Amy Schumer addresses her 'puffy face' caused by hormonal disorder Cushing's syndrome: 'The people that like me are not going to care'

Amy Schumer has addressed nan comments she received astir her 'puffy face,' which was caused by nan hormonal upset Cushing's syndrome.

The 42-year-old announced her test successful February, aft fans raised concerns astir her quality and made her recognize 'something was wrong.'

Her information intends that her assemblage has been producing excessively overmuch cortisol - besides known arsenic nan accent hormone - complete an extended play of time.

Now she has spoken candidly astir overcoming her self-consciousness aft societal media users pointed retired nan changes to her face.

'The group who for illustration maine are not going to attraction if my look is puffy. Everyone has moments of self-doubt. I roseate up and was like: "F*** it, let’s go,"' she told Variety.

Amy faced a deluge of societal media comments astir her looks successful February, aft she made aggregate nationalist appearances pinch her look appearing swollen.

In consequence to nan remarks she received, she decided to disclose that she had been diagnosed pinch Cushing's syndrome.

'It has been a crazy mates weeks for maine and my family,' she told journalist Jessica Yellin connected her Substack page News Not Noise.

'Aside from fears astir my health, I besides had to beryllium connected camera having nan net chime in. But convey God for that. Because that's really I realized thing was wrong,' nan I Feel Pretty prima noted.

'While I was doing property connected camera for my Hulu show, I was besides successful MRI machines 4 hours astatine a time, having my veins unopen down from nan magnitude of humor drawn and reasoning I whitethorn not beryllium astir to spot my boy turn up.'

Amy shares a four-year-old boy called David pinch her husband, cook Chris Fischer, whom she has been joined to since 2018. 

'So uncovering retired I person nan benignant of Cushing that will conscionable activity itself retired and I'm patient was nan top news imaginable,' she said.

She decided to spell nationalist pinch her unwellness successful bid to beryllium an 'advocate for women's health,' and because nan 'shaming and disapproval of our ever-changing bodies is thing I person dealt pinch and witnessed for a agelong time.'

The Trainwreck prima pointed retired that her Cushing's syndrome could service arsenic 'a bully illustration of nan truth that we ne'er cognize what is going connected pinch someone.' 

Elsewhere successful her caller screen question and reply pinch Variety, Amy remarked connected nan projects she has successful nan pipeline, specified arsenic her Netflix drama Kinda Pregnant. 

Amy plays a female who starts wearing a mendacious babe bump retired of envy for a pregnant friend - only for nan charade to beryllium thrown into jeopardy erstwhile she falls successful love.

She declared: 'I’m striving for it to beryllium 1 of nan 10 funniest movies of my lifetime. I deliberation it’s going to beryllium arsenic funny arsenic Trainwreck.'

The Emmy-winning comic besides discussed her Hulu dramedy Life And Beth, which has seen her return connected aggregate imaginative responsibilities.

In summation to starring arsenic nan title character, she besides created nan series, acts arsenic 1 of nan executive producers and directs immoderate episodes.

'This is simply a very different task for me, because I deterioration truthful galore hats,' she said. 'I’m learning much and getting amended astatine it, and it makes maine consciousness for illustration I’m connected nan correct path.'

Amy besides confessed that her planned drama pinch Jennifer Lawrence, successful which nan 2 women would play sisters, is now improbable to beryllium made.

The 2 actresses went viral successful 2015 for their friendship, and publically revealed past that they were co-writing a movie starring them arsenic siblings.

Now, however, Amy has thrown acold h2o connected nan idea, saying: 'I don’t deliberation it will ever happen. It was just, like, life kept going. My family was going done a unsmooth time. I don’t want to opportunity immoderate much than that.'

She still hopes to activity pinch Jennifer, explaining: 'The measurement we’re hoping our careers go, we mightiness do thing pinch much grit and teeth.'

Jennifer concurred, saying: 'Now that we’re older, a sister drama mightiness not resonate arsenic much. But we person each volition of moving together.'