Photo: Amy Schumer InstagramAmy Schumeris heading into the summer with a strong mindset.On Wednesday, the 40-year-old comedian and actress shared a photo on Instagram and explained to followers that she’s hoping to be healthier and stronger this summer season after having a cesarean section, hysterectomy and liposuction.Schumer said she’s in her “prime” while posing in a black corset, heels, and sunglasses while standing in a home gym.“C section. Hysterectomy. Lipo. This summer is about letting the love in,” she captioned thepost. “Trying to be healthy and strong for myself and my family. I want to feel hot too. In my prime. Let’s go. Who’s with me?“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Amy Schumer.Amy Schumer/InstagramSchumershared in January that she decided to get liposuctionafter struggling with her body image. She decided it was important to be open about the procedure because she didn’t want people to think that she had slimmed down naturally.“I wanted to share it with people, just because I can’t lie about myself,” she toldHoda Kotbin March on her podcastMaking Space with Hoda Kotb. “I just can’t do it. I can’t be like, ‘Yeah, crunches. And I’ve just been eating smoked salmon,’ you know? So I had to be real.“But Schumer also felt conflicted talking about the procedure when it’s prohibitively expensive for many people.“I was feeling bad because it’s, like, such a privilege thing,” she said. “And I’m like, ‘Well, you know, people with money, they also drive nice cars’ … So, my ‘nice car’ is that I had, you know … a liter of fat sucked out of my belly.“RELATED VIDEO: Amy Schumer Reveals Her Dad Has Been Hospitalized, Jokes It Was from a ‘Magician Sawing Accident’The decision for liposuction came after Schumer said she realized that the part of her stomach just above her C-section scar from giving birth toher 2½-year-old son Genewasn’t going to improve with small changes like “grilled chicken and walks.“She opted for liposuction once she was healed from havingher uterus and appendix removedin September 2021, which she did to end her endometriosis pain.Schumer has said that she’s now 170 lbs. after the surgery, but it wasn’t about the number on the scale or to fit into some Hollywood ideal.“It’s not about needing to be slamming, because I’ve never been famous for being hot, but I’d reached a place where I was tired of looking at myself in the mirror,“she previously toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
Photo: Amy Schumer Instagram
Amy Schumeris heading into the summer with a strong mindset.On Wednesday, the 40-year-old comedian and actress shared a photo on Instagram and explained to followers that she’s hoping to be healthier and stronger this summer season after having a cesarean section, hysterectomy and liposuction.Schumer said she’s in her “prime” while posing in a black corset, heels, and sunglasses while standing in a home gym.“C section. Hysterectomy. Lipo. This summer is about letting the love in,” she captioned thepost. “Trying to be healthy and strong for myself and my family. I want to feel hot too. In my prime. Let’s go. Who’s with me?“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Amy Schumer.Amy Schumer/InstagramSchumershared in January that she decided to get liposuctionafter struggling with her body image. She decided it was important to be open about the procedure because she didn’t want people to think that she had slimmed down naturally.“I wanted to share it with people, just because I can’t lie about myself,” she toldHoda Kotbin March on her podcastMaking Space with Hoda Kotb. “I just can’t do it. I can’t be like, ‘Yeah, crunches. And I’ve just been eating smoked salmon,’ you know? So I had to be real.“But Schumer also felt conflicted talking about the procedure when it’s prohibitively expensive for many people.“I was feeling bad because it’s, like, such a privilege thing,” she said. “And I’m like, ‘Well, you know, people with money, they also drive nice cars’ … So, my ‘nice car’ is that I had, you know … a liter of fat sucked out of my belly.“RELATED VIDEO: Amy Schumer Reveals Her Dad Has Been Hospitalized, Jokes It Was from a ‘Magician Sawing Accident’The decision for liposuction came after Schumer said she realized that the part of her stomach just above her C-section scar from giving birth toher 2½-year-old son Genewasn’t going to improve with small changes like “grilled chicken and walks.“She opted for liposuction once she was healed from havingher uterus and appendix removedin September 2021, which she did to end her endometriosis pain.Schumer has said that she’s now 170 lbs. after the surgery, but it wasn’t about the number on the scale or to fit into some Hollywood ideal.“It’s not about needing to be slamming, because I’ve never been famous for being hot, but I’d reached a place where I was tired of looking at myself in the mirror,“she previously toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
Amy Schumeris heading into the summer with a strong mindset.
On Wednesday, the 40-year-old comedian and actress shared a photo on Instagram and explained to followers that she’s hoping to be healthier and stronger this summer season after having a cesarean section, hysterectomy and liposuction.
Schumer said she’s in her “prime” while posing in a black corset, heels, and sunglasses while standing in a home gym.
“C section. Hysterectomy. Lipo. This summer is about letting the love in,” she captioned thepost. “Trying to be healthy and strong for myself and my family. I want to feel hot too. In my prime. Let’s go. Who’s with me?”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Amy Schumer.Amy Schumer/Instagram
Schumershared in January that she decided to get liposuctionafter struggling with her body image. She decided it was important to be open about the procedure because she didn’t want people to think that she had slimmed down naturally.
“I wanted to share it with people, just because I can’t lie about myself,” she toldHoda Kotbin March on her podcastMaking Space with Hoda Kotb. “I just can’t do it. I can’t be like, ‘Yeah, crunches. And I’ve just been eating smoked salmon,’ you know? So I had to be real.”
But Schumer also felt conflicted talking about the procedure when it’s prohibitively expensive for many people.
“I was feeling bad because it’s, like, such a privilege thing,” she said. “And I’m like, ‘Well, you know, people with money, they also drive nice cars’ … So, my ‘nice car’ is that I had, you know … a liter of fat sucked out of my belly.”
RELATED VIDEO: Amy Schumer Reveals Her Dad Has Been Hospitalized, Jokes It Was from a ‘Magician Sawing Accident’
The decision for liposuction came after Schumer said she realized that the part of her stomach just above her C-section scar from giving birth toher 2½-year-old son Genewasn’t going to improve with small changes like “grilled chicken and walks.”
She opted for liposuction once she was healed from havingher uterus and appendix removedin September 2021, which she did to end her endometriosis pain.
Schumer has said that she’s now 170 lbs. after the surgery, but it wasn’t about the number on the scale or to fit into some Hollywood ideal.
“It’s not about needing to be slamming, because I’ve never been famous for being hot, but I’d reached a place where I was tired of looking at myself in the mirror,“she previously toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
source: people.com
