Amy Schumer is poking fun at her single status as she prepares to ring in the new year.
“Who’s kissing this at midnight?” Schumer, 44, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, December 31, alongside a funny-face selfie.
Schumer announced earlier this month that she separated from her husband, Chris Fischer, after seven years of marriage.
“Blah blah blah Chris and I have made the difficult decision to end our marriage after 7 years,” the comedian wrote in a since-deleted Instagram statement on 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.”
Schumer, who shares 5-year-old son Gene with Fischer, further denied the breakup was a result of her recent weight loss.
“Blah blah blah [this is] not because I dropped some lbs and thought I could bag a snack,” she continued. “And [it’s] not because he’s a hot James Beard Award-winning chef who can still pull some hot tail. All love and respect. Family forever.”
While neither Schumer nor Fischer, 45, have further elaborated on what led to their breakup, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that the pair still respect one another.
“Amy still adores Chris, just not romantically,” the insider told Us earlier this month. “He’s a great guy and an even better father.”
According to the source, Schumer and Fischer’s marriage simply “lost its spark.”
Amy Schumer Courtesy of Amy Schumer/Instagram
“There wasn’t some big, scandalous catalyst for their split,” the source added. “It just happened slowly over time, and they agreed their relationship was no longer what it once was. [Their separation] has been months in the making because they’ve been figuring out how it will look.”
The insider stressed that Schumer and Fischer were focused on keeping Gene’s daily life as normal as possible.
“The goal is to make it as smooth of a transition as possible so as not to disturb their son’s day-to-day,” the insider told Us. “One of the many things they see eye to eye on is Gene and his happiness coming first.”
Schumer and Fischer started dating in 2017, getting married less than one year later. The now-exes welcomed Gene in May 2019 shortly before the celebrity chef was diagnosed with autism. Schumer, for her part, had been supportive of Fischer’s diagnosis and the likelihood that Gene could also be on the spectrum.
“I think the statistics are pretty strong toward he will most likely have autism,” she said during a 2022 appearance on the “Dear Chelsea” podcast. “Parents have different journeys with this. Having a child with severe autism is beyond my imagination difficult. But if Gene does wind up having ASD, I’m not looking for the signs in a way that are upsetting. I’m not hoping either way.”
She concluded at the time, “You can see some signs, but the diagnosis doesn’t come until later and I can say honestly, I don’t have a preference either way. You just want your kids to be healthy and happy.”
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