Author: Anthony Rivas / Source: ABC News
Amy Schumer is letting everyone know where she stands on the NFL kneeling controversy.
Less than a month after she was arrested for protesting the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the comedian expressed her support for former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick through a post on Instagram on Friday.
Schumer said she would turn down offers to appear in Super Bowl ads next year.
“Friday thought,” the caption on Schumer’s post read. “I wonder why more white players aren’t kneeling. Once you witness the truly deep inequality and endless racism people of color face in our country, not to mention police brutality and murders. Why not kneel next to your brothers? Otherwise, how are you not complicit?”
She cited those reasons as to why she wouldn’t be accepting offers to appear in ads during one of the most watched sporting events in the world.
“I personally told my reps I wouldn’t do a Super Bowl commercial this year,” she wrote. “Hitting the NFL with the advertisers is the only way to really hurt them.”
Schumer also called out pop group Maroon 5 for the second time for agreeing to perform in the Super Bowl.
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