


Amy Schumer visited the ladies of The View today to promote the second season of her Hulu series Life & Beth, and as always, she was quick to joke about all of the other Hot Topics the co-hosts threw her way.
At one point during Schumer’s visit, Joy Behar brought up the fact that Schumer’s memoir, The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo, is on a list of books that are banned from many prisons.
“In October, a list of the most banned and restricted books in the U.S. prison system was released, and your 2016 memoir The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo — that’s funny — was on it,” Behar said. “What are they afraid of? What is it about jail, that they’re going to read in jail, that they’re afraid of?”
Schumer replied, “I should have made a bigger deal about this, because what is it that they’re afraid of?”
“I don’t know. I noticed that the letters I was getting from them slowed down,” she then joked. “I kinda miss those.”
Sunny Hostin agreed, “Prison letters are special.”
“They are. I miss a prison letter,” Schumer volleyed back.
“I don’t know what I said in there that got me banned,” she added.
If she really wants to know, a report published by PBS in October 2023 clarified that her book was banned by Florida officials for its graphic sexual content — which, sure, OK, yes, considering there are chapters called “An Open Letter To My Vagina” and “How I Lost My Virginity,” that tracks.

Then book was also flagged for being “a threat to the security, order, or rehabilitative objectives of the correctional system or the safety of any person.” ( I’m guessing that’s because there’s an entire chapter called “End Gun Violence” that names members of Congress who accept money from the gun lobby.)
With Schumer’s mailbag less full these days, she had the chance to write, direct, produce and star in the second season of Life & Beth, which premieres Friday (Feb. 16) on Hulu.
The View airs weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.