Amy Schumer misses stand-up most

The New York Times

It didn’t take long for Amy Schumer to shut down her old life.

“The first day I heard the term ‘Wuhan market,’ that was it,” she said in a recent interview. “I was one of those people who was like: Pack your bags.”

Before long, she and her family had left New York and moved to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where her husband, chef Chris Fischer, is from.

Her stand-up has obviously ceased, and a Hulu show has been put on pause.

But she has been active, adjusting to the new limitations.

“Amy Schumer Learns to Cook,” a weekly cooking show with her and her husband on the Food Network, premiered in May, and her documentary about being pregnant as she prepared to make a comedy special will run on HBO Max this month.

While her nearly 1-yearold son, Gene, napped, she talked over Zoom about life under lockdown.

Here are edited excerpts from the conversation. living on the road? There are so many different outlets that the strong will survive. They’ll pivot and evolve. Some comics are finding their footing in this space. Cole Escola, Megan Stalter — there are these interesting comics that maybe wouldn’t be seen by the audiences they are now.