Amy Schumer’s Trolls Led to Cushing’s Prognosis

Amy Schumer opened up about her Cushing’s syndrome analysis and shared that she would not have even recognized about it if it weren’t for web trolls.

On Jan. 22’s episode of Name Her Daddy, Amy spoke about commenters criticizing her out of the blue swollen-looking face. “A yr in the past, the web actually got here for me,” she informed host Alex Cooper.

“I used to be like, ‘Okay, everyone, like, calm down,'” she stated, at first, however modified her thoughts when she noticed physicians in her feedback present concern. “Docs had been chiming in within the feedback they usually had been, like, ‘No, no…one thing’s actually up. Your face appears to be like so loopy.'”

They urged she may need Cushing’s syndrome. In line with the Nationwide Institute of Well being, Cushing’s happens when the physique “makes an excessive amount of of the stress hormone cortisol over a protracted time frame.” Signs embrace weight achieve, elevated fats across the neck, and a round-looking face referred to as “moon face.” If left untreated, these with the situation can endure from a stroke or coronary heart assault, together with a number of different well being problems.

“At first, I used to be like, ‘Fuck off,'” she continued. Nonetheless, she remembered she was additionally receiving steroid injections for her breast discount and C-section scars. “So I received these, was getting these steroid injections, and so it gave me this factor referred to as Cushing syndrome — which I would not have recognized if the web hadn’t come for me so arduous.”

She added that she received her official analysis in early 2024, proper earlier than filming her upcoming film Kinda Pregnant. “I discovered I had this situation and that I had one thing referred to as moon face, and I am starring in a film — and there is a digital camera proper in my face,” she stated.

“Everybody’s like, ‘You look nice,'” she stated, till one pal lastly received sincere along with her and stated, “Your face is trying, like, slightly bit insane.”

Amy added that she “received rid” of her Cushing’s and stated “it simply has to work itself out.”

And fortuitously, Amy had any individual on set who might hype her up throughout these moments of insecurity. “I used to be feeling actually down on myself earlier than I began filming this film. … I used to be, like, actually having bother determining how I used to be going to star in a film whereas I had this happening,” she stated. It was her pal and director Lorraine Caffery, who informed her, “You realize, I believe you look fucking nice.”