Amy Schumer: 'I don't deserve equal pay to Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle'

Comedian Amy Schumer has cleared up a pay dispute she had with Netflix, after a story about equal pay claimed she demanded more money based on the salaries of two specific male peers.

'Amy Schumer couldn't have been hotter as a personality when she set a deal last year to star in a comedy special for Netflix, 'The Leather Special,' which premiered in March," the Variety story reported. "But when Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle made headlines for commanding eye-popping deals for $20 million per special, Schumer's team went back to Netflix and flatly asked for more money."

It went on to say that she was better compensated after raising 'the question of fairness relative to the Rock and Chappelle deals.'

Schemer appears to have been irked by the piece, writing on Instagram: "Thanks for chiming in on what you feel I deserve to be paid."

Discussing what she sees as Rock and Chapelle's higher profiles, she continued: "I believe women deserve equal pay. However I don't believe I deserve equal pay to Chris and Dave. They are legends and 2 of the greatest comics of all time.

"I would like to say that I have been selling out arenas these last couple years. Something a female comic has never done. That's a big deal to me, especially because I know I do my best every night on stage for the audience and they have a good time.

"I didn't ask for the same as my friends. I did ask for more than the initial offer. I will continue to work my ass off and be the best performer I can be. The reports of me "demanding" or "insisting" on equal pay to them aren't a true."