- Amy Schumer stars as a woman named Renee in the new movie "I Feel Pretty."
- Renee acquires newfound confidence in her appearance after suffering a head injury.
- On "CBS This Morning," Schumer said she refused to be retouched in the film.
- "I said, 'Do not retouch me in this movie. Do not retouch anything," Schumer explained.
- The movie is meant to send a positive message to people about loving themselves.
- "You see my cellulite. You see my, my rolls, whatever … I feel great. And I just want [other people to feel good about themselves."
Amy Schumer stars in the new comedy "I Feel Pretty," which tells the story of a woman named Renee who magically gains confidence in her appearance after suffering a head injury. In a an interview with Gayle King on "CBS This Morning" Thursday, Schumer said she turned down any retouching on her body during post-production of the movie.
"I said, 'Do not retouch me in this movie. Do not retouch anything,'" Schumer said.
"You see my cellulite. You see my, my rolls, whatever," Schumer said. "It's like, I feel great. And I just want [other people] to feel good about themselves. And I think walking out of this movie you really do."
The movie's trailer alone sparked criticism of the plot. Some felt that it sent the opposite message and reinforced the idea that people needed to be thin in order to be "beautiful."
Schumer, aware of the backlash (despite the movie not being in theaters yet), says that isn't the moral of this story at all. She believe the story is about self-esteem as opposed to strictly body image.
"In the scene after the head injury, the assumption is that the woman I see when I look in the mirror is skinny, but I'm just seeing my same self and perceiving my body as beautiful," Schumer told Vulture.
"She doesn't say, 'I'm so thin!'" Schumer said. "She just says that she's amazed by her jawline, and her boobs, and her a--. If anything, that sounds like a more voluptuous woman to me."
King and Schumer also discussed how rappers like Drake and Kendrick Lamar have promoted the celebration of all shapes of women in some of their song lyrics.
"Kendrick has that line [about how] he's tired of the Photoshop," Schumer said. "He wants cellulite, stretch marks. I'm, like, 'Well, here I am, Kendrick.'"
Watch the segment from "CBS This Morning" below. "I Feel Pretty" arrives in theaters this Friday.
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