Amy Schumer didn’t expect to fire Penn Badgleywife, Domino Kirk, but she did—and eventually told Badgley why.
The Waiting for Amy star told Badgley on her podcast:Depressedon Wednesday that she fired Kirke as her doula because Kirke was so damn great.
In 2019, Schumer welcomed her son Gene with husband Chris Fisher after very difficult pregnancy. Schumer explained on the podcast that Kirke helped her through her pregnancy and was planning on leaving Kirke after giving birth, but just couldn’t handle it.
Domino is like a goddess. She’s a real flying siren around the house,” Schumer told the “You” star. “She is so beautiful, just lovely, and when she touches you, you just melt. And she really was part of the family. And I just felt so vulnerable, I thought, “I can’t have that goddamn Botticelli goddess floating around my house when I’m bleeding.” While the comedian knows it was a “pretty unfair” reason, she was recovering from a C-section that took a toll on her.
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“I just didn’t have the luxury of having her near our house,” she explained. “I thought, ‘I guess you can’t come anymore.’
The Life and Beth star has been open about pregnancy hyperemesis, which causes severe nausea and vomiting throughout pregnancy. Schumer had to cancel the remainder of her comedy tour while she was hospitalized for the condition.
“It’s so annoying because all the time everyone tells you that [having a baby is] it’s worth it and you’re like, “Shut up, I’ve been throwing up all day,” Schumer said on Badgley’s podcast. “And then you’re like, ‘Oh my God,’ that’s crazy. As well as [kids] keep getting better and better and more fun.”
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