'It's your fault!' Amy Schumer reveals the text BFF Jennifer Lawrence sent after Trainwreck shooting

  • Spoke to Lena Dunham as part of Girls writer's Lenny Letter 

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 10:31 EST, 2 September 2016 | Updated: 12:12 EST, 2 September 2016

After the shooting deaths of Mayci Breaux and Jillian Johnson during a screening of her movie Trainwreck, Amy Schumer became a passionate advocate for gun control.

Now the comedian has revealed that in the immediate aftermath of the devastating 2015 murders, her BFF Jennifer Lawrence helped her process the tragedy with a well-timed joke text.

The actress wrote 'It's your fault,' something that Schumer says made her feel close to her A-list pal, with whom she has previously vacationed, and with who she appeared on stage at the Golden Globes.

Well timed: Amy Schumer says BFFJennifer Lawrence texted her, 'It's your fault' the day after two fans were murdered at a Trainwreck screening; the pair are seen at the Golden Globes in January this year

Well timed: Amy Schumer says BFFJennifer Lawrence texted her, 'It's your fault' the day after two fans were murdered at a Trainwreck screening; the pair are seen at the Golden Globes in January this year

Nailed it: Talking to Lena Dunham for her Lenny Letter, Schumer revealed that she did indeed fell responsible for the deaths; she is seen with Lawrence on vacation with friends

Nailed it: Talking to Lena Dunham for her Lenny Letter, Schumer revealed that she did indeed fell responsible for the deaths; she is seen with Lawrence on vacation with friends

Schumer explained: 'That is actually when I felt the closest to Jennifer Lawrence, because that day she texted me, "It’s your fault." And in times like that only jokes make you feel a little better.'

Lawrence's text, designed to acknowledge the thoughts in Schumer's head as she processed the tragedy, couldn't have been better timed.

Talking to Lena Dunham for her Lenny Letter, Schumer revealed that she did indeed fell responsible for the deaths.

'It still f***ing kills me,' she said, saying the tragedy still regularly made her tearful.

Mayci Breaux was murdered when she was shot by a stranger during a screening of Amy Schumer's film Trainwreck
Jillian Johnson

Tragic: Mayci Breaux, left, and Jillian Johnson were murdered when they were shot by a stranger during a screening of Amy Schumer's film Trainwreck

'It’s like yes, of course, yes, you connect to that, two women were murdered. But knowing it was my movie, and… that they went and they bought tickets and wanted to go see this movie, it just crushed me. I felt so powerless.

'And it felt a little bit like something that I had done, that there was a connection to me actually hurting people.'

The murders spurred Schumer into doing everything she could to prevent a repeat of the tragedy. 

Just what she needed: Schumer was talking to Lena Dunham for her Lenny Letter

Just what she needed: Schumer was talking to Lena Dunham for her Lenny Letter

'I didn’t really know how to react. I was so upset. [Then] I got really angry, and I was like, this is not OK. I want to really do something.'

She joined forces with her distant relative, New York Senator Chuck Schumer, and gave a press conference calling for tighter gun control laws.

'I started going to events and meeting all these families of victims,' Schumer said.

'I am a lifer, I am in this. I really hope I don’t have to die for it, but I would.' 

Schumer said she knew her public position on gun control made her a target.

'Security is up,' she said. 'I’m really trying to protect myself. I am not being an idiot.'

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