--- title: Amy Schumer Said the Met Gala 'Felt Like a Punishment' description: She's 'not trying to make lots of celebrity friends' canonical: https://time.com/4464232/amy-schumer-met-gala-punishment/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-24T13:40:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:13.221Z og:title: Amy Schumer Said the Met Gala 'Felt Like a Punishment' og:description: She's 'not trying to make lots of celebrity friends' og:url: https://time.com/4464232/amy-schumer-met-gala-punishment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98cbea4fd8fb586e/6988a378a988ca84c96b92d2/amy-schumer-met-gala-punish.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Amy Schumer Said the Met Gala 'Felt Like a Punishment' twitter:description: She's 'not trying to make lots of celebrity friends' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98cbea4fd8fb586e/6988a378a988ca84c96b92d2/amy-schumer-met-gala-punish.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Amy Schumer Left the Met Gala Early Because It 'Felt Like a Punishment' by [Mary Sollosi / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Mary Sollosi / Entertainment Weekly Aug 24, 2016 1:40 PM UTC  Amy Schumer attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City. Amy Schumer attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City.Mike Coppola—Getty Images for People.com by [Mary Sollosi / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Mary Sollosi / Entertainment Weekly Aug 24, 2016 1:40 PM UTC Amy Schumer got her first [Met Gala](http://www.ew.com/gallery/met-gala-2016-arrivals) invite this year and met Queen Bey herself at the stylish event, but the down-to-earth comedian isn’t drinking the _Lemonade_. Talking about her new memoir, [_The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/16/girl-lower-back-tattoo-amy-schumer-ew-review)_,_on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show Tuesday, self-described introvert Schumer said glamorous Hollywood parties are “my worst nightmare,” and the Met Gala in particular “felt like a punishment.” “I left, not the second I could; I left earlier than I should have been allowed,” she recalled of the star-studded annual fête, which revolved around the theme “Manus X Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” this year. “I got to meet Beyoncé, and she was like, ‘Is this your first Met Gala?’ and I was like, ‘It’s my last.’” After a [stellar 2015](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/19/15-times-amy-schumer-was-awesome-2015), Schumer shot to the top of the A-list — but she has no patience for industry parties (“It’s people doing an impression of having a conversation”) or overly fashion-conscious events (“We’re dressed up like a bunch of f—ing a–holes”), and says she’s “not trying to make lots of celebrity friends.” But of course, it’s ridiculous not to be friendly with any of your co-workers, and Hollywood is no different. “Lena Dunham is one of my best friends,” Schumer told Stern, “and Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock and Louis C.K.” Just don’t expect her to become a member of Taylor Swift’s squad: “The people that I care about, I have to keep it so real with them,” she says. And if she started popping up in [matching-swimsuit Instagrams](https://www.instagram.com/p/BHfV9uODLmv/), “They’d be like, ‘get the f— out of here.’” Schumer will have to grin and bear it through another star-studded, high-fashion occasion next month when she attends the Emmys [as a nominee](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/14/emmys-nominations-2016). In addition to being recognized for her sketch comedy series _Inside Amy Schumer_ (for which she won an Emmy last year) and hosting _SNL_, her HBO special _Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo_, directed by her famous friend Chris Rock, is nominated for Outstanding Variety Special. Schumer isn’t getting her hopes up, however: “I’m not winning,” she assured Stern. “I’ll wear flats.” Why so defeatist, Amy? “It’s in the same category as _Lemonade_.” Listen to the whole conversation below. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/23/amy-schumer-beyonce-met-gala-howard-stern) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://EW.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4464232/amy-schumer-met-gala-punishment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4464232/amy-schumer-met-gala-punishment/"},"headline":"Amy Schumer Left the Met Gala Early Because It 'Felt Like a Punishment'","datePublished":"2016-08-24T13:40:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:13.221Z","description":"She's 'not trying to make lots of celebrity friends'","url":"https://time.com/4464232/amy-schumer-met-gala-punishment/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98cbea4fd8fb586e/6988a378a988ca84c96b92d2/amy-schumer-met-gala-punish.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mary Sollosi / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98cbea4fd8fb586e/6988a378a988ca84c96b92d2/amy-schumer-met-gala-punish.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology\" Costume Institute Gala","caption":"Amy Schumer attends the \"Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology\" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Mike Coppola—Getty Images for People.com","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":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4464232/amy-schumer-met-gala-punishment/","name":"Amy Schumer Left the Met Gala Early Because It 'Felt Like a Punishment'"}}]}] ```