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Amy Schumer interrupts comedian's stand-up set to test new material
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Your support makes all the difference.Amy Schumer interrupted an up-and-coming comedian’s performance to test out new material.
Brendan Sagalow was headlining the legendary club Carolines in Manhattan, as part of the Best of the Breakout Artists Comedy Series, on Tuesday (8 May) when the I Am Pretty actor came onstage.
“I’m five minutes into my set, I’m doing some crowd work,” Sagalow said on his podcast, ”and then from off to the side, I hear, ‘Hey Brendan! It’s Amy Schumer! Can I do 10 minutes?’ in the middle of my set. I look over and it’s Amy, and I’m like, ‘Yeah, of course!’ I had no other reaction.”
Sagalow was not offended, delighted somewhat by the added exposure from the interruption. “This is a good thing, this is a great thing! Everybody thinks I’m friends with Amy, she knows my name, she said she follows me on Instagram, which she mentioned. She said she ‘loves Brendan as a comic.’ She does not.
“You put the quarter in, you play the game. I thought it was awesome, because everybody else’s headlining set at Carolines, nobody talks about it.”
However, Schumer’s movie was not well received by others, including an industry insider who told New York Daily News: “She interrupted the guy on stage and said, ‘mind if I do 10 minutes?’ That is so rude and galling. You just don’t do that.”
The comedian was reportedly testing her Saturday Night Live routine ahead of hosting this Saturday (12 May).
Meanwhile, Schumer can be seen in cinemas in I Am Pretty, a movie that has proven particularly divisive.
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