Amy Schumer is revealing her struggles with body image and how she plans on taking what she’s learned from working with a stylist to help other young women struggling as well.
She sat down with Maria Shriver for a Today Show interview that aired Friday, and the comedienne showed her fans a different side of her when she got emotional talking about this issue.
“Some nights I didn’t even want to go on stage because I couldn’t find an outfit I felt good in,” she admitted.
This all changed when she met her stylist, Leesa Evans, who she started working with while filming Trainwreck. The experience has been so life changing for her, that she wants to share it by partnering up with Goodwill of Southern California.
“It’s an emotional thing,” Schumer said. “It’s been a struggle for me my whole life, and especially just being in the entertainment industry. Standing on a stage in front of people, I can’t perform my best or be confident if I’m not sure – if I’m pulling at [my clothes].”
Schumer held back tears when discussing Evans helping her sister, too. “Leesa had given me this gift of showing me how to dress and feel good,” she said.
“She shopped for my sister also, and seeing my little sister wearing a little blazer and a shirt and looking just like a strong, beautiful woman, it was …” she said, getting emotional. “To see this person I care the most about being given those tools was really moving for me.”