{"id":90040,"date":"2016-09-29T10:10:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T17:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=90040"},"modified":"2016-09-29T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T17:14:15","slug":"amy-schumer-highest-paid-comedian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/amy-schumer-highest-paid-comedian\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasss! Amy Schumer Just Made History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We couldn&#8217;t be more proud of this talented writer, actor, and comedian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maddieberg\/2016\/09\/27\/how-amy-schumer-became-the-first-woman-to-ever-make-the-highest-paid-comedian-list\/#446d4cae7df4\" target=\"_blank\">Forbes<\/a> recently reported that Amy Schumer is the first woman to be on the highest-paid comedian list &#8212; coming in at number four, overall.<\/p>\n<p>Undoubtedly, her success was helped by numerous projects like her recent movie <em>Trainwreck<\/em> and the release of her autobiography, <em>The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo<\/em>. Regardless,\u00a0her talent is undeniable&#8230;she took home $17 million last year!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJ2yWRKhdoN\/\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s in Denmark!!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by @amyschumer on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-09-02T13:57:44+00:00\">Sep 2, 2016 at 6:57am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Schumer\u2019s status on the list is a massive feat and perhaps one step closer to closing the gender wage gap. However, Schumer told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/08\/19\/490380676\/amy-schumer-bares-her-soul-in-the-girl-with-the-lower-back-tattoo\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a> last month that comedy still has a long way to go. Forbes reported that women only make up only 28.9%\u00a0of all writers across broadcast, cable, and streaming services.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I feel like there won\u2019t be enough change\u2026until there\u2019s no wage gap, and until someone says \u2018You\u2019re my favorite comic,\u2019 not \u2018You\u2019re my favorite female comic.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Even though there is obviously a need for further change in the entertainment industry, we&#8217;re glad that Schumer is making strides of her own.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"We couldn't be more proud of this talented writer, actor, and comedian. Forbes recently reported ...","author":1557554,"featured_media":90122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,185],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/29100708\/10807-10807-1-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/29100708\/10807-10807-1.jpg","formated_date":"September 29, 2016","category_name":"Celebrity","category_icon":"","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#615fbf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1557554"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}