John Early officiated Amy Schumer's wedding in drag as a bad Christian stand-up

Well, at least one person saw The Characters, in that Early found himself on the receiving end of a baffling phone call from fellow comedian Amy Schumer asking him to officiate her 2018 wedding. In character. As Christian housewife stand-up comic “Vicky with a ‘V’” who Early portrayed on The Characters. Even though he and Schumer barely knew each other. Calling Schumer’s move “very punk,” Early yet sympathized with those in attendance at the ceremony (including Meyers) who were more than a little baffled when Early, in short blond bob and Vicky’s signature denim ensemble, launched into the ceremony in the guise of a character he’d played to little or no acclaim (apart from we here at the A.V. Club, but we weren’t invited) on an obscure Netflix series. Especially since Schumer’s first choice for officiant, Adele, had dropped out at the last minute. “For those of you asking, ‘Who even is he?,’ you’re not wrong,” Early told Meyers’ crowd.

Still, as a clip from Schumer’s nuptials showed, Early sort-of killed as the primly self-righteous Vicky (with a ‘V.’) Starting out by greeting the “dearly beloved, and Seth Meyers” (like Schumer, Early barely knew Meyers at that point), Vicky openly lusted after Schumer’s groom (chef Chris Fischer), before praising the couple as “two great grown-ups who are simply ready to hold onto each other real tight as our great nation burns to the ground.” So if your wedding’s coming up, Early’s shown that he (and Vicky) are pretty easy to book.