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Amy Schumer announces she is pregnant with her first child

Comedian posts Instagram photo of her head edited on to Meghan Merkel’s body

Amy Schumer: the actor and comedian announced her pregnancy on Instagram. Photograph: Steve Granitz/WireImage

Tue Oct 23 2018 - 08:52

Amy Schumer has announced she is pregnant with her first child.

The actor and comedian posted a photograph on Instagram showing the heads of her and her husband, Chris Fischer, edited on to the bodies of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who is also expecting, with a message directing fans to the page of the journalist Jessica Yellin.

She wrote: “About to announce some exciting news on jessicayellin insta page. Please follow her for up to the minute #newsnotnoise she breaks down what’s really going on.

“She agreed to post a lil noise today for me! Follow her and VOTE!!”

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Schumer's friend Yellin, of the site newsnotnoise.org, said in a video on her own Instagram page: "I wanted to share some news from our community, maybe it's noise but it's happy noise.

“So I’m not in the business of making voting recommendations, but these are the recommendations of Amy Schumer, one of the most consistent and earliest supporters of News Not Noise.

“Now read all the way to the bottom, you’ll see there’s some news down there. Congratulations, Amy.”

She then shared a screen grab that included a note from Schumer saying “I’m pregnant” on a list of her candidate recommendations for voters for the upcoming midterm elections in the United States.

Schumer, who is 37, and married Fischer, a chef, in February, then tweeted a link to the screen grab.– PA

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