Throughout her Wednesday look on 'The Howard Stern Present,' the Academy Awards co-host revealed the tales behind a few of her memorable moments throughout the ceremony.
When co-hosting the 2022 Oscars, Amy Schumerwasn’t afraid to take goal along with her jokes, notably ones directed at Leonardo DiCaprio, King Richard and Kirsten Dunst. Nevertheless, Schumer confirmed that the targets of her jokes have been conscious of what was to return and accepted them forward of time.
Throughout an interview on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Present, Schumer defined that she reached out to these she was set to make a joke about together with DiCaprio, Serena and Venus Williams, and Will Smith to ensure they have been comfy with them.
“I did attain out to individuals I used to be going to joke about earlier than and ensure it was OK with them as a result of I’ve been burned too many occasions,” she stated, including that she “didn’t need the digital camera to chop to any person trying unhappy.”
“I instructed the Williams sisters, I instructed Will, I instructed Leo,” she stated, confirming that they have been all positive with the jokes.
Throughout her monologue, Schumer poked enjoyable at DiCaprio’s courting life whereas mentioning Don’t Look Up. “Leonardo DiCaprio, what can I even say about him? He’s executed a lot to struggle local weather change and depart behind a cleaner, greener planet for his girlfriends. As a result of he’s older, and so they’re youthful. OK, you get it,” she quipped.
Then when discussing King Richard, Schumer joked, “After years of Hollywood ignoring girls’s tales, this yr we lastly bought a film concerning the unimaginable Williams sisters’ dad.”
In a while within the present, Schumer visited Jesse Plemons within the viewers whereas pretending to not acknowledge Dunst and calling her a seat filler, leaving Plemons to notice that she was his spouse. The bit, Schumer stated, was “fully orchestrated.”
“We talked beforehand … all of us labored that out collectively,” she instructed Stern.
Regardless of Plemons and Dunst being in on the joke, Schumer revealed that she obtained demise threats in consequence. When requested why she would get demise threats, Schumer stated she can be instructed, “Who do you suppose you might be to disrespect Kirsten Dunst like that?” Dunst has since clarified on social media that she was in on the joke, with Schumer calling her and Plemons “the best.”