Amy Schumer Explains Version Of Beyonce's "Formation" Was NOT A Parody
Posted on Fri Oct 28th, 2016 10:40am PDT By X17 Staff
You tell 'em, girl!
Amy Schumer ruffled a lot of feathers when she seemingly parodied Beyonce's "Formation," but the comedienne insists it was never done to poke fun at the song, and was actually more of a tribute.
"I did not mean to detract any of the meaning from the video. I am of course horrified and sickened by the events that are addressed throughout that video and didn’t see this as minimizing that and still don’t. Of course I had Beyoncé and Jay Z’s approval. They released it on Tidal exclusively for the first 24 hours. I love how in the lyrics of “Formation†Beyoncé is telling us to get in formation. And also I like to think she is telling us ladies to get information," she began.
"If you watched it and it made you feel anything other than good, please know that was not my intention. The movie we made is fun and the women in it are strong and want to help each other. That’s what it was about for me," she continued.
"You have every right to feel however you feel about the video and me but I want you to know I’m not going anywhere. Use whatever hashtag you like. My mission is to continue to work as hard as I can to empower women and make them laugh and feel better and I won’t let anything stop me," she concluded.
There you have it, folks! Can everyone just calm down now?