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08-19-2016, 05:30 AM
Focus on rape prevention, **t Facebook 'rants,' Amy Schumer says
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Over the past few days, comedian Amy Schumer has been begrudgingly drawn into a debate over ***ual assault in the ranks of improv comedy.*
While she's addressed the controversy briefly on Twitter, she spent several minutes on the topic in a new interview with Charlie Rose posted on YouTube Thursday.
SEE ALSO: People often defend an alleged rapist's character. Here's why you should doubt them (http://mashable.com/2016/07/24/why-people-defend-men-accused-of-bad-things/)
Fans have pressed Schumer, herself a ***ual assault survivor, to disavow comments (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/***ual-assault-amy-schumer-writer/#9y06C2JFdgq9?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) about rape made on social media by Kurt Metzger, a former writer for her Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schumer. In a clip of her appearance with Rose, which airs in full on Friday on PBS, she de**unces Metzger's behavior and argues that his "rants" on Facebook distract from the larger problem of preventing ***ual assault.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/amy-schumer-talks-about-rape-and-trolls/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Over the past few days, comedian Amy Schumer has been begrudgingly drawn into a debate over ***ual assault in the ranks of improv comedy.*
While she's addressed the controversy briefly on Twitter, she spent several minutes on the topic in a new interview with Charlie Rose posted on YouTube Thursday.
SEE ALSO: People often defend an alleged rapist's character. Here's why you should doubt them (http://mashable.com/2016/07/24/why-people-defend-men-accused-of-bad-things/)
Fans have pressed Schumer, herself a ***ual assault survivor, to disavow comments (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/***ual-assault-amy-schumer-writer/#9y06C2JFdgq9?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) about rape made on social media by Kurt Metzger, a former writer for her Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schumer. In a clip of her appearance with Rose, which airs in full on Friday on PBS, she de**unces Metzger's behavior and argues that his "rants" on Facebook distract from the larger problem of preventing ***ual assault.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/amy-schumer-talks-about-rape-and-trolls/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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