Amy Schumer on Cushing Syndrome analysis because of trolls
Amy Schumer is wanting on the intense facet of web trolling.
The comedian actress credit Web trolls for serving to her uncover a stunning well being situation.
On the Jan. 22 episode of the Name Her Daddy podcast, Schumer, 43, shared that she was initially unaware she had Cushing syndrome till on-line commenters started criticizing her look.
“A year ago, the Internet really came for me,” she instructed host Alex Cooper. “I was like, ‘Okay, everybody, like, relax,’” she stated of ignoring the feedback about her swollen face at first.
Issues modified when medical professionals chimed in on her posts, providing their diagnoses primarily based solely on her look. “Doctors were chiming in in the comments and they were, like, ‘No, no … something’s really up. Your face looks so crazy,’” Schumer recalled.
Cushing syndrome, as described by the Mayo Clinic, through Individuals, happens when the hormone cortisol stays within the physique for an prolonged interval, typically on account of extended steroid use. It might result in weight acquire, zits, and a swollen, spherical face known as “moon face.”
“At first, I was like, ‘F—k off,’” Schumer stated. Nonetheless, she ultimately realized the feedback may maintain reality.
“Wait, I have been getting steroid injections for my scars,” she defined, referencing therapies she underwent after her breast discount and Cesarean part.
Schumer, who shares 5-year-old son Gene with husband Chris Fischer, revealed her analysis in February 2024.
She admitted it was a shock: “So I got these … steroid injections, and so it gave me this thing called Cushing syndrome — which I wouldn’t have known if the Internet hadn’t come for me so hard.”
The timing of her analysis added to the stress, as Schumer was getting ready to star within the Netflix comedy Kinda Pregnant, premiering on Feb. 5.
She recounted her fears about filming whereas coping with the situation. “I learned I had this condition, and that I had something called moon face, and I’m starring in a movie — and there’s a camera right in my face,” she stated.
Whereas others reassured her she appeared nice, one pal bluntly identified, “Your face is looking, like, a little bit insane.”
Schumer stated she ultimately “got rid” of the situation, noting that it “just has to work itself out.”
Nonetheless, earlier than filming, she struggled together with her confidence. “I was feeling really down on myself before I started filming this movie … I was, like, really having trouble figuring out how I was going to star in a movie while I had this going on.”
It took encouragement from her pal, director Lorraine Caffery, to spice up her vanity.
“She told me, ‘You know, I think you look f—ing great.’ I just needed one person to just amp me up,” Schumer stated.