--- description: “On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke,” she wrote. title: Amy Schumer Denies Accusations of Joke Theft image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd552190b178f641/698879da3c163918aa45ba00/amy-schumer-joke-theft.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amy Schumer Denies Accusations of Joke Theft by [Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 20, 2016 10:59 PM CUT  Actress-writer Amy Schumer accepts Critics' Choice MVP Award onstage during the 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 17, 2016 in Santa Monica, California. Actress-writer Amy Schumer accepts Critics' Choice MVP Award onstage during the 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 17, 2016 in Santa Monica, California.Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 20, 2016 10:59 PM CUT [Amy Schumer](http://ew.com/topic/amy-schumer "undefined") was recently accused of joke theft by someone who made [a video](https://vimeo.com/152393981 "undefined") comparing her jokes to other comedians’, and the _Trainwreck_ star denied the allegations in a tweet posted Wednesday: “On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke,” she wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/689926521146859522) The video creator alleges that Schumer took jokes from Kathleen Madigan, Wendy Liebman, Tammy Pescatelli, and the late Patrice O’Neal. Along with clips comparing Schumer’s jokes and sketches from Comedy Central’s _Inside Amy Schumer_ to other comedians’ bits, the video also includes a side-by-side of [the poster for ](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/dxnooKU42qpCY9ROJbLIow--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9NTEyO2g9ODEwO2lsPXBsYW5l/http://l.yimg.com/cd/resizer/2.0/FIT%5FTO%5FWIDTH-w512/74eae5adb32efd999d3130c1802f9ccf00dcc5c7.jpg "undefined")[_Trainwreck_](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/dxnooKU42qpCY9ROJbLIow--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9NTEyO2g9ODEwO2lsPXBsYW5l/http://l.yimg.com/cd/resizer/2.0/FIT%5FTO%5FWIDTH-w512/74eae5adb32efd999d3130c1802f9ccf00dcc5c7.jpg "undefined")that features Schumer chugging a beer while wearing a gown and a promo photo for _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ that shows star Kaitlin Olson in a similar position. This past fall, Schumer was also accused of stealing jokes after someone noticed that both she and O’Neal had bits about obscure sex positions. At the time, Schumer [issued a response on Twitter,](https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/656183528552448000?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") saying that she had “never seen that Patrice bit but \[will\] watch today,” adding, “I love and miss him.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/20/amy-schumer-denies-joke-theft "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4187935/amy-schumer-joke-theft/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4187935/amy-schumer-joke-theft/"},"headline":"Amy Schumer Denies Accusations of Joke Theft","datePublished":"2016-01-20T22:59:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:18:27.588Z","description":"“On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke,” she wrote","url":"https://time.com/4187935/amy-schumer-joke-theft/","keywords":["celebrities","Television","Comedy","viral","Humor","Amy Schumer","Trainwreck"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd552190b178f641/698879da3c163918aa45ba00/amy-schumer-joke-theft.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd552190b178f641/698879da3c163918aa45ba00/amy-schumer-joke-theft.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards - Show","caption":"Actress-writer Amy Schumer accepts Critics' Choice MVP Award onstage during the 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 17, 2016 in Santa Monica, California.","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4187935/amy-schumer-joke-theft/","name":"Amy Schumer Denies Accusations of Joke Theft"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Golden Globes 2016: Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer","description":"160110_GoldenGlobes_JLaw Schumer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/TF8ayTGv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-11T02:24:56.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TF8ayTGv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4187935/amy-schumer-joke-theft/","duration":"PT32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4187935/amy-schumer-joke-theft/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```