When it comes to celebrity best friends, the sudden kinship between Jennifer Lawrence and
Amy Schumer that sparked in the summer of 2015 was peak "squad goals," to borrow a popular
phrase from that year.
Their buzz began when Schumer shared a gleeful reaction video of Lawrence name-checking her
during a Comic-Con interview.
Things went into hyperdrive once Schumer revealed a shot of the two jet-skiing on vacation together.
They were then seen dancing on a piano at a Billy Joel concert, co-presenting at the
Golden Globes, making mini-movies with other celeb friends during downtime, and co-writing
a comedy film script that sounded like the ideal match for both of them.
Lately, though, we haven't been hearing about or seeing as much of them together.
So what's going on?
Here are some theories about why we don't hear as much about Amy Schumer and Jennifer
Lawrence's friendship these days.
The sting of oversharing
By the time the 2016 Golden Globe Awards came along, the whole entertainment world had grown
curious about the inner workings of the Schumer-Lawrence dynamic.
"I feel like Brad Pitt being asked about Angelina.
I get asked about Amy on more… than anything on these press tours."
The two seemed to face the intrigue head-on by openly talking about one another in the
media and using sarcasm to combat any suspicions of infighting over their competing nominations.
"I'm JLaw."
"And I am A-Schu."
But it was exactly their forthrightness that began to unravel some of their plans together.
As Lawrence told Vanity Fair of their attempt to coordinate their dresses for the show,
"I blew it by talking about it, so then if we did [wear the same ensemble] it was expected.
But we just wore our own thing."
Perhaps the two took a note from this foiled effort to collaborate and realized they should
keep some things a surprise going forward.
Pressing pause
Alongside Amy's sister Kim Caramele, Lawrence and Schumer penned a comedy which had them
all in stitches during the writing process.
But we haven't heard much about it since they first mentioned the concept.
According to Amy, their movie is still very much in line for production when their schedules
will permit.
But the two might have a little more trouble than expected getting the film greenlit by
a studio right now.
Thanks to the unexpected box office and critical letdown of Lawrence's sci-fi film Passengers,
her box office appeal has taken a bit of a hit.
Her value in the comedic arena has yet to be tested, either.
The closest she's gotten to starring in a comedy film was a cut-for-time cameo in Dumb
and Dumber To.
"Hi, my name is Susan Sarandon."
"Hi, my name is Michelle Obama."
"Hi, my name is Britney Spears."
"Kate Moss?"
With Lawrence's comedy chops still a pretty big X factor, producers might be hesitant
to invest in a passion project like this for the time being.
Significant others
When they first became friends, both Schumer and Lawrence were single.
Since then, they've become involved in romantic relationships that might have put a strain
on their friendship.
Lawrence is reportedly dating director Darren Aronofsky, whose thriller pic Mother! she
appears in.
And Schumer had been dating furniture designer Ben Hanisch for well over a year before the
two split in May, 2017.
The rumor mill has been spinning about gossip that Schumer doesn't care for Aronofsky and
that Lawrence's friendships have been given the backburner treatment since they got together.
But even if everyone's getting along swimmingly, having leading men in the picture can always
cause friends to start to grow apart.
Lawrence had told Glamour Magazine, "Amy and I have a life plan … Amy's always wanted
to live on Martha's Vineyard, and we saw this house, and we're like, 'This is where we're
gonna Grey Gardens, and we're gonna grow old and crazy together.'
That's our life plan."
As nice as it might've been for the girls to be planning their own sort of real-life
Golden Girls revival, things might've changed once affairs of the heart came into play.
Girl group expansion
Schumer and Lawrence's newfound friendship was certainly a highlight of the summer of
2015.
But both women have also been part to several other buzzy friend groups, which has only
increased their sphere of influence even more.
At the same time, it's taken some of the attention off the duo as a, well, duo.
For example, Lawrence became close with La La Land star Emma Stone after offering her
some of that signature sass.
She told Vanity Fair, "She texted me that she got my number from Woody [Harrelson, Lawrence's
Hunger Games co-star who appeared alongside Stone in Zombieland].
I replied, 'F*** off!'
And we've been really good friends ever since."
Then, the new club expanded with the addition of Room star Brie Larson soon after, which
meant that it was full-on love square between them and Schumer because of Larson's long-standing
friendship with her Trainwreck co-star.
So, while Schumer and Lawrence might still be tight, it's not just a two-way street anymore.
The fame game
Lawrence seems to relish having VIPs as neighbors.
For example, she told Vogue about how much she likes to drop in on her new neighbors
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher.
But Schumer's expressed a distaste for keeping close company with others in the limelight.
She told Total Film Magazine, "Famous people are exhausting and too much work to be friends
with, other than Jennifer Lawrence."
With their ever-expanding circle of friends practically having their own shelves of shiny
prizes each, it wouldn't be surprising if Schumer grew weary of all the attention surrounding
the others and took a step back.
Fs, not BFFs
Schumer makes no secret about the fact that her sister comes first.
Meanwhile, Lawrence even had to field a question from her long-time best friend Laura Simpson
about whose friendship meant more to her during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live.
Simpson, who'd been Lawrence's date to the Oscars in 2014, called in to ask:
"Who's your best friend, me or Amy Schumer?"
"You, Sausage!
Schumer also said that reports of them taking the top spot on each other's speed dials were
exaggerated, telling E! News, "We really like each other, but I think the media blew it
up.
We're not BFFs.
We're just Fs, but we're really good Fs.
I have BFFs since I was 8 years old so it'll be tough to uproot them."
Don't panic
As exciting and unexpected as JLaw and ASchu's friendship is or was, even Lawrence knows
that the buzz about their bond has since quieted quite a bit.
She told Vanity Fair in December, 2016, "My brother asked me the other day, 'Everybody
online thinks you and Amy aren't friends anymore.'
And I said, 'Oh, really, because everything online is always true.'"
She also confirmed that the two are still total buds and still want to shoot their comedy
flick together if and when their schedules will allow.
But with each of them attached to a boatload of other projects, it might take longer than
the instant gratification-hungry fans who've hung onto their every word about one another
might prefer.
But don't give up hope for these two just yet!
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