Watch: Amy Schumer 'Apologizes' to Tampa Donald Trump Supporters

TAMPA, FL — Comedian Amy Schumer took a few moments out of Tuesday night’s performance at Madison Square Garden in New York to issue an apology of sorts to fans in Tampa. It seems some audience members at the Amalie Arena show on Sunday walked out when Schumer went on a political diatribe, calling out Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Schumer called the New York businessman an “orange, sexual-assaulting, fake-college-starting monster,” prompting some boos from the Tampa crowd. A few hundred audience members also reportedly walked out on Sunday’s show.

While on stage in New York Tuesday, Schumer read an “open letter to Tampa.” In it, she apologized, saying she shouldn't have taken five minutes out of her Tampa appearance to try to have a "peaceful conversation" about "the biggest thing going on in our country right now."

Schumer also said she shouldn’t have called Trump an “orange, sexual-assaulting, fake-college-starting monster.” She repeated the line before promising to “go straight to a rehab facility” after her New York show. There she said she hoped to learn how to make “all people happy. Both the rich, entitled, white people who are gonna vote for him and the very poor people – who’ve been tricked into it.”

Schumer, an outspoken supporter of Democrat Hillary Clinton, drew laughs with her Tampa shtick from the New York crowd.

Schumer’s Tampa-related kerfuffle over the past few days isn’t the first time she’s run afoul of Cigar City residents. The comedian poked fun at Tampa in her book, “The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo.” In that release, she mentioned having a one-night stand in Tampa, but called the city “horrendous.”

The written jab at Tampa even prompted a response from Mayor Bob Buckhorn.

“Based on what I read, she had a hell of a one-night stand so there are some Tampanians who are doing their job so that’s a good thing,” Buckhorn was quoted by the Tampa Bay Times as saying following the book’s August release. “Certainly she is entitled to her opinion misinformed as it may be.”

Check out Schumer’s open letter to Tampa below:

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