Amy Schumer recalls finding out her ex-boyfriend was gay

An excerpt from comedian Amy Schumer’s new book The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo describes a night of passion between the comedian and a hunky marine.

Released on Goodreads, the racy passage reveals how Schumer once secured a hook-up with a marine who was sat next to her on a flight with some pretty explicit flirting:

I joked that I had gotten discovered and was going to make it in this business.

He wrote back: “Who discovered you?”

I wrote: “A magician. I’m going to be his assistant.” Which I thought was pretty funny.

He wrote: “Is he gonna saw you in half?”

I answered: “I was hoping you would.”

She goes then goes on to reveal the motivation behind her forwardness: the recent news that her ex-boyfriend was gay.

I really needed a boost of sexual confidence during that time of my life. I’d recently learned that a guy I’d been in love with and had dated in the past was gay. Even though it had been a while since we had dated, it still broke my heart when he came out to me. And it made me begin to question myself. This person who made me feel beautiful and sexy for so long was attracted to men. When you get older and wiser, you get your confidence from within, not from the person you are having sex with. But finding out someone I’d dated was gay at that moment in my life was giving me a hard time. I was having trouble feeling like a sexual being and was wondering about my own worth.

Whatever helps you get your mojo back, Amy.

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