--- title: Tina Fey and Amy Schumer Kissed at the Peabody Awards description: Hopefully the swapping of saliva created an everlasting collaborative bond between the comic superheroes. canonical: https://time.com/3903095/tina-fey-amy-schumer-kiss-peabody-awards/ author: Esther Zuckerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-01T14:53:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:20:32.220Z og:title: Tina Fey and Amy Schumer Kissed at the Peabody Awards og:description: Hopefully the swapping of saliva created an everlasting collaborative bond between the comic superheroes. og:url: https://time.com/3903095/tina-fey-amy-schumer-kiss-peabody-awards/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a2e455b1fcde80b/6988526206f2c1464b33a6be/gettyimages-475444150.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: (L-R) Comedians Tina Fey and Amy Schumer kiss onstage at The 74th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on May 31, 2015 in New York City. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tina Fey and Amy Schumer Kissed at the Peabody Awards twitter:description: Hopefully the swapping of saliva created an everlasting collaborative bond between the comic superheroes. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a2e455b1fcde80b/6988526206f2c1464b33a6be/gettyimages-475444150.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tina Fey and Amy Schumer Kissed at the Peabody Awards > Sponsored content. 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(L-R) Comedians Tina Fey and Amy Schumer kiss onstage at The 74th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on May 31, 2015 in New York City. Ilya S. Savenok—Getty Images by [Esther Zuckerman](https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. Jun 1, 2015 2:53 PM UTC It was a big night for kissing at awards show podiums on Sunday. At the Peabody Awards, the mouth-to-mouth involved recipient Amy Schumer and presenter Tina Fey. According [to _The_ _Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peabody-awards-2015-tina-fey-799097), Fey’s initial plan involved some Madonna-esque witchcraft. Fey said, per _THR_: “I really wanted to come down here tonight, and in a Madonna kind of way try to like feed off of her youth and maybe suck her soul out in a very awkward, staged lesbian kiss. But when I pitched that idea to Amy’s camp, they came back with such an immediate yes that it kind of grossed me out.” > [](https://twitter.com/pivot/status/605170911017246721) Hopefully no soul sucking took place, and instead the swapping of saliva simply created an everlasting collaborative bond between the comic superheroes. Meanwhile, Allison Janney was the kiss-instigator—the kisstigator, if you will—at The Critics’ Choice Television Awards, bestowing one upon James Corden after her win for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. “I didn’t mean anything by that other than just I just love this man so much,” Janney said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3903095/tina-fey-amy-schumer-kiss-peabody-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3903095/tina-fey-amy-schumer-kiss-peabody-awards/"},"headline":"Tina Fey and Amy Schumer Kissed at the Peabody Awards","datePublished":"2015-06-01T14:53:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:32.220Z","description":"There's a new Tina and Amy in town","url":"https://time.com/3903095/tina-fey-amy-schumer-kiss-peabody-awards/","keywords":["Newsfeed","tina fey","celebrity","Amy Schumer","james corden"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a2e455b1fcde80b/6988526206f2c1464b33a6be/gettyimages-475444150.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman","jobTitle":"Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a2e455b1fcde80b/6988526206f2c1464b33a6be/gettyimages-475444150.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"(L-R) Comedians Tina Fey and Amy Schumer kiss onstage at The 74th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on May 31, 2015 in New York City.","caption":"(L-R) Comedians Tina Fey and Amy Schumer kiss onstage at The 74th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on May 31, 2015 in New York City.","creditText":"Ilya S. 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