Amy Schumer jokes about Glamour Magazine row: ‘I’m a famous plus-size model’

Joking around: Amy Schumer pokes fun at her row with Glamour on Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon/YouTube
Jennifer Ruby13 April 2016
The Weekender

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Amy Schumer made a joke about her row with Glamour Magazine during her interview on The Tonight Show.

Proving that she’s always willing to poke fun at herself, the comedian was introduced as the ‘famous plus-size model’ during her chat with Jimmy Fallon.

Referencing her falling out with the fashion magazine after they included her in their ‘plus-size' issue, Schumer said:

“For those of you who don't know who I am, I'm a famous plus-size model,” she joked.

Schumer criticised the publication after they listed her alongside Adele, plus-size model Ashley Graham and Melissa McCarthy as women ‘who inspire us’ in their latest issue.

Taking to Instagram last week, 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.”

She added: “Young girls seeing my body type thinking that is plus size? What are your thoughts? Mine are not cool glamour not glamourous.”

Glamour’s Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive later defended the magazine, saying that they’d never directly described the actress as ‘plus-size’.

She wrote on Twitter: “We love Amy Schumer, & would never want to offend her. To be clear, @glamourmag special edition never called her plus-size...

“Her 2015 cover story was included in the edition, aimed at sizes 12 and up, with the coverline “Women who Inspire Us” bc…

“…her longtime message of body positivity—& talking back to body haters—IS inspiring. (To me, too!).”

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