“Chris and I have made the difficult decision to end our marriage after 7 years. We love each other very much and will continue to focus on raising our son. We would appreciate people respecting our privacy at this time.”
Amy Schumer said such things when she openly admitted a split in December 2025, a very candid update and also a demarcation. The determination shifted weeks afterwards to judicial litigation where court documents were submitted right before what would have been the eighth anniversary of the couple on February 13.
According to New York County courts, Schumer, 44, filed to divorce Chris Fischer, 45 on Jan. 6, 2026, in New York County. The filing has been labeled as uncontested, which normally indicates an agreement on the key practical issues that otherwise may extend a divide such as finances, property, and parenting setups. Such a procedural detail can be important to families, who usually care no less than any headline that the separation is being addressed with the focus on structure and predictability, rather than conflict.
The couple has a 6-year-old son, Gene and parenting became the core of the statement made by Schumer: “we will continue to focus on raising our son.” That has been the focus of descriptions of their strategies towards the transition day-to-day, such as ensuring that there was stability surrounding the routine of Gene.
The split has been followed by public interest partly due to the fact that Schumer has made years to incorporate some of her personal life into her work life. She also directly dealt with rumor culture by confirming the split, counteracting speculations that the marriage was breaking up on a tidy, internet-friendly basis. In a December 2025 post, she wrote, “Whatever ends up happening with me and Chris has nothing to do with weight loss or autism.”
The additional weight of that line was that Schumer has previously talked about Fischer being autistic, and he made it clear that the diagnosis was not a bad thing but a beneficial one. In “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” she remarked, “The tools that we’ve been given have made his life so much better and our marriage and our life more manageable,” a reflection that framed diagnosis as support and language for navigating differences, not as a label.
Individuals around the ex-couple have described the termination as not having one major triggering occurrence, but rather a gradual move: emotional detachment, change in lifestyle and the pressure that can accumulate in the long-term relationships, yet the affection might still remain. The tone of Schumer himself has remained consistent with such a framing, both firm in his decision, respectful towards the individual, and clear on the priority. “Amicable and all love and respect! Family forever.”
