On April 6, comedian Amy Schumer appeared on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” and shared her candid thoughts about Will Smith’s standing ovation for his Best Actor Oscar win which followed The Slap. “I was backstage, and I knew I had to go out,” she told Cohen, “I was kind of the only host that was going out solo after that, so it really felt like the Situation Room of comedy! We were all watching the monitor, and then he won … everybody, we were just kind of floored. And I was just thinking about, ‘What am I going to do when I go out there?'”
Schumer was also floored by another moment during the broadcast, but in a much happier and heartwarming way, telling Cohen that the moment Lady Gaga whispered “I’ve got you” to living legend Liza Minnelli was a highlight for her. “That was one of my favorite moments and just seeing them together backstage.” She then praised Lady Gaga for being “gentle and patient” and for continually showing up for the elder Hollywood generation, like Tony Bennett.
Schumer’s Oscars co-host for the night, Wanda Sykes, has also spoken about how letting Smith remain in the Dolby Theatre to accept his award sent “the wrong message.” Speaking out on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Sykes quipped, “I wanted to be able to run out after he won and say, ‘Uh, unfortunately, Will couldn’t be here tonight!'”
Nicki
