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Amy Schumer is going to take care of her elderly father.
Published on Oct 19 2026, 2:40pm ET
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amy schumer Known for her often outrageous comedy, but somewhat pregnant The star is also a dedicated family woman. In fact, she recently revealed the painful difficulties of serving as a caregiver to her elderly father beyond the program with jim curtis.
“My dad is in assisted living,” he shared. “He has MS and has been in a wheelchair for a long time, and he’s really unhappy. He has short-term memory loss. I’ll be gone and he’ll immediately call me and ask when I’m coming to visit.”
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‘My dad is still making me laugh’
Amy Schumer and her father still share a tender moment.
“My dad still makes me laugh,” he said of his current relationship. “We still have beautiful moments. He’ll say ‘put on this song’, and we’ll listen to it and he’ll cry. And then I’ll like that song, and he’ll talk about some of his memories.”
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‘It was clear this was going to be the last time’
After spending the holidays, Amy Schumer realized her father would need a wheelchair.
She started sharing memories of their time spent together.
“My dad was obsessed with me and my sister,” Schumer gushed. “I have memories of him singing to me at night, telling me stories, body surfing with him. The ocean was a really big thing to us.”
It wasn’t until a family vacation that the comedian realized he would need long-term care.
“He was losing his balance and it was clear he would have to be in a wheelchair from then on,” she explained. “We went bodysurfing and it was clear it was going to be the last time. He was flopping in the ocean and I knew that part of our lives was over. It was really sad and painful.”
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‘These things you love can be taken away from you’
Amy Schumer turned to comedy to deal with a difficult childhood.
It gave him pause to realize the unpredictability of life.
“These things that you love can be taken away from you,” he said. “It made me think, there’s really no rhyme or reason to it. He’s always in and out of the hospital.”
‘How do we make this moment fun?’
Amy Schumer still finds happiness with her son Gene Fischer.
Her father’s multiple sclerosis, as well as her mother leaving her, were some of the most painful years for Schumer, but she turned to comedy to cope. That era informed the extreme and outrageous nature of his humor.
“[Ages] “The ages of 9 to 12 were really rough,” he said.[I was] Just thinking, ‘What’s the worst thing I can say right now?’ What is most unfair? How do we make this moment fun?’ “And that’s how I survived and how I supported my family.”