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Amy Schumer (L) and Jennifer Lawrence present at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. Reuters/Paul Drinkwater

Amy Schumer has revealed quite a few details about Jennifer Lawrence in an interview with “Girls” creator Lena Dunham. Amid the “Lenny Letter” interview controversy, Lena also apologised to Odell Beckham Jr.

Amy revealed that a funny text from Jennifer helped her stay strong following the shooting that took place in 2015 during a threatre screening of Amy’s “Trainwreck.” The shooting had left two women dead in Lafayette, Louisiana, in the US.

Amy told Lena that Jennifer had texted her saying, “It’s your fault.” Schumer, being a comedian, could instantly relate to this message and said that this was actually when she felt closest to Lawrence. She said that in times like this, only jokes can make a person feel better. Lena added, “Jennifer Lawrence texting ‘It’s your fault’ is like the greatest worst thing I have ever heard.”

In July 2015, a man named John Russell Houser opened fire at “Trainwreck’s” screening in a Louisana theatre, killing two people and injuring nine others before committing suicide. After the shooting, it was discovered that he had a blood alcohol level of 0.1, while the legal limit is 0.08.

During the interview, Lena speculated that Odell ignored her at their Met Gala table because he did not find her sexually desirable. “I was sitting next to Odell Beckham Jr., and it was so amazing because it was like he looked at me and he determined I was not the shape of a woman by his standards,” she told Schumer.

Twitter did not take this in a positive sense. Many accused her of projecting a baseless sexual narrative onto Beckham Jr., who could have been quiet for various reasons.

At first, Dunham chalked up the whole statement to her sense of humour. But on Saturday, she issued an apology on her Instagram feed, admitting that her insensitivity toward Odell stemmed from insecurity. Read the full statement below.

 

I owe Odell Beckham Jr an apology. Despite my moments of bravado,  I struggle at industry events (and in life) with the sense that I don't rep a certain standard of beauty and so when I show up to the Met Ball surrounded by models and swan-like actresses it's hard not to feel like a sack of flaming garbage. This felt especially intense with a handsome athlete as my dinner companion and a bunch of women I was sure he'd rather be seated with. But I went ahead and projected these insecurities and made totally narcissistic assumptions about what he was thinking, then presented those assumptions as facts. I feel terrible about it. Because after listening to lots of valid criticism, I see how unfair it is to ascribe misogynistic thoughts to someone I don't know AT ALL. Like, we have never met, I have no idea the kind of day he's having or what his truth is. But most importantly, I would never intentionally contribute to a long and often violent history of the over-sexualization of black male bodies- as well as false accusations by white women towards black men. I'm so sorry, particularly to OBJ, who has every right to be on his cell phone. The fact is I don't know about his state of mind (I don't know a lot of things) and I shouldn't have acted like I did. Much love and thanks, Lena

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To read the full interview, click here.

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