--- title: J.K. Rowling Gave Amy Schumer's Stand-Up Show a Rave Review description: During the most recent stop on her world stand-up tour, Amy Schumer performed in Edinburgh — the home town of none other than J.K. Rowling. canonical: https://time.com/4473959/jk-rowling-amy-schumer-twitter/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-31T15:05:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:03.224Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: J.K. Rowling Gave Amy Schumer's Stand-Up Show a Rave Review on Twitter og:description: The highest praise og:url: https://time.com/4473959/jk-rowling-amy-schumer-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. Rowling Gave Amy Schumer's Stand-Up Show a Rave Review on Twitter twitter:description: The highest praise twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Amy Schumer and J. K. Rowling Just Had the Best Exchange on Twitter  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 31, 2016 3:05 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 31, 2016 3:05 PM CUT During the most recent stop on her world stand-up tour, [Amy Schumer](http://time.com/4451133/amy-schumer-instagram-best-posts/ "undefined") performed in Edinburgh, Scotland — the hometown of none other than [J.K. Rowling](http://time.com/4463272/jk-rowling-harry-potter-sketches/ "undefined"). But it wasn’t until after the Tuesday night appearance that Schumer learned the [_Harry Potter_ author](http://time.com/4455746/j-k-rowling-pottermore-new-harry-potter-books/ "undefined") had not only been in the audience, but had loved her show. Following the set, Rowling took to Twitter to gush about the comedian’s talent. “Just seen the goddess that is [@amyschumer](https://twitter.com/amyschumer "undefined") live in Edinburgh,” she tweeted. “What a night.” Schumer quickly replied, requesting Rowling’s opinion on a wizarding world aspect of the show. “Thank you so much!,” she wrote. “Did you like my sister’s gryffindor hat?!” > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/770732069823578112) > [](https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/770734449038204928) Of course, Rowling had the best response. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/770742704800169984) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4473959/jk-rowling-amy-schumer-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4473959/jk-rowling-amy-schumer-twitter/"},"headline":"Amy Schumer and J. K. Rowling Just Had the Best Exchange on Twitter","datePublished":"2016-08-31T15:05:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:03.224Z","description":"The highest praise","url":"https://time.com/4473959/jk-rowling-amy-schumer-twitter/","keywords":["celebrities","Newsfeed","J.K. Rowling","Amy Schumer"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4473959/jk-rowling-amy-schumer-twitter/","name":"Amy Schumer and J. K. Rowling Just Had the Best Exchange on Twitter"}}]}] ```