Amy Schumer’s joke about Leonardo DiCaprio’s love life has received a lot of attention.
28.03.2022 - 15:23 / etcanada.com
Amy Schumer came with the jokes at the 2022 Oscars, and one caught the attention of Jake Gyllenhaal. During Schumer’s opening monologue Sunday night, she pointed out the superstar couples in the audience, from Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith to Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, but things got a little strange when she turned to the Gyllenhaal siblings.
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“We’re honouring a lot of couples here tonight actually, Jada and Will Smith, Penelope and Javier Bardem and Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal,” she said to Jake’s genuine surprise. “It’s a night for lovers.”
While Jake looked genuinely caught off guard, his sister, Maggie, chucked behind him, where she was sat with her husband, Peter Sarsgaard.
Jake, who was a presenter on Sunday, was also at the awards show in support of his sister’s film, “The Lost Daughter”, which was up for several awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay, written by Maggie herself.
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The brother-sister duo posed on the red carpet ahead of the show, where Jake was seen planting a kiss on his sister’s smiling cheek.
But Jake wasn’t alone Sunday night either. In fact, the 41-year-old actor attended the 94th annual awards show with his girlfriend, Jeanne Cadieu.
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The pair made a rare appearance on the red carpet earlier this month at the Paris premiere of his upcoming flick, “Ambulance”, and first made their red carpet debut back in October, when they posed with Maggie and her husband at the premiere of “The Lost Daughter”
Amy Schumer’s joke about Leonardo DiCaprio’s love life has received a lot of attention.
Oscars.The comedian, who co-hosted this year’s Academy Awards ceremony with Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall, revealed on The Howard Stern Show (per The Guardian) that she’d received a number of threats.Schumer had pretended to mistake Kirsten Dunst, nominated for her performance in The Power in the Dog, for a seat-filler, who is a person hired to sit in a guest’s chair if they briefly leave the room.Fans of Dunst and her husband Jesse Plemons, who engaged with Schumer after the joke, took aim at Schumer on social media. She then said in a statement on Twitter: “Hey I appreciate the love for Kirsten Dunst.
Amy Schumer revealed how Leonardo DiCaprio reacted to hearing her joke about him at the 2022 Academy Awards back in late March.
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Amy Schumer is toeing the line many comedians in the current climate are wary of when it comes to joking about certain topics or events that occur under the show business umbrella. In a recent Instagram post, the "Life & Beth" star, 40, addressed rumors that she had a bit prepared about Alec Baldwin’s tragic "Rust" incident while hosting the 94th Academy Awards. "I also was never going to say the Alec Baldwin joke at the Oscar’s [sic].
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Amy Schumer has stepped in after she was accused of stealing the Leonardo DiCaprio joke she made at the Oscars. The comedian attempted to set the record straight during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen. During the 2022 Oscars, Schumer drew gasps for a joke she made about the Wolf of Wall Street actor.
Will Smith’s viral slap wasn’t the only controversy to emerge during the Oscars: Comedian Amy Schumer recently refuted claims that she pilfered a joke about Leonardo DiCaprio during her speech at the 2022 Academy Awards.The 40-year-old “Train Wreck” star stated her case during an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live!” with Andy Cohen.“I’m funny enough, I don’t need to steal s–t,” Schumer insisted in the segment. She was referring to her Oscars spot, in which the comedian lampooned 47-year-old DiCaprio’s penchant for dating younger women.
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Oscars about Alec Baldwin and the fatal shooting on the set of Rust.The comedian, who hosted this year’s ceremony with Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall, discussed the Oscars during a stand-up set at the Mirage Theater in Las Vegas on Saturday (April 2).According to The Hollywood Reporter, Schumer tackled Will Smith’s altercation with Chris Rock, referring to the actor as ‘Ali’.“I was kind of feeling myself… and then all of a sudden Ali was making his way up,” Schumer said. “And it was just a fucking bummer.
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