Amy Schumer just kicked off her world tour this August, starting in Dublin. After her last European performance in London on the 4th, Amy and boyfriend, Ben Hanisch, tried to slip in a romantic getaway to Paris, only to disastrous results. Apparently, they both came down with food poisoning. Amy posted this to her Instagram on Monday:
Balmain didn’t have a show at NYFW so I am confused by her hashtags. Maybe it’s referring to Emily’s line from The Devil Wears Prada, “I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight?” Anyway, things got worse. Even though Amy posted video where she was trying to get down some chicken broth later that evening, she ended up in the hospital with an IV. And we know that because she chronicled her whole ordeal in a very Amy way, by making a joke of everything.
Okay, I’m not heartless, I hear food poisoning sucks. Never having had it myself, I’ve been told that you feel like you are going to die. I’m sorry this happened to them.
I don’t understand the “red flags” reference in her caption above, unless it was a lead in to this video she made as a faux-dating app profile video from her gurney.
See, this is why I always keep a book/e-reader in my bag , so I never have to kill time in a hospital by making sick bed videos.
Never fear, ticketholders, yesterday Amy assured her fans that she is feeling better and will make every show in her US leg of the tour, starting with her Paso Robles, CA appearance tomorrow. The reviews from Europe were, for the most part, good. Even J.K. Rowling caught the show in Edinburgh and tweeted her approval.
@jk_rowling, what house would she be in? I think Hufflepuff maybe?
— Ashley Ross (@Ashbrookeross) August 30, 2016
I have a feeling this latest bout with food poisoning will be written into her act. Given how much Amy shared just on social media, I can only imagine how descriptive she will be on stage. You can buy tickets for her tour here. I hope she has her strength back because she is set to tour throughout the rest of the year.
Aaaaand, because I am a little heartless, I’m just gonna leave this here
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JKR, you disappoint me.
That was my first thought, too! My second thought is maybe she’s somehow contractually obligated to support a fellow author? Maybe they share a publisher?
The food poisoning could not have been that bad if she’s been able to post so much…in my experience with it, pre-social media or smartphone, I would not have been able to look at my phone, let alone post anything about my illness. All I could do was lay in bed or vomit. Nothing else.
My eyes rolled so hard I injured myself.
I’ve been hospitalized for food poisoning, too. I was unconscious from dehydration, and when I came around it felt like it took all my effort just to breath and exist. What the heck is this video? Who feels like doing this when they are that sick?
She needs so much attention at all times, it’s so obnoxious.
I generaly don’t understand why celebs post pictures from the hospital bed. And they do it so often.
Not just celebs. Average people do this all the time too. I just dont get it. Its like getting sick is some sort of achievement.
My sister went through food poisoning once from eating seafood and I had never seen someone look more miserable. I felt ill just looking at her. Amy’s case clearly wasnt that serious.
Well, obviously there is a need to document their lives for posterity, so their importance will remain relevant through the ages ….yeah, I don’t get it either.
@Josefina:
Somebody on my FB posted a pic of a sick family member in the hospital. People in general be crazy and attention-seeking these days. Social media exposes so much narcissism.
Slightly embarrassing admission: my doctor now thinks I’m one of *those* people.
I cut myself at work. It wasn’t that bad, but it wouldn’t stop bleeding so left work a bit early and went to the doc to get it bandaged properly. I was then informed I needed a tetanus shot. (Turns out “Uh? 30 years ago?” is not the correct answer to “when was your last tetanus booster?”) While I was waiting for him to get the needle, I though I’d text the boss and to say it was all good, and I’d be back at work tomorrow. Just for some extra proof that I’d gone to the doc rather than to the pub, I attached a photo of my thumb all bandaged up neatly. But the doctor walked back in as I was taking the photo and gave me SUCH a look. I wanted to say “don’t judge me! I don’t do this normally. I don’t even have facebook!” but I knew that was no excuse. I was legitimately busted, and I’m ashamed.
There are currently two people in my Fbook feed who have pictures up of their kids in the ER. Normal childhood stuff like a split-lip-fall and a broken arm, but…. WTF?!?!? Why are you sharing your kids’ tears with me?! So gross.
Regular people do it constantly too, I’m actually surprised so many celebs refrain.
I know at least 7 people who take selfies or post vague updates every damn time they go to the doctor. They’ll write something like ‘at the doctors AGAIN’ and everyone will rush in to ask what’s wrong…and of course it’s nothing, they were just getting a new prescription or a check-up or whatever. So annoying.
Don’t feel the least bit sorry for either of them.
Me either! Every time I look at her I think I’m looking at Miss Piggy. Is that wrong of me?
Yes, it is.
I used to think the same of Kristen Johnson from “Third Rock from the Sun.”
I feel the same when I see her pictures! Something about her features….
Funny, I feel the same way anytime she, or Lena Dunham, open their mouths to speak.
I just recently got over a bout of food poisoning, and it was NO JOKE. I had no energy, I puked what felt like my intenstines coming up, the bile phase lasted for way too long and even after I was done puking I had to get two iv drips to stop the dehydration.
When I got home my back, neck, shoulder and stomach muscles were SHOT from their effort while puking. I could barely move without awful muscle pain in my entire back. Laughing, walking, all of it continued to be so painful for a good three days after the poisoning. AWFUL.
After I recovered from H1N1, I was susceptible to food poisoning…over and over again. I remember projectile vomiting Fresca all over my bedroom floor because, though my bathroom was maybe seven feet away from my bed, I couldn’t make it.
Everyone who’s been through it has my sympathies. Get better, @Little Darling, et al.
I totally took to crawling around from my bed to the bathroom floor with a pot underneath me just in case. Ziplock Baggie as well, brutal.
I love Fresca!! Haha.
The muscle pain was the worst for me too. I remember looking down the hallway between my couch and my bed, and it felt infinite. I *knew* I couldn’t make it. If my boyfriend hasn’t been taking care of me, bringing me constant fluids, the hospital may have been my destination too.
Hope you’re taking good care of your immune system now! I got sick a few times after my food poisoning… after years without so much as a cold, it felt like I constantly had a runny sneezy awful cold for the next three months.
When I was 4 months pregnant with my son, I got food poisoning from bad brussels sprouts. It was horrible. I was so sick and it hurt so much, I was on the couch for 3 days recovering.
If anyone had taken my picture, let alone post it on social media, I wouldn’t be responsible for my reaction.
I don’t want to see anyone else after they’ve been throwing up (not to mention the other side effects). Gross. It’s just fooking gross.
She fairly well for food poisoning. When I had it, I had effects for almost a week. I could only attribute it to bad mushrooms on a pizza. I thought my organs were shutting down. I probably should have gone to emergency at the time. Baaad stuff.
I just got food poisoning from a fairly popular more upscale food chain in the city a few months ago luckily I didn’t eat much of the offending item so I only was violently ill and weak for a day or so. But everytime I walk by one of those chains I have to cross the street. No joke.
We think we had norovirus (Norfolk virus) this spring and it’s horrible. Should have gone on an IV drip, realized too late (sorry kidneys). FYI alcohol wipes don’t clean it, only bleach. So if someone gets sick first or has been exposed, use a bleach solution for cleaning, towels, linens etc. Ugh. We hate just thinking about it.
Dreading the day she gives birth
My family all came down with norovirus last Christmas Eve. I had the mildest case, having been served last, but even still, three days of intense stomach cramps and then the loo issues. That was nothing compared to my mother and sisters and son. Just… what a wretched time.
Just chiming in to say I had food poisoning 20+ years ago–I ate a frozen dinner that had been thawed and refrozen. Thank God I was living alone. The bathroom looked like Armageddon–it was so bad I actually crawled out to the backyard to vomit at 2 a.m. I remember the moon was beautiful, lol. Eleven years ago I went to the ER with what turned out to be norovirus. I was so embarrassed–vomited on two nurses, on the waiting room floor and then all over the gurney. The doctor said, “Dear, I have good news and bad news. The good news is, you’re not going to die. The bad news is, you’re not going to die.” Two IV drips and a warming blanket later, I was still barely coherent. Point being, if she had food poisoning it looks like a mild case.
@Josefina
I was in the hospital for over a week, earlier this year. I didn’t post anything on social media, I didn’t feel like I had to.
But, I have friends that ask for prayers, when they do in for a root canal or other minor procedures. It bugs me when they do that.
Got sick on a trip to London like this. Fortunately had insurance so was able to get a doctor to come to the hotel. This after several hours after the usual heinous issues. (He said it was 90 percent of his practice because so many restaurants there serve expired or poorly refrigerated food. Even the really nice ones.)
He gave us pills to treat the symptoms and antibiotics to treat the norovirus itself. Still on bed rest for a week after. No fun. Big part of the appeal of apartment hotels or AirBnBs for me now now: cooking our own food when we travel.
She uses the Balmain hashtag on her more unflattering photos. It’s one of her sad little insecure jokes about not looking like a model.
I feel like it’s a mistake she got famous. Was there an admin error?