Amy Schumer Responds to Not-So-Flattering Comparison in Best Way Possible

With the help of J.K. Simmons, of course.

Amy Schumer
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Diana Bruk
By Diana Bruk
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Last night, Twitter user Vicky Rogers posted a not-so-flattering tweet, in which she compared Amy Schumer with the notoriously sullen-faced wife in Grant Wood's famous 1930 American Gothic painting.

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The quick-witted comedian immediately stuck a fork in it by posting the following photo of her and J.K. Simmons just two minutes later.

Unsurprisingly, the tweet then went viral and the Internet lost no time in further enhancing the recreation of this classic piece of art.

Of course, there are a lot of questions. How did Amy manage to snap the perfect parody photo in such a short span of time? Could it be that she and JK Simmons were just hanging out somewhere in the vicinity of a useful fork at the exact moment that the tweet was posted? 

That would be cool, but in truth this photo was taken while Simmons and Schumer were filming the opening segment for the MTV Movie Awards this year.  

In March, Schumer posted the photo on Twitter along with the painting to highlight the comparison.

Looks like someone got the last laugh.

Diana Bruk
Diana Bruk
Viral Content Editor

My writing has regularly appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, Salon, VICE, Guernica, The New York Observer, BuzzFeed, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and many more publications.

I was previously the Senior News Editor at Best Life Online and the Viral Content Editor in the Newsroom of Hearst Digital Media. My portfolio consists of a vast and diverse body of work that includes personal essays, lifestyle articles, breaking news posts, and viral content. My areas of expertise, however, are Russia, sex and relationships, and mental wellness.

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