Travis Scott Joins The Super Bowl Halftime Show One Day After Amy Schumer Took Credit For Nobody Joining The Super Bowl Halftime Show
So let me start by saying this- I’ve had multiple conversations with Amy Schumer. We don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things, but we’ve heard each other out and found common ground. I wrote multiple blogs about her, one called “Amy Schumer Is The Bravest Human Alive” making light of the fact she turned down a Super Bowl commercial and then a follow up. She reached out, we talked, I told her my thoughts, she told me hers. My biggest takeaway was she just wants to help. I fully believe she means well. She has gotten to the top of her field, has all the money, and just wants to find ways to help. It’s just the fact she goes about it in the wildest, often narcissistic ways that it’s hard to take seriously.
Which leads us to yesterday. Obviously I am the “snide little white sports writer making cutting remarks”. (Tag me next time Amy, I need more followers on IG, sheesh!) But besides that, she wrote that “no one is stepping up to perform”. I read that and it took me right back to my original argument…like, come on Amy! That just objectively cannot be true. I’m sure there were a few people who passed on it. But you have to be living in the smallest of bubbles and the loudest of echo-chambers to believe nobody wanted to do the SUPER BOWL HALF TIME SHOW.
Fast forward to today:
Welp! Looks like someone decided to step up after all. A black man at that. It actually fascinates me because of the conversations I’ve had with Amy. She wants to help. She wants to bring equality to the world. And there is a lot of bullshit out there, and she’s seen a ton of wrong-doings towards minorities by working in Hollywood. But here’s the thing- you can make an impact in lots of ways. I don’t think anyone should hate on Travis Scott for taking this huge opportunity. In fact, I think people such as Amy Schumer should celebrate the fact a black man, a rapper, is performing on the biggest stage possible. That’s HUGE for equality and for moving forward. Leave the politics behind and take a second to realize Travis Scott is about to perform in front of a billion freaking people. That’s amazing. From this:
To the Super Bowl. Pretty insane.