Comedienne Amy Schumer has hit out at people for accusing her of skinny shaming Taylor Swift in a recent Instagram post. 

Earlier this week, Schumer posted a photograph of herself on a beach with close friend Bridget Everett (pictured below) and accompanied the image with the following caption, which outraged people: "Taylor that's not a thigh gap. This is a thigh gap."

Her remarks caused a stir on social media and she returned to Instagram much earlier today with a photo of herself wearing a drawn-on beard and told her followers and the public alike:

"That's not a beard this is a beard. So sorry to anyone with a beard this may offend. I am a comic and should never make fun of myself at the expense of anyone else that I wasn't making fun of in the first place. #relax #beard."

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