Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer have called it quits after seven years of marriage.
“Blah blah blah Chris and I have made the difficult decision to end our marriage after 7 years,” Schumer, 44, announced via Instagram on Friday, December 12. “We love each other very much and will continue to focus on raising our son. We would appreciate people respecting our privacy at this time.”
Alongside the announcement, Schumer posted a photo of her and Fischer, 45, smiling while riding the New York City subway together. She stated in her caption that she did not split from Fischer because “I dropped some lbs” or because Fischer is a “hot” James Beard “award winning chef who can still pull some hot tail. Amicable and all love and respect! Family forever.”
Speculation about Schumer and Fischer’s relationship began in November after the Daily Mail alleged that the pair were going through a “difficult time.” People later reported that they were “privately working through normal issues” but remained “committed to the relationship.”
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Schumer and Fischer did not respond to the rumors.
The comedian started dating the celebrity chef in November 2017, and the pair got engaged a few months later.
“The way that my now-husband proposed was so worthless,” Schumer joked during her Saturday Night Live monologue in May 2018. “It was a dumb proposal. It was the morning. I was asleep. He threw the box at me and said, ‘I got you this.’ But that’s a realistic proposal.”
After tying the knot in February 2018, the pair welcomed son Gene in May 2019 following a difficult pregnancy.
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“10:55 p.m. last night,” Schumer wrote via Instagram at the time. “Our royal baby was born.”
Around the same time that Schumer gave birth to Gene, she also revealed that Fischer had been diagnosed on the autism spectrum.
“I knew from the beginning that my husband’s brain was a little different than mine,” Schumer said in her 2019 Netflix special, Growing. “Once he was diagnosed, it dawned on me how funny it was, because all of the characteristics that make it clear that he’s on the spectrum are all of the reasons that I fell madly in love with him.”
While Schumer has spoken out about the possibility of her son also being on the autism spectrum, she does not believe it is a “negative thing.”
“My husband is my favorite person I’ve ever met,” Schumer wrote via Instagram in August 2019 after one user asked her how she would “cope” if her son had ASD. “He’s kind, hilarious, interesting and talented and I admire him. Am I supposed to hope my son isn’t like that?”
Schumer went on to say she “will pay attention and try to provide [Gene] with the tools he needs to overcome whatever challenges come up like all parents.”
“I’d be disappointed if he liked the Big Bang Theory and NASCAR, not if he has ASD,” she added.
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Fischer had also been a source of support for Schumer after she underwent an endometriosis operation and liposuction in 2022.
“Chris loves Amy so much. He loves when she is wild and unapologetic,” a source told Us Weekly in April 2022. “It’s one of his favorite things about her. When she is anxious he loves calming her down and being that support for her.”
The insider also revealed that Schumer “thinks Chris is hysterical without even realizing it.”
Throughout the years, they stood by each other in their respective endeavors, including when they worked together on Schumer’s Hulu series Life & Beth. (Fisher worked on the show as a writing consultant.)
“It’s constant collaboration between us,” she told Us in May 2024. “He’s so supportive, and I would never say anything he’s not comfortable with.”
Fischer also frequently appeared on Schumer’s 2020 Food Network series, Amy Schumer Learns to Cook.
