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_Published 2015-07-24. During an interview with Australia's KIIS radio, comedian Amy Schumer strikes back at a host after he uses the word "skanky."_


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## Transcript

Celebs are used to being interviewed. It's pretty much listed in the job description. But during an interview for Australia's Kiss Radio, not only was comedian Amy Schumer not making anyone laugh, but she also wasn't laughing herself. Do you have the word skanky in America? That's kind of. We do have that word. Now, come on, that's the character of the movie. I'm not trying to offend you. Whatever you're trying to do, you are, that's a rude question. To throw in some context, the radio host had just mentioned that the costume designer in her new movie Trainwreck had made all the outfits very short.

In the movie, Schumer plays a woman who parties too hard and thinks monogamy is impossible. Monogamy isn't realistic. Monogamy isn't realistic. Again. Monogamy isn't realistic. I didn't understand that word at the time. 23 years later. But now I know exactly what he was talking about. Fitting, for the movie title. Daily Mail called the interview a train wreck. Other outlets joined in calling it " painfully awkward" and saying Schumer shut down the offending hosts. Kids posted the interview to its YouTube page so maybe they thought the interview went well? Or, as the Aussies would say, ripper. That's slang for really great.

Schumer did say she loved the idea of doing another interview with KIIS, just without the guy who talked about her being skanky.

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