Amy Schumer says online ‘moon face’ comments led her to Cushing syndrome diagnosis
Amy Schumer has said that abuse from internet trolls about her appearance caused her to be diagnosed with a condition called Cushing syndrome.
The 43-year-old actor, who previously opened up about the “puffiness” of her face during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, recently spoke to Alex Cooper on the Call Her Daddy podcast about her disorder.
Schumer explained that she was targeted by online trolls, calling her “moon face” and while attempting to ignore them, she started to notice that actual experts were beginning to make similar comments about her.
“Doctors were chiming in, in the comments and they were, like, ‘No, no … something’s really up. Your face looks so crazy,” revealed Schumer.
After consulting doctors, Schumer was told that she might have Cushing syndrome, which is a condition when the body produces too much of the hormone cortisol. “This can result from the body making too much cortisol, or from taking medicines called glucocorticoids, which affect the body the same way as cortisol,” according to Mayo Clinic.
Initially, Schumer said that she dismissed the diagnosis until she realised “Wait, I have been getting steroid injections for my scars.” The Trainwreck star gave birth to her first child in 2019 via cesarean section and also had liposuction in 2022.
“So I got these was getting these steroid injections and so it gave me this thing called Cushing syndrome – which I wouldn’t have known if the internet hadn’t come for me so hard,” Schumer added.
Schumer, who stars in the new Netflix comedy Kinda Pregnant, explained that she managed to “get rid” of Cushing saying, “it just has to work itself out”.
Before filming the new movie, she admitted: “I was feeling really down on myself before I started filming this movie… I was, like, really having trouble figuring out how I was going to star in a movie while I had this going on.”
She then said her friend and director, Lorraine Caffery, told her: “‘You know, I think you look f***ing great.’ I just needed one person to just amp me up.”
Schumer has previously spoken out about her weight-loss struggles, having stopped taking Ozempic and urged other celebrities to be honest.
Speaking on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, the star admitted that she was “immediately invested” before trying the drug and she ultimately decided that Ozempic wasn’t “livable” for her.
However, Schumer did take a moment to call out celebrities who have been “lying” about taking the once-weekly antidiabetic injection for weight loss. “Everyone’s like: ‘Smaller portions,’” she joked. “Shut the f*** up. You’re on Ozempic, or one of those things.”
