Amy Schumer counts many a famous friend in her inner circle ― Jennifer Lawrence gave a toast at her wedding, after all ― but there’s one person she’s grown closer to since experiencing some of the darker sides of fame. In a New York Times profile published Wednesday ahead of her new Netflix stand-up special “Growing,” the comedian reveals she bonded with Lena Dunham as a fellow frequent target of internet vitriol. The two actresses, who’ve been friends for years and even worked together on Dunham’s HBO comedy “Girls,” have leaned on each other over what Dunham called a “pretty specific experience.”“Most people don’t know what it’s like to open social media in the morning and hear you are physically, socially and politically worthless,” she told The New York Times about getting dragged online.

Source: Huffington Post March 13, 2019 21:22 UTC