Amy Schumer jokingly brands Natalie Portman a ‘huge liar’ in regards to parenting advice

Amy Schumer jokingly calls Natalie Portman a ‘huge liar’ as she says the Star Wars actress promised her ‘parenting instinct’ would kick in… but it didn’t

Amy Schumer is evaluating her skill set as a mother, with some help from pal Natalie Portman.  

On Wednesday the 39-year-old comedienne told Seth Meyers on an episode of Late Night that her instincts were ‘all wrong,’ when it came to raising her 21-month-old son Gene. 

Citing Portman for giving her advice on motherhood and telling her to lean into her maternal ‘instincts,’ she jokingly branded her a ‘huge liar.’

High hopes: Amy Schumer, 39, jokingly calls Natalie Portman a ‘huge liar’ with regards to parenting advice she had given her telling her to trust her instincts while raising 21-month-old son Gene

Meyers asked Schumer if she felt like she was a ‘good mom,’ prompting the Expecting Amy star to elaborate. 

‘Actually no,’ she confessed.   

‘It’s interesting. You don’t know how good you’re going to be of a parent. I got some nice advice from Natalie Portman, who was like. “You have more instincts than you know you have.”‘

She continued, ‘And what I’m finding is that Natalie Portman is a huge liar. Because so far, my instincts are all dead wrong.’ 

Instinctual: Citing Portman for telling her that her maternal instincts would kick in Schumer said 'What I'm finding is that Natalie Portman is a huge liar. Because so far, my instincts are all dead wrong'

Instinctual: Citing Portman for telling her that her maternal instincts would kick in Schumer said ‘What I’m finding is that Natalie Portman is a huge liar. Because so far, my instincts are all dead wrong’

Amy continued, ‘I’ve been reading this parenting book How Toddlers Thrive… usually if Chris and I are gonna leave Gene with the nanny we sneak out… like a creep in a cartoon, or I’ll just drop down behind the couch, just so he doesn’t cry or freak out.

‘And this parenting book, like page one is like, “Whatever you do don’t sneak out. That’s really bad for your child,” and I’m like OK.’ 

Schumer also brought up the fact that she had accidentally named her son ‘genital’ – Gene Attell – which she did not realize until she heard his name out loud. 

‘What sucks now is you can never make fun of another celebrity when they name their kid something stupid…because it’s like ‘well what did you name your kid Amy?” 

Mom life: The Expecting Amy star continued to share her gripes with the fact that she had accidentally named her son 'genital'; pictured January 27

Mom life: The Expecting Amy star continued to share her gripes with the fact that she had accidentally named her son ‘genital’; pictured January 27

C-section: Open about her battle with endometriosis, Schumer said on a podcast that doctors told her she would 'definitely need a c-section to welcome Gene, additionally sharing her struggles with IVF; pictured January 31

C-section: Open about her battle with endometriosis, Schumer said on a podcast that doctors told her she would ‘definitely need a c-section to welcome Gene, additionally sharing her struggles with IVF; pictured January 31

She welcomed her only son with husband Chris Fischer via c-section and recently showed off her scar on Instagram saying she thought it looked ‘cute.’

Open about her battle with endometriosis she told Dr. Elliott Berlin on his podcast Informed Pregnancy and Parenthood that the doctors were ‘amazed’ she was able to carry a child at all. 

In the hopes of giving Gene a sibling, the pair have been doing IVF since last January, but she stopped treatment after feeling emotionally rundown and getting news that only one viable embryo was retrieved out of 35 eggs. 

She told the Today Show, ‘I don’t think I could ever do IVF again. So I decided that I can’t be pregnant ever again. We talked about a surrogate, but I think we’re going to hold off for right now.’  

A working mom, her commercial for Hellman’s Mayonnaise is set to air during the Super Bowl this Sunday February 7. 

Working mom: Schumer has been juggling raising her son with husband Fischer as well as resuming work amid the pandemic, recently filming a commercial for Hellman's Mayo that will air during the Super Bowl; pictured 2019

Working mom: Schumer has been juggling raising her son with husband Fischer as well as resuming work amid the pandemic, recently filming a commercial for Hellman’s Mayo that will air during the Super Bowl; pictured 2019