Video a tribute to Beyoncé: Schumer

Amy Schumer has more to say about her “Formation” video that shows her singing and dancing to the Beyoncé song with Goldie Hawn, Wanda Sykes and Joan Cusack.

Schumer says in an essay published late Thursday that the video it is not a parody but a tribute approved by Beyoncé and husband Jay Z.

“It was NEVER a parody,” Schumer writes. “It was just us women celebrating each other. The video Beyoncé made was so moving and I wouldn’t ever make fun of that.”

Beyonce’s video for “Formation” shows the singer sitting atop a New Orleans police car sinking in floodwaters. It includes images of a hooded black child facing police and graffiti that reads “Stop Shooting Us.”