equally did not appreciate the comedienne’s seemingly resistance to being called plus-size. “ I can see both sides, but Amy talks about being a big girl in the industry,” Graham told Cosmopolitan. “You thrive on being a big girl, but when you're grouped in with us, you're not happy about it? That, to me, felt like a double standard.”

Upon reading Graham’s interview, Schumer took to Twitter to air her sentiments, which seemed to be like offering an olive branch. “I totally understand Ashley’s feelings,” Schumer wrote. “I don’t group myself in with her because she is unbelievably beautiful. Nothing but respect for her.” It launched a Twitter exchange between the two girls.

It seems that girl world, at least the big girls’ world, is at peace again.